Commission Regulation (EC) No 391/2006 of  6 March 2006  opening tendering procedure No 56/2006 EC for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses
Date: 2006-03-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, alcohol, award of contract, industrial product, intervention agency, viticulture

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 391/2006

of 6 March 2006

opening tendering procedure No 56/2006 EC for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

(4)

(5)

Minimum prices should be fixed for the submission of
tenders, broken down according to the type of end-use.

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

the market

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

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
inter alia, the detailed rules
mechanisms (2)
for disposing of stocks of alcohol arising from distillation
under Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999 held by intervention agencies.

lays down,

In accordance with Article 80 of Regulation (EC) No
1623/2000, tendering procedures should be organised
for new industrial uses
for the sale of wine alcohol
with a view to reducing the stocks of wine alcohol
in
industrial
the Community and enabling small-scale
projects to be carried out and such alcohol
to be
processed into goods intended for export for industrial
uses. The wine alcohol of Community origin in storage
in the Member States consists of quantities produced
from distillation under Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1493/1999.

(3)

Since 1 January 1999 and in accordance with Council
Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998
establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro (3),
the prices offered in tenders and securities must be
expressed in euro and payments must be made in euro.

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

(EC) No 2165/2005 (OJ

last amended by
L 345,

Commission Regulation
28.12.2005, p. 1).

Article 1

Tendering procedure No 56/2006 EC is hereby opened for the
sale of wine alcohol
for new industrial uses. The alcohol
concerned has been produced from distillation under Articles
27 and 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and is held by the
French intervention agency.

The volume put up for sale is 109 970 hectolitres of alcohol at
100 % vol. The vat numbers, places of storage and the volume
of alcohol at 100 % vol. contained in each vat are detailed in
the Annex hereto.

Article 2

The sale shall be conducted in accordance with Articles 79, 81,
82, 83, 84, 85, 95, 96, 97, 100 and 101 of Regulation (EC) No
1623/2000 and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98.

Article 3

Tenders must be submitted to the intervention agency

1.
holding the alcohol concerned:

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

(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 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.

or sent by registered mail to that address.

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Tenders shall be submitted in a sealed double envelope,
‘Tender under procedure No
the outer envelope

2.
the inside envelope marked:
56/2006 EC for new industrial uses’,
bearing the address of the intervention agency concerned.

Tenders must reach the intervention agency concerned not

3.
later than 12 noon, Brussels time, on 24 March 2006.

All

4.
that a
tenders must be accompanied by proof
tendering security of EUR 4 per hectolitre of alcohol at
100 % vol. has been lodged with the intervention agency
concerned.

Article 4

The minimum prices which may be offered are EUR 11 per
hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol. intended for the manufacture
of baker’s yeast, EUR 31 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.
intended for
the manufacture of amine- and chloral-type
for export, EUR 37 per hectolitre of
chemical products
alcohol at 100 % vol. intended for the manufacture of eau de

Cologne for export and EUR 11,5 per hectolitre of alcohol at
100 % vol. intended for other industrial uses.

Article 5

The formalities for sampling shall be as set out in Article 98 of
Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000. The price of samples shall be
EUR 10 per litre.

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

Article 6

The performance guarantee shall be EUR 30 per hectolitre of
alcohol at 100 % vol.

Article 7

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, 6 March 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

INVITATION TO TENDER NO 56/2006 EC FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOL FOR NEW INDUSTRIAL USES

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

Member
State

Location

Vat No

France

Onivins-Longuefuye
F-53200 Longuefuye

Onivins-Port-La-Nouvelle
Entrepôt d’alcool
Avenue Adolphe-Turrel, BP 62
F-11210 Port-La-Nouvelle

6

11

15

16

5

Volume
in hectolitres
of alcohol
at 100 % vol.

22 535

22 560

22 480

22 395

20 000

Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999
Article

Type of
alcohol

Alcohol
strength
(in % vol.)

27

27

28

28

27

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

Raw

+ 92

+ 92

+ 92

+ 92

+ 92

Total

109 970