Commission Regulation (EC) No 360/2005 of 2 March 2005 opening public sales of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community
Date: 2005-03-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, auction sale, ethanol, intervention agency

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 360/2005

of 2 March 2005

opening public sales of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Wine,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of
17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
wine (1), and in particular Article 33 thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

the market

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 of 25 July
2000 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regu-
lation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation
in wine with regard to market
of
mechanisms (2), lays down, among other things, detailed
rules for disposing of stocks of alcohol obtained from
distillation pursuant to Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1493/1999 and held by the intervention
agencies.

Public sales of wine alcohol for use in the fuel sector in
the Community should be organised in accordance with
Articles 92 and 93 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000
with a view to reducing Community stocks of wine
alcohol and to some extent ensuring supplies to firms
approved in accordance with Article 92 of Regulation
(EC) No 1623/2000. The wine alcohol of Community
origin in storage in the Member States consists of quan-
tities produced from distillation in accordance with
Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Council Regulation (EEC)
No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organi-
in wine (3), and in accordance
sation of
with Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999.

the market

Since 1 January 1999, in accordance with Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998 estab-
lishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro (4), the
selling price and securities must be expressed, and
payments made, in euro.

Given that there are risks of fraud by substitution of
alcohol, checks on the final destination of the alcohol
should be reinforced and the intervention agencies
should be allowed to call on the help of international
control agencies and to check the alcohol sold by means
of nuclear magnetic resonance analyses.

1.
Seven lots of alcohol (references 42/2005 EC, 43/2005
EC, 44/2005 EC, 45/2005 EC, 46/2005 EC, 47/2005 EC and
48/2005 EC) comprising 40 000 hectolitres, 40 000 hectolitres,
40 000 hectolitres, 40 000 hectolitres, 55 000 hectolitres,
25 000 hectolitres and 30 000 hectolitres
respectively at
100 % vol are hereby put up for public sale for use in the
fuel sector within the Community.

2.
The alcohol concerned was produced from distillation in
accordance with Article 35 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and
Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and is
held by the French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese intervention
agencies.

The location and references of the vats making up the
3.
lots,
the alcoholic
the quantity of alcohol
strength and the characteristics of the alcohol are as set out
in the Annex to this Regulation.

in each vat,

The lots shall be awarded to firms approved in accordance

4.
with Article 92 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000.

Article 2

All communications concerning this public sale shall be sent to
the following Commission department:

for Agriculture and Rural Development,

Commission of the European Communities
Directorate-General
Unit D-2
Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200
B-1049 Brussels
Fax (32-2) 298 55 28
E-mail: agri-d2@cec.eu.int

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1795/2003 (OJ L 262, 14.10.2003, p. 13).

(2) OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1774/2004 (OJ L 316, 15.10.2004, p. 61).

(3) OJ L 84, 27.3.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1677/1999 (OJ L 199, 30.7.1999, p. 8).

(4) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.

Article 3

The public sales shall take place in accordance with Articles 92,
93, 94, 95, 96, 98, 100 and 101 of Regulation (EC)
No 1623/2000 and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98.

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Article 4

The price of the alcohol for public sale shall be EUR 23,5 per
hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.

Article 5

The alcohol must be removed no more than six months after
the date of notification of the Commission's decision to award
the sale.

Article 6

The performance guarantee shall be EUR 30 per hectolitre of
alcohol at 100 % vol. Unless a standing guarantee is provided,
before removing any alcohol and by the day of issue of the
removal order at the latest, the firms awarded the lots shall
lodge a performance guarantee with the intervention agency
concerned to ensure that the alcohol
in question is used as
bioethanol in the fuel sector.

Article 7

Against payment of EUR 10 per litre and within 30 days of the
publication of the notice of public sale, the firms approved in
accordance with Article 92 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000
may obtain samples of the alcohol put up for sale from the

intervention agency concerned. After that date, samples may be
obtained in accordance with Article 98(2) and (3) of Regulation
(EC) No 1623/2000. Samples issued to the approved firms shall
amount to not more than five litres per vat.

