Commission Regulation (EC) No 1573/2005 of 28 September 2005 opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of rye held by the German intervention agency for processing into bioethanol and its subsequent use for the production of biofuel in the Community
Date: 2005-09-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, award of contract, intervention agency, rye, single market, substitute fuel

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1573/2005

of 28 September 2005

opening a standing invitation to tender for the resale on the Community market of rye held by the
German intervention agency for processing into bioethanol and its subsequent use for the
production of biofuel in the Community

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

It is also important for the German intervention agency’s
notification to the Commission to maintain the
anonymity of the tenderers.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29
September 2003 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93 of 28 July
1993 laying down the procedure and conditions for
the sale of cereals held by intervention agencies (2)
provides in particular that cereals held by intervention
agencies are to be sold by tendering procedure at a
selling price which is not below the price recorded on
the market at the place of storage or, failing that, on the
nearest market, account being taken of transport costs,
for an equivalent quality and for a representative quantity
preventing market disturbance.

The increased use of biofuels in Community transport
forms part of a raft of measures designed to meet the
Community’s environmental commitments. Promoting
the use of biofuels may open up a new market for the
agricultural products of the Member States.

Germany has significant intervention stocks of rye for
which it is proving difficult to find markets and which
should therefore be disposed of. To this end, sales on the
Community market may be organised by tendering
procedure with a view to processing the rye into
bioethanol and its subsequent use for the production of
biofuel
in the Community, within the meaning of
Directive 2003/30/EC of the European Parliament and
of the Council of 8 May 2003 on the promotion of
for
the use of biofuels or other
transport (3).

renewable

fuels

To take account of
the situation on the Community
market, provision should be made for the Commission
to manage this invitation to tender. In addition, provision
must be made for an award coefficient
tenders
offering the minimum selling price.

for

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as

(EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ

amended by
L 187,

Commission Regulation
19.7.2005, p. 11).

(6) With a view to modernising management,

the infor-
mation required by the Commission should be sent by
electronic mail.

(7)

(8)

(9)

covered by

this monitoring, application of

To enable checks on the particular destination of the
stocks
tendering procedures, provision
should be made for specific monitoring of, on the one
hand, the delivery of the rye and its processing into
its subsequent use
bioethanol and, on the other hand,
in the Community. To
for the production of biofuel
permit
the procedures
laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No
3002/92 of 16 October 1992 laying down common
detailed rules for verifying the use and/or destination of
from intervention (4) and Council Directive
products
92/12/EEC of 25 February 1992 on the general
arrangements for products subject to excise duty and
on the holding, movement and monitoring of such
products (5) respectively should be made compulsory.

To guarantee proper performance, tenderers should be
asked to lodge a security which, in view of the nature
of the operations concerned, should be fixed by dero-
gation from Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93, in particular
as regards the conditions for its release.

The Management Committee
for Cereals has not
delivered an opinion within the time-limit set by its
chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The German intervention agency shall open a standing invi-
tation to tender for the sale on the Community market of
200 000 tonnes of rye held by it, for processing into bioethanol
and its subsequent use for the production of biofuel
in the
Community within the meaning of Article 2(1)(a) of Directive
2003/30/EC.

(4) OJ L 301, 17.10.1992, p. 17. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

(2) OJ L 191, 31.7.1993, p. 76. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 770/96 (OJ L 104, 27.4.1996, p. 13).

lation (EC) No 749/2005 (OJ L 126, 19.5.2005, p. 10).

(5) OJ L 76, 23.3.1992, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive

(3) OJ L 123, 17.5.2003, p. 42.

2004/106/EC (OJ L 359, 4.12.2004, p. 30).

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Article 2

The sale provided for in Article 1 shall take place in accordance
with Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93.

Tenders must be lodged with the German intervention

2.
agency at the following address:

However, notwithstanding:

(a) Article 13(1) of that Regulation, tenders shall be drawn up
by reference to the actual quality of the lot to which they
apply;

Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE)
Deichmannsaue 29
D-53179 Bonn
Fax: (49-228) 6845 3985
(49-228) 6845 3276.

Article 5

(b) the second paragraph of Article 10 of that Regulation, the
minimum selling price shall be set at a level which does not
disturb the cereals market.

Within two hours of
for the
the expiry of
submission of tenders, the German intervention agency shall
notify the Commission of tenders received. This notification
shall be made by e-mail, using the form in Annex I hereto.

the time-limit

Article 3

Tenders shall be valid only if they are accompanied by:

Article 6

(a) proof

that

the tenderer has

lodged a security which,
notwithstanding the second subparagraph of Article 13(4)
of Regulation (EEC) No 2131/93,
is set at EUR 10 per
tonne;

(b) the tenderer’s written undertaking to use the rye for
processing within the Community into bioethanol and its
subsequent use for
in the
Community before 30 August 2006 and to lodge a
security of EUR 40 within two working days of the day
on which the notice of award of contract is received;

the production of biofuel

(c) an undertaking to keep stock records so that checks may be
carried out to ensure that the quantities of rye awarded have
been processed on Community territory into bioethanol and
that this ethanol has been used for the production of biofuel
in the Community.

The holding and movement of ethanol is subject to Directive
92/12/EEC for the purposes of the production of biofuels.

Article 4

The first partial invitation to tender shall expire at 15.00

1.
(Brussels time) on 5 October 2005.

The closing dates for the submission of tenders for subsequent
partial invitations to tender shall be each Wednesday at 15.00
(Brussels time), with the exception of 2 November 2005, 28
December 2005, 12 April 2006, 24 May 2006 and 14 June
2006, i.e. weeks when no invitation to tender shall be made.

