Commission Regulation (EC) No 117/2006 of  24 January 2006  opening a tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community
Date: 2006-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: alcohol, award of contract, ethanol, intervention agency, sale, viticulture

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 117/2006

of 24 January 2006

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
in
wine (1), and in particular Article 33 thereof,

the market

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
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

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 2165/2005 (OJ L 345, 28.12.2005, p. 1).

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

lation (EC) No 1820/2005 (OJ L 293, 9.11.2005, p. 8).

(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 Regulation repealed by Regulation (EC) No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.

Article 1

Tendering procedure No 4/2006 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 Articles 35 and 36 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 666 095,04 hectolitres

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

(a) one lot with the number 31/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(b) one lot with the number 32/2006 EC for a quantity of

100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(c) one lot with the number 33/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(d) one lot with the number 34/2006 EC for a quantity of

100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(e) one lot with the number 35/2006 EC for a quantity of

100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(f) one lot with the number 36/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(g) one lot with the number 37/2006 EC for a quantity of

100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(h) one lot with the number 38/2006 EC for a quantity of

100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.,

(i) one lot with the number 39/2006 EC for a quantity of

16 095,04 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.

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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,

(b) 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 % vol.;

Only firms approved under Article 92 of Regulation (EC)

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

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

the rules applicable to this 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.

(d) 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,

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.

(ii)

they agree to submit to any checks made on the desti-
nation and use made of the alcohol,

2.
Tenders shall be placed in a sealed double envelope, the
inside envelope marked ‘Tender under procedure No 4/2006 EC
in the Community’, the outer envelope
for use as bioethanol
bearing the address of the intervention agency concerned.

Tenders must reach the intervention agency concerned not

3.
later than 12 noon Brussels time on 1 March 2006.

(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 4

Article 6

To be eligible for consideration, tenders must comply with

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

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

To be eligible for consideration, when they are presented,

2.
tenders must be accompanied by:

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

(a) proof that a tendering security of EUR 4 per hectolitre of
alcohol at 100 % vol. has been lodged with the intervention
agency holding the alcohol concerned;

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.

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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:

(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.

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

mutandis;

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

Article 8

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

Done at Brussels, 24 January 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Member State and lot
number

Location

Vat No

Quantity in
hectolitres
of alcohol
at 100 % vol.

Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999
(Article)

Regulation (EC)
No 822/87
(Article)

Type of alcohol

Spain

Tarancón

Lot No 31/2006 EC

Spain

Tarancón

Lot No 32/2006 EC

Total

C-5

C-6

C-1

C-2

D-3

D-4

24 831

25 169

50 000

25 117

24 998

25 159

24 726

Total

100 000

France

Lot No 33/2006 EC

Onivins — Longuefuye
53200 Longuefuye

Total

France

Lot No 34/2006 EC

Onivins — Port-La-Nouvelle
Entrepôt d’alcool
Av. Adolphe Turrel, BP 62
11210 Port-La-Nouvelle

France

Lot No 35/2006 EC

Deulep — PSL
13230 Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône

Total

Deulep
Bld Chanzy
30800 Saint-Gilles-du-Gard

Total

10

12

18

10

9

26

25

24

23

23

23

22

22

36

B1

72

72

72

73

22 420

22 440

5 140

50 000

7 205

22 280

12 370

12 245

12 515

780

11 340

140

11 090

1 330

8 705

100 000

42 640

38 690

6 890

470

11 310

100 000

30

30

27

27

27

27

28

28

28

27

27

30

27

27

28

30

30

28

30

27

27

30

30

27

30

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 (EC)
No 822/87
(Article)

Type of alcohol

Italy

Bertolino — Partinico (PA)

3A-33A-34A

27 100

27 + 30

Lot No 36/2006 EC

Trapas — Petrosine (TP)

Enodistil

S.V.M. — Sciacca (AG)

GE.DIS — Marsala (TP)

20A

22A

4A-30A-32A-
35A

88-10B

Total

Italy

S.V.A. — Ortona (CH)

20A

8 500

2 700

2 200

9 500

50 000

2 000

30

30

27

30

27

Lot No 37/2006 EC

Bonollo — Paduni-Anagni (FR)

15A-35A-49A-
51A

35 000

27 + 30

Deta — Barberino Val d’Elsa (FI)

Balice Distill. — San Bastilio
Motolla (TA)

D’Auria — Ortona (CH)

5A

2A

1 500

1 000

17A-19A-21A-
22A-41A

12 000

De Luca — Novoli (LE)

7A-16A

9 950,62

Di Lorenzo — Ponte Valleceppi (PG)

Di Lorenzo — Pontenuovo di
Torgiano (PG)

Balice S.n.c. — Valenano (BA)

D.C.A. — Ascoli Piceno (AP)

Distill. Del Sud — Rutigliano

26A

1B

6 929,30

11A-46A-49A-
50A-51A

14 500

101-81-17-
103-44

18 + 23 + 36 +
72 + 73

1 306,93

7 242,45

27

27

27

27

30

27

27

Caviro — Carapelle (FG)

5C

8 570,70

27

Total

100 000

Italy

Caviro — Faenza (RA)

Lot No 38/2006 EC

3A-12A-13A-
14A

25 429,30

27 + 30

Di Lorenzo — Pontenuovo di
Torgiano (PG)

Mazzari — S.Agata sul Santerno
(RA)

Dister — Faenza (RA)

I.C.V. — Borgoricco (PD)

Tampieri — Faenza (RA)

1B

8 570,70

5A-6A

34 000

121A-124A

5A

15A-17A-18A-
19A

7 000

2 000

3 000

Villapana — Faenza (RA)

6A-8A

11 000

Cipriani — Chizzola di Ala

2A-3A-24A-
30A

9 000

100 000

Total

27

27

27 + 30

27

27

27

27

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

35 + 36

raw/neutral

36

neutral

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 (EC)
No 822/87
(Article)

Type of alcohol

Hungary

Lot No 39/2006 EC

Miskolci Likőrgyár Rt.
3527 Miskolc, Vitéz u. 13.
Hrsz.: 4686/5, 4686/2

I/3

I/4

I/5

I/6

I/7

I/8

I/9

I/10

I/11

I/12

III/31

III/32

III/33

III/34

Tokaj Kereskedőház Rt.
3934 Tolcsva, Petőfi Sándor u. 32.
Hrsz.: 142/1

2214440

2214450

Tokaj Kereskedőház Rt.
3943 Bodrogolaszi, Ország út 19.
Hrsz.: 196-198, 200-202

SZ/I

SZ/II

SZ/III

Total

129,11

139,57

136,19

136,84

123,37

140,10

136,15

137,61

123,42

137,57

129,11

129,11

129,11

129,11

4 819,02

3 962,76

1 832,10

1 842,46

1 782,33

16 095,04

27

27

27

27

27

27

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

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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 (Tel. (33)
557 55 20 00; telex 57 20 25; Fax (33) 557 55 20 59)
FEGA — Beneficencia, 8, E-28004 Madrid (Tel. (34) 913 47 64 66; Fax (34) 913 47 64 65)
AGEA — Via Torino, 45, I-00184 Roma (Tel. (39-06) 49 49 97 14; Fax (39-06) 49 49 97 61)
Mezógazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési Hivatal — H-1385 Budapest, 62, Pf. 867 (Tel.
1-219 45 11, (36) 1-219 45 12).

(36) 1-219 45 14; Fax (36)

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