Commission regulation (EC) No 1153/2005 of 18 July 2005 opening a tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community
Date: 2005-07-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, award of contract, common organisation of markets, ethanol, intervention agency, intervention stock

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1153/2005

of 18 July 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:

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

the market

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

Article 1

Tendering procedure No 2/2005 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, 28 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 699 946,698 hecto-

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

(a) one lot with the number 10/2005 EC for a quantity of

100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,

(b) one lot with the number 11/2005 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,

(c) one lot with the number 12/2005 EC for a quantity of

100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,

(d) one lot with the number 13/2005 EC for a quantity of

100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,

(e) one lot with the number 14/2005 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,

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.

(f) one lot with the number 15/2005 EC for a quantity of

100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,

(g) one lot with the number 16/2005 EC for a quantity of

100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,

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

(h) one lot with the number 17/2005 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume,

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as

(EC) No 1795/2003 (OJ

last amended by
L 262,

Commission Regulation
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 repealed by Regulation (EC) No

1493/1999.

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

(i) one lot with the number 18/2005 EC for a quantity of

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

(j) one lot with the number 19/2005 EC for a quantity of

8 614,908 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % volume.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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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 a sealed double envelope, the
inside envelope marked ‘Tender under procedure No 2/2005 EC
in the Community’, the outer envelope
for use as bioethanol
bearing the address of the intervention agency concerned.

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

(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

1.
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.

In addition to the information referred to in Article 94a of
2.
Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000, the notifications referred to in
paragraph 1 shall clearly indicate for each tender:

Tenders must reach the intervention agency concerned not

3.
later than 12.00 Brussels time on 26 August 2005.

(a) whether the tender is eligible,

Article 4

To be eligible for consideration, tenders must comply with

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

(b) in the event of the tender being ineligible, which of the
conditions referred to in Article 94 of Regulation (EC) No
1623/2000 were not met.

To be eligible for consideration, when they are presented,

2.
tenders must be accompanied by:

Article 6

(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 Member State(s) of final use of the
alcohol and an undertaking by the tenderer to comply
with that destination,

(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,

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

the rules applicable to this tendering procedure,

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:

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

Article 8

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.

Member States shall notify the Commission of
the name
and address of the tenderer corresponding to each tender by
30 September 2005 at the latest.

Article 9

The costs of the checks referred to in paragraph 1 shall be

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

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, 18 July 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 2/2005 EC

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

Member State and
lot number

Location

Vat No

Quantity in
hectolitres
of alcohol at
100 % vol

Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999
(Article)

Regulation (EEC)
No 822/87
(Article)

Type of alcohol

Spain

Tarancón

Lot No 10/2005
EC

Spain

Tarancón

Lot No 11/2005
EC

Total

Total

France

Lot No 12/2005
EC

DEULEP
Bld Chanzy
30800 Saint-Gilles-du-Gard

Total

France

Lot No 13/2005
EC

ONIVINS-Port-la-Nouvelle
Entrepôt D’alcool
Av. Adolphe-Turrel, BP 62
11210 Port-la-Nouvelle

A-1

A-3

B-3

B-4

B-6

B-6

C-1

C-2

71

501

502

604

608

607

606

605

6

6

6

17

16

18

30

16

14

13

24 629

24 751

24 858

19 247

6 515

100 000

17 722

25 204

7 074

50 000

46 920

9 265

4 325

6 535

6 555

8 035

9 400

8 965

100 000

16 140

600

220

12 705

3 755

12 630

22 320

6 055

1 825

11 640

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

28

30

27

28

28

27

27

30

28

30

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 % vol

Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999
(Article)

Regulation (EEC)
No 822/87
(Article)

Type of alcohol

Total

France

Lot No 14/2005
EC

ONIVINS-Port-la-Nouvelle
Entrepôt D’alcool
Av. Adolphe-Turrel, B.P.
62
11210 Port-la-Nouvelle

13

14

16

11

6

29

29

29

29

Italy

Dister-Faenza (RA)

Lot No 15/2005
EC

Total

124A-170A-
171A-176A-
178A

685

10 755

670

100 000

22 005

5 430

1 950

6 985

13 510

120

50 000

8 440

Mazzari-S. Agata sul
Santerno (RA)

