Commission Regulation (EC) No 748/2005 of 18 May 2005 opening a tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community
Date: 2005-05-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU stock, award of contract, common organisation of markets, ethanol, intervention agency, intervention stock

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 748/2005

of 18 May 2005

opening a tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

down,

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
the market
mechanisms (2),
things,
lays
detailed rules
alcohol
obtained from distillation under Articles 35, 36 and 39
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March
1987 on the common organisation of the market in
wine (3) and referred to in Articles 27, 28 and 30 of
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and held by the inter-
vention agencies.

other
stocks of

for disposing of

among

A tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for
exclusive use as bioethanol
in the fuel sector in the
Community should be organised in accordance with
Article 92 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 with a
view to reducing Community stocks of wine alcohol
and ensuring the
to firms
continuity of
approved under that Article.

supplies

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.

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

(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 616/2005 (OJ L 103, 22.4.2005, p. 15).

(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 1

Tendering procedure No 1/2005 EC is hereby opened for
in the

for use as bioethanol

1.
the sale of wine alcohol
Community.

The alcohol concerned has been produced from distillation
under Article 35 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and Articles
27 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and is held by the
intervention agencies of the Member States.

The total volume put up for sale is 691 331,79 hectolitres

2.
of alcohol at 100 % volume, broken down as follows:

(a) one lot with the number 1/2005 EC for a quantity of

100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,

(b) one lot with the number 2/2005 EC for a quantity of

100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,

(c) one lot with the number 3/2005 EC for a quantity of

100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,

(d) one lot with the number 4/2005 EC for a quantity of

100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,

(e) one lot with the number 5/2005 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,

(f) one lot with the number 6/2005 EC for a quantity of

100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,

(g) one lot with the number 7/2005 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,

(h) one lot with the number 8/2005 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,

(i) one lot with the number 9/2005 EC for a quantity of

41 331,79 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume.

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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 Annex I to this Regulation.

in each vat,

Only firms approved under Article 92 of Regulation (EC)

4.
No 1623/2000 may take part in the tendering procedure.

Article 2

The sale shall be conducted in accordance with Articles 93, 94,
94b, 94c, 94d, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100 and 101 of Regulation (EC)
No 1623/2000 and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98.

Article 3

Tenders shall be delivered to the intervention agencies
listed in Annex II or sent by registered

1.
holding the alcohol
mail to the address of the intervention agency.

2.
Tenders shall be placed in two sealed envelopes, the inside
envelope marked ‘Tender under procedure No 1/2005 EC for
in the Community’,
use as bioethanol
the outer envelope
bearing the address of the intervention agency concerned.

Tenders must reach the intervention agency concerned not

3.
later than 12.00 Brussels time on 30 May 2005.

Article 4

To be eligible for consideration, tenders must comply with

1.
Articles 94 and 97 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000.

To be eligible for consideration, when they are presented,

2.
tenders must be accompanied by:

(a) proof that a tendering security of EUR 4 per hectolitre of
alcohol at 100 % volume has been lodged with the inter-
vention agency holding the alcohol concerned,

(b) an indication of the place of final use of the alcohol and an
undertaking by the tenderer to comply with that desti-
nation,

(c)

the name and address of the tenderer, the reference number
of the notice of invitation to tender and the price proposed,
expressed in euro per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % volume,

(i) they waive all claims in respect of the quality and char-

acteristics of any alcohol awarded to them,

(ii) they agree to submit to any checks made on the desti-

nation and use made of the alcohol,

(iii) they accept that

evidence that the alcohol
notice of invitation to tender in question.

it is their responsibility to provide
is used as specified in the

Article 5

The notifications provided for in Article 94a of Regulation (EC)
No 1623/2000 relating to the tendering procedure opened by
this Regulation shall be sent to the Commission at the address
given in Annex III to this Regulation.

Article 6

The formalities for sampling shall be as set out in Article 98 of
Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000.

The intervention agency shall provide all the necessary infor-
mation on the characteristics of the alcohol put up for sale.

On application to the intervention agency concerned, interested
parties may obtain samples of the alcohol put up for sale, taken
by a representative of the intervention agency concerned.

Article 7

1.
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 of the checks referred to in paragraph 1 shall be

2.
borne by the firms to which the alcohol is sold.

(d) an undertaking by tenderers that they will comply with all

the rules applicable to this tendering procedure,

Article 8

(e) a statement by tenderers to the effect that:

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

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

Done at Brussels, 18 May 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

TENDERING PROCEDURE FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOL FOR USE AS BIOETHANOL IN THE COMMUNITY

No 1/2005 EC

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

Location

Vat No

Quantity in
hectolitres of
alcohol at
100 % volume

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

Type of alcohol

Member State
and lot
number

Spain

Lot
No 1/2005
EC

Spain

Lot
No 2/2005
EC

France

Lot
No 3/2005
EC

France

Lot
No 4/2005
EC

France

Lot
No 5/2005
EC

Tomelloso

Tomelloso

Tomelloso

Tomelloso

Tarancon

Tarancon

Tarancon

Tarancon

Tarancon

Tarancon

Total

Total

Deulep — PSL
13230 Port Saint Louis Du Rhone

Onivins — Port la Nouvelle
Entreport d’Alcool
Av. Adolphe Turrel BP 62
11210 Port la Nouvelle