Under the procedure laid down in Article 25(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 1784/2003 the Commission shall set the minimum
selling price or decide not
In the
event that tenders are submitted for the same lot and for a
quantity larger than that available, the Commission may fix
this price separately for each lot.

to award any quantities.

the
Where tenders are offering the minimum selling price,
Commission may fix an award coefficient for the quantities
offered at the same time as it fixes the minimum selling price.

Article 7

The security referred to in Article 3(a) shall be released in

1.
full in respect of quantities for which:

(a) no award is made;

(b) payment of the selling price is made within the period set
and the security referred to in Article 3(b) has been lodged.

2.
The security referred to in Article 3(b) shall be released in
proportion to the quantities of rye used by 30 August 2006 for
the production of bioethanol in the Community and subject to
the bioethanol being placed under the tax warehouse system
provided for in Directive 92/12/EEC and specifying the end use
of the bioethanol as biofuel in the Community.

Article 8

The last partial
(Brussels time) on 28 June 2006.

invitation to tender shall expire at 15.00

1.
Proof that the undertakings referred to in Article 3(b) have
been met shall be supplied in accordance with Regulation (EEC)
No 3002/92 and Directive 92/12/EEC.

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In addition to the particulars provided for in Regulation
2.
(EEC) No 3002/92, box 104 of the control copy T5 shall refer
to the undertaking provided for in Article 3(b) and (c) and
contain one or more of the entries shown in Annex II.

3.
Notwithstanding Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No
3002/92, proof that the rye has been properly used shall be
provided where it is stored in a bioethanol processing under-
submitting
taking and the biofuel producer

shows, by

supporting documents, that the bioethanol produced from rye
purchased in accordance with this Regulation has been
processed into biofuel.

Article 9

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
its publication 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, 28 September 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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Standing invitation to tender for the resale of 200 000 tonnes of rye held by the German intervention agency

ANNEX I

Form (*)

(Regulation (EC) No 1573/2005)

2

Lot No

3

Quantity
(t)

4

Tender price
(EUR/t)

1

Serial numbers
of tenderers

1

2
3

etc.

(*) To be sent to DG AGRI, Unit D.2.

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ANNEX II

Entries referred to in Article 8(2)

— in Spanish:

Productos destinados a la transformación y destino final previstos en el artículo 3, letras b) y c) del
Reglamento (CE) no 1573/2005

— in Czech:

Produkty určené ke zpracování a na místo konečného určení podle čl. 3 písm. b) a c) nařízení (ES) č.
1573/2005

— in Danish:

— in German:

— in Estonian:

Produkter til forarbejdning og endelig bestemmelse som fastsat i artikel 3, litra b) og c), i forordning
(EF) nr. 1573/2005

Erzeugnisse zur Verarbeitung und Endbestimmung gemäß Artikel 3 Buchstaben b und c der
Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1573/2005

Määruse (EÜ) nr 1573/2005 artikli 3 punktides b ja c ettenähtud eesmärgil töötlemiseks mõeldud
tooted

— in Greek:

Προϊόντα προς μεταποίηση και με τελικό προορισμό όπως προβλέπεται στο άρθρο 3 στοιχεία β) και γ) του
κανονισμού (ΕΚ) αριθ. 1573/2005

— in English:

— in French:

Products intended for processing and for the final destination referred to in Article 3(b) and (c) of
Regulation (EC) No 1573/2005

produits destinés à la transformation et à la destination finale prévues à l'article 3, points b) et c) du
règlement (CE) no 1573/2005

— in Italian:

Prodotti destinati alla trasformazione e alla destinazione finale di cui all’articolo 3, lettere b) e c), del
regolamento (CE) n. 1573/2005

— in Latvian:

Produkti paredzēti tādai pārstrādei un galīgajam lietojumam, kā noteikts Regulas (EK) Nr. 1573/2005
3. panta b) un c) punktā

— in Lithuanian: Produktai, kurių perdirbimas ir galutinis panaudojimas numatyti Reglamento (EB) Nr. 1573/2005 3

straipsnio b ir c punktuose

— in Hungarian: Az 1573/2005/EK rendelet 3. cikkének b) és c) pontja szerinti feldolgozásra és végső felhasználásra

szánt termékek

— in Dutch:

Producten bestemd voor de verwerking en het eindgebruik als bedoeld in artikel 3, onder b) en c), van
Verordening (EG) nr. 1573/2005

— in Polish:

Produkty przeznaczone do przetworzenia oraz do końcowego miejsca przeznaczenia przewidzianych
w art. 3 lit. b) i c) rozporządzenia (WE) nr 1573/2005

— in Portuguese:

Produtos para a transformação e o destino final estabelecidos no Regulamento (CE) n.o 1573/2005

— in Slovak:

Produkty určené na spracovanie a na konečné použitie podľa článku 3 písm. b) a c) nariadenia (ES)
č. 1573/2005

— in Slovenian:

Proizvodi za predelavo in končni namembni kraj

iz člena 3(b) in (c) Uredbe (ES) št. 1573/2005

— in Finnish:

— in Swedish:

Asetuksen (EY) N:o 1573/2005 3 artiklan b ja c alakohdan mukaiseen jalostukseen ja loppukäyttöön
tarkoitetut tuotteet

Produkter avsedda för bearbetning och slutlig användning enligt artikel 3 b och c i förordning (EG) nr
1573/2005