Commission Regulation (EC) No 593/2006 of  12 April 2006  opening a tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community
Date: 2006-04-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: alcohol, award of contract, ethanol, intervention agency, sale, viticulture

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 593/2006

of 12 April 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

Article 1

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 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 Regulation repealed by Regulation (EC)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.

Tendering procedure No 5/2006 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 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 678 571,8692 hecto-

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

(a) one lot with the number 40/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(b) one lot with the number 41/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(c) one lot with the number 42/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(d) one lot with the number 43/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(e) one lot with the number 44/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(f) one lot with the number 45/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(g) one lot with the number 46/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(h) one lot with the number 47/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

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(i)

one lot with the number 48/2006 EC for a quantity of
50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

Tenders must reach the intervention agency concerned not

3.
later than 12 noon Brussels time on 3 May 2006.

(j)

one lot with the number 49/2006 EC for a quantity of
50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

Article 4

To be eligible for consideration, tenders must comply with

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

(k) one lot with the number 50/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(l)

one lot with the number 51/2006 EC for a quantity of
50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(m) one lot with the number 52/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

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 % vol. has been lodged with the intervention
agency holding the alcohol concerned;

(n) one lot with the number 53/2006 EC for a quantity of

28 571,8692 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.

(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.;

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

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

the rules applicable to this tendering procedure;

(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,

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.

(ii)

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

Article 3

(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

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 5/2006 EC
in the Community’, the outer envelope
for use as bioethanol
bearing the address of the intervention agency concerned.

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 5

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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.

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.

Article 7

Article 8

1.
The intervention agencies in the Member States in which
the alcohol put up for sale is stored shall carry out appropriate

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, 12 April 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)

Type of alcohol

Spain

Tarancón

Lot No 40/2006 EC

Spain

Tarancón

Lot No 41/2006 EC

Spain

Tarancón

Lot No 42/2006 EC

Spain

Tomelloso

Lot No 43/2006 EC

Spain

Tomelloso

Lot No 44/2006 EC

Total

Total

Total

Total

Total

France

Lot No 45/2006 EC

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

Deulep
Bld Chanzy
F-30800 Saint-Gilles-du-Gard

France

Lot No 46/2006 EC

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

France

Lot No 47/2006 EC

Viniflhor — Longuefuye
F-53200 Longuefuye

Total

Total

Total

A-5

A-6

D-1

B-2

B-8

D-1

B-5

B-6

C-1

1

5

5

B2

B2B

506

7

1

1

2

1

21

24 943

15 367

9 690

50 000

12 384

22 838

14 778

50 000

24 754

24 170

1 076

50 000

46 476

3 524

50 000

50 000

50 000

43 430

810

5 760

50 000

1 435

48 565

50 000

9 755

22 700

12 780

4 765

50 000

30

30

30

30

30

30

27 + 28

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

30

28

27

28

27

30

28

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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Location

Vat No

Quantity in hectolitres
of alcohol at 100 %
vol.

Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999
(Article)

Type of alcohol

Member State and lot
number

France

Lot No 48/2006 EC

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

10

7

7

8

Total

8 060

2 705

17 155

22 080

50 000

27

28

30

27

Italy

Bertoliono — Partinico (PA)

34A-33A-15A-22A

26 080

27 + 30

Lot No 49/2006 EC

Trapas — Petrosino (TP)

Enodistil — Alcamo (TP)

S.V.M. — Sciacca (AG)

7A-8A-24A

22A

35A-36A-38A-39A-
40A-44A

GE.DIS — Marsala (TP)

17A-18A-10B-12B

Total

9 255

3 100

1 690

9 875

50 000

Italy

Bonollo — Paduni-Anagni (FR)

16A-31A

21 024,23

Lot No 50/2006 EC

Bonollo — Torrita di Siena (SI)

5C-6C-7C-8C-14C-
15C-18C-25C-27C

4 155,77

Deta — Barberino Val d’Elsa (FI)

Mazzari — S. Agata sul Santerno (RA)

8A

1A-6A

Total

Italy

S.V.A. — Ortona (CH)

14A-20A

Lot No 51/2006 EC

D’Auria — Ortona (CH)

66A-67A-74A-79A

30

30

27

27 + 30

27 + 30

27 + 30

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

30

1 900

22 920

50 000

2 500

8 000

1 800

9 500

6 500

7 200

Balice — San Basilio Mottola (TA)

Balice S.n.c. — Valenzano (BA)

De Luca — Novoli (LE)

Caviro — Carapelle (FG)

Di Lorenzo — Ponte Nuovo di
Torgiano (PG)

Total

2A

34A-55A

15A

2C

1B-2B-7B-3B

14 500

27 + 30

Italy

Caviro — Faenza (RA)

Lot No 52/2006 EC

4A-10A-12A-18A-
15A

Mazzari — S. Agata sul Santerno (RA)

1A-6A

Dister — Faenza (RA)

I.C.V. — Borgoricco (PD)

Tampieri — Faenza (RA)

Villapana — Faenza (RA)

Cipriani — Chizzola di Ala (TN)

Total

121A-122A

5A

4A-9A-10A

7A-8A

23A-33A

50 000

18 000

3 080

7 436,58

2 183,42

1 300

12 000

6 000

50 000

27 + 30

27

27 + 30

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

Hungary

Lot No 53/2006 EC

Location

Vat No

Quantity in hectolitres
of alcohol at 100 %
vol.

Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999
(Article)

Type of alcohol

Arany Kapu Rt.
Kunfehértó, IV.
Körzet 6.
H-6413

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

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

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

Tartalékgazdálkodási Kht.
5130 Jászapáti, Tanya
Hrsz.: 266

E-3

E-4

S-44

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

2214440

2214450

SZ/I

SZ/II

SZ/III

007

008

1 340,7515

1 352,1015

1 982,2883

127,3955

133,5340

133,7691

136,0673

133,8871

133,4023

128,8093

136,2838

123,9665

136,2838

117,0742

134,0073

131,8566

133,4854

4 802,7446

4 909,3598

1 826,5187

1 837,4081

1 777,4340

4 760,3785

2 143,0620

27

27

27

27

27

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

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

Total

28 571,8692

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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)
Mezőgazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési Hivatal — Soroksári út 22-24, 6th floor, room 630 — H-1095 Budapest,
(Tel. (36) 1-219 45 14; fax (36) 1-219 62 59)

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