Deulep
Bld Chanzy
30800 Saint Gilles du Gard

Total

Total

Total

1

2

3

5

B-4

A-2

A-6

B-1

B-2

B-4

B2

B4

B2B

B1

B2B

2

1

15

73

73

603

46 584

118

2 250

48 048

3 000

100 000

24 353

24 490

24 574

24 406

2 177

100 000

26 055

10 955

300

44 820

17 870

100 000

48 020

47 435

4 545

100 000

13 940

30 445

5 615

50 000

Italy

Caviro-Faenza (RA)

16A

22 662,80

Lot
No 6/2005
EC

Villapana-Faenza (RA)

Tampieri-Faenza (RA)

Cipriani-Chizzola di Ala (TN)

I.C.V.-Borgoricco (PD)

S.V.A.-Ortona (CH)

5A-9A

6A-16A

27A

5A

2A-3A-4A-
16A

7 600

1 600

5 200

1 600

4 800

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

30

27

27

27

30

30

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

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Member State
and lot
number

Location

Vat No

D’Auria-Ortona (CH)

1A-2A-5A-
7A-8A-43A-
76A

Quantity in
hectolitres of
alcohol at
100 % volume

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

Type of alcohol

12 007,35

27+30+35

Raw

Bonollo-Anagni (FR)

17A

10 429,85

Di Lorenzo-Ponte Valleceppi (PG)

Deta-Barberino Val d’Elsa (FI)

Balice-Valenzano (BA)

Total

Italy

Dister-Faenza (RA)

Lot
No 7/2005
EC

20A-23A-
22A

4A-8A

3A-4A-5A-
6A-7A-8A

119A-167A-
169A-179A-
170A

18 000

1 900

14 200

100 000

13 500

Mazzari-S. Agata sul Santerno (RA)

5A-11A

36 500

Total

50 000

Italy

Bertolino-Partinico (PA)

6A-13A

19 500

Lot
No 8/2005
EC

Gedis-Marsala (TP)

Trapas-Marsala (TP)

S.V.M.-Sciacca (AG)

12B-9B

14A-15A

8A-18A-1A

8 000

6 500

1 500

De Luca-Novoli (LE)

9A-17A-19A

10 000

BaliceDistilli.-Mottola (TA)

Balice-Valenzano (BA)

3A

2A-3A

Total

Greece

Lot
No 9/2005
EC

ΑΜΠΕΛΟΥΡΓΙΚΟΣ ΣΥΝΕΤΑΙΡΙΣΜΟΣ
ΜΕΓΑΡΩΝ — (ΒΑΡΕΑ ΜΕΓΑΡΩΝ)
(Ambelourgikos Syneterismos
Megaron — (Varea Megaron))

B1

B2

B3

B4

B5

B6

10

B9

B10

B11

B12

B13

B14

B15

B16

3

1 200

3 300

50 000

543,42

550,83

556,14

556,16

555,90

550,60

914,43

550,04

553,72

554,60

554,50

556,91

551,86

547,57

910,55

851,86

27

27

27+30

27

30

27

27

27

30

27

27

27

27

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35+27

27

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

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Member State
and lot
number

Location

Vat No

Quantity in
hectolitres of
alcohol at
100 % volume

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

Type of alcohol

4

5

6

7

14

15

1

2

8

9

B7

11

12

13

17

Π.Α. ΤΖΑΡΑ — (Δοκός Χαλκίδος)
(P.A. Tzara — (Dokos Halkidos))

4016

Ε.Α.Σ. ΠΑΤΡΩΝ — Ανθεια Πατρών
(E.A.S. Patron — Anthia Patron)

Ε.Α.Σ. ΑΤΤΙΚΗΣ — (ΠΙΚΕΡΜΙ)
(E.A.S. Attikis — (Pikermi))

ΟΙΝΟΠΟΙΗΤΙΚΟΣ ΣΥΝ/ΣΜΟΣ
(ΣΥΝΕΤΑΙΡΙΣΜΟΣ) ΜΕΣΣΗΝΙΑΣ
(ΓΙΑΛΟΒΑ ΠΥΛΙΑΣ)
(Inopiitikos Syneterismos Messinias
(Gialova Pilias))

Total

A1

A2

A3

A4

A5

1

2

3

4

5

B74

B75

B76

B80

68

66

82

69

894,58

894,83

871,50

898,94

864,99

893,13

873,77

885,55

904,07

863,37

544,88

901,79

869,67

907,15

799,07

179,58

856,07

917,34

747,20

803,85

577,07

917,80

917,58

919,35

903,82

751,82

836,47

583,84

724,92

890,23

2 113,82

2 122,29

731,69

2 110,67

41 331,79

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

35

35

35

35

35

35

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

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ANNEX II

Intervention agencies holding the alcohol referred to in Article 3

ONIVINS-LIBOURNE — Délégation nationale 17, avenue de la Ballastière, boîte postale 231, F-33505 Libourne Cedex
(telephone (33-5) 57 55 20 00, telex 57 20 25, fax (33-5) 57 55 20 59)

FEGA — Beneficencia 8, E-28004 Madrid (telephone (34) 913 476 466, fax (34) 913 47 64 65)

AGEA — Via Torino 45, I-00184 Roma (telephone (39) 6 49499 714, fax (39) 06 49 49 97 61)

Ο.Π.Ε.Κ.Ε.Π.Ε. — Αχαρνών (Aharnon) 241, 10446 Athens, Greece (telephone 210 212 47 99, fax 210 212 4791)

ANNEX III

Address referred to in Article 5

Commission of the European Communities
Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, Unit D-2
Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200
B-1049 Brussels
Fax (32-2) 298 55 28
E-mail address: agri-market-tenders@cec.eu.int