5A-8A-10A

34 000

Caviro-Faenza (RA)

16A-17A-19A

36 300

Villapana-Faenza (RA)

4A-8A-9A

18 000

Bonollo U.-Conselve (PD)

Cantine Soc. Venete-Ponte
di Piave (TV)

I.C.V.-Borgoricco (PD)

1A

14A

5A

Tampieri-Faenza (RA)

2A-9A

320

320

1 300

1 320

Total

100 000

Italy

Dister-Faenza (RA)

Lot No 16/2005
EC

Cipriani-Chizzola di Ala

124A

30A

S.V.A.-Ortona (CH)

17A-18A

1 560

9 000

3 300

Bonollo-Paduni (FR)

17A-34A-35A

34 140

28

30

27

27

30

28

30

30

27

30

27

27

27

30

30

27

27

30

27

27

27

Di Lorenzo-Ponte
Valleceppi (PG)

1A-18A-21A-
22A

14 600

27+30

D’Auria-Ortona (CH)

1A-4A-9A-11A-
12A-29A-61A

10 000

Deta-Barberino Val
d’Elsa (FI)

5A

1 900

Balice-Valenzano (BA)

47A-48A-59A

16 000

27

27

30

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Member State and
lot number

Location

Vat No

Balice Dist.-Mottola (TA)

De Luca-Novoli (LE)

3A

18A

Total

Quantity in
hectolitres
of alcohol at
100 % vol

1 500

8 000

100 000

27

27

Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999
(Article)

Regulation (EEC)
No 822/87
(Article)

Type of alcohol

Italy

Bertolino-Partinico (PA)

6A-12A-34A

28 000

27+30

Lot No 17/2005
EC

Gedis-Marsala (TP)

12A-15A-18A-
21A

Trapas-Marsala (TP)

2A-14A-16A

S.V.M.-Sciacca (AG)

1A-2A-3A-23A-
24A-34A

Enodistil-Alcamo (TP)

22A

Greece

Lot No 18/2005
EC

Total

ΑΜΠΕΛΟΥΡΓΙΚΟΣ ΣΥΝΕ-
ΤΑΙΡΙΣΜΟΣ ΜΕΓΑΡΩΝ —
(ΒΑΡΕΑ ΜΕΓΑΡΩΝ)
[Ambelourgikos Syne-
terismos Megaron —
(Varea Megaron)]

B1

B2

B3

B4

B5

B6

10

B9

B10

B11

B12

B13

B14

B15

B16

3

4

5

6

7

14

15

1

2

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

9 600

8 000

2 000

2 400

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

894,58

894,83

871,50

898,94

864,99

893,13

873,77

885,55

27

30

27

30

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

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Member State and
lot number

Location

Vat No

Quantity in
hectolitres
of alcohol at
100 % vol

Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999
(Article)

Regulation (EEC)
No 822/87
(Article)

Type of alcohol

8

9

B7

11

12

13

17

4 016

A1

A2

A3

A4

A5

1

2

3

4

5

B74

B75

B76

B80

68

66

82

69

107

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

8 614,908

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

30

35

35

35

35

35

35

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

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

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

Papiermühle 16
D-37603 Holzminden

Germany

Lot No 19/2005
EC

Total

8 614,908

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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, BP 231, F-33505 Libourne Cedex
[telephone (33) 557 55 20 00; telex 57 20 25; fax (33) 557 55 20 59],

FEGA — Beneficencia 8, E-28004 Madrid [telephone (34) 913 47 64 66; fax (34) 913 47 64 65]

AGEA — Via Torino 45, I-00184 Roma [telephone (39) 064 94 99 714; fax (39) 064 94 99 761]

Ο.Π.Ε.Κ.Ε.Π.Ε. — Αχαρνών (Aharnon) 241, GR-10446 Athens, Greece [telephone (210) 2 12 47 99; fax (210) 212 47 91]

Bundesanstalt
(49) 228/68 45-33 86/34 79, fax (49) 228/68 45-37 94)

für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE) — Deichmanns Aue 29, D-53179 Bonn (telephone

ANNEX III

Address referred to in Article 5

European Commission
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