Article 8

The intervention agencies in the Member States in which the
alcohol put up for sale is stored shall carry out appropriate
checks to verify the nature of the alcohol at the time of end-
use. To that end, they may:

(a) apply Article 102 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000, mutatis

mutandis;

(b) carry out checks on samples using nuclear magnetic
resonance analysis to verify the nature of the alcohol at
the time of end-use.

The costs shall be borne by the firms to which the alcohol is
sold.

Article 9

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 2 March 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

PUBLIC SALES OF WINE ALCOHOL FOR USE AS BIOETHANOL IN THE COMMUNITY

Nos 42/2005 EC, 43/2005 EC, 44/2005 EC, 45/2005 EC, 46/2005 EC, 47/2005 EC AND 48/2005 EC

I.

Place of storage, quantity and characteristics of the alcohol put up for sale

Reference to
Regulations
(EEC) No
822/87 and
(EC) No
1493/1999
(Articles)

27+28
27

30
30
30
27
27

27
27

Quantity
(hectolitres of
alcohol at
100 % vol)

25 176
14 824

40 000

2 017,11
10 304,12
10 330,69
10 186,54
7 161,54

40 000

9 125
30 875

40 000

40 000

9 100
9 150
9 000
8 470
9 260
8 950
1 070

55 000

27
27
27
27
27
27
27

7 883,94

30

10 000,00

7 116,06

27

27

Firms approved
pursuant to
Article 92 of
Regulation (EC)
No 1623/2000

Ecocarburantes
españoles SA

Ecocarburantes
españoles SA

Bioetanol Galicia
SA

Bioetanol Galicia
SA

Sekab (Svensk
Etanolkemi AB)

Sekab (Svensk
Etanolkemi AB)

Type of
alcohol

Raw
Raw

Raw
Raw
Raw
Raw
Raw

Raw
Raw

Raw
Raw

Raw
Raw
Raw
Raw
Raw
Raw
Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

S 201
S 208

26 292,82
13 707,18

27
27

Member State
and lot
number

SPAIN
Lot No
42/2005 EC

PORTUGAL
Lot No
43/2005 EC

Location

Vat number

Tarancón

D-1
A-1

Total

S. João da Pesqueira

Inox 1
Inox 12
Inox 13
Inox 14
Inox 15

2
5

SPAIN
Lot No
44/2005 EC

Tomelloso

PORTUGAL
Lot No
45/2005 EC

Aveiro

Total

Total

Total

FRANCE
Lot No
46/2005 EC

DEULEP
Bld Chanzy
30800 Saint Gilles
du Gard

501
502
503
504
506
508
605

Total

Aniello Esposito —
d’Arco
Pomigliano
(NA)
Villapana — Faenza
(RA)
Caviro — Faenza
(RA)

23A-24A-
25A-39A

9A

16A

ITALY
Lot No
47/2005 EC

ITALY
Lot No
48/2005 EC

Total

Bertolino-Partinico
(PA)
Trapas-Petrosino
(TP)
Gedis-Marsala (TP)
S.V.M-Sciacca (AG)

6A
30A
6A-14A

9B
1A-4A-21A-
22A-31A

25 000

8 200,29
9 022,71
5 120,00

30+35
35
30

6 350,00
1 307,00

30
27

Total

30 000

Altia Corporation

Raw
neutral
Raw

Raw
Raw

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II. The address of the Spanish intervention agency is:

FEGA, Beneficencia 8, E-28004 Madrid (Tel. (34) 913 47 65 00; telex: 23427 FEGA; fax: (34) 915 21 98 32).

III. The address of the French intervention agency is:

Onivins-Libourne, Délégation nationale, 17 avenue de la Ballastière, boîte postale 231, F-33505 Libourne Cedex
(Tel. (33-5) 57 55 20 00; telex 57 20 25; fax (33-5) 57 55 20 59).

IV. The address of the Italian intervention agency is:

AGEA, via Torino 45, I-00184 Roma (Tel. (39) 06 49499 714; fax (39) 06 49499 761.

V. The address of the Portuguese intervention agency is:

IVV — Instituto da Vinha e do Vinho, R. Mouzinho da Silveira, 5-P-1250-165 Lisboa, (Tel (351) 21 350 67 00,
Fax (351) 21 356 12 25