Commission Regulation (EC) No 1015/2006 of  4 July 2006  opening a tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community
Date: 2006-07-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Italy, Spain, award of contract, ethanol, intervention agency, motor spirit, viticulture

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1015/2006

of 4 July 2006

opening a tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

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

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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)

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
alcohol
detailed rules
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.

(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 Regulation repealed by Regulation (EC) No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 6/2006 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 700 000 hectolitres of

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

(a) one lot with the number 54/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(b) one lot with the number 55/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(c) one lot with the number 56/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(d) one lot with the number 57/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(e) one lot with the number 58/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(f) one lot with the number 59/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

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(g) one lot with the number 60/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

Tenders shall be placed in a sealed double envelope, the
2.
inside envelope marked ‘Tender under procedure No 6/2006 EC
in the Community’, the outer envelope
for use as bioethanol
bearing the address of the intervention agency concerned.

(h) one lot with the number 61/2006 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 26 July 2006.

(i)

one lot with the number 62/2006 EC for a quantity of
50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

Article 4

(j)

one lot with the number 63/2006 EC for a quantity of
50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(k) one lot with the number 64/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(l)

one lot with the number 65/2006 EC for a quantity of
50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

To be eligible for consideration, tenders must comply with

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

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;

(m) one lot with the number 66/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 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.;

(n) one lot with the number 67/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.

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

the rules applicable to this tendering procedure;

3.
The location and references of the vats making up the
the alcoholic
lots,
the quantity of alcohol
strength and the characteristics of the alcohol are as set out
in Annex I to this Regulation.

in each vat,

(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;

Only firms approved under Article 92 of Regulation (EC)

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

(ii)

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

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.

(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 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.

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.

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

mutandis;

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

(b) carry out checks on samples using nuclear magnetic
resonance analysis to verify the nature of the alcohol at
the time of end-use.

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:

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

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

Article 8

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, 4 July 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 54/2006 EC

Spain

Tarancón

Lot No 55/2006 EC

Spain

Tarancón

Lot No 56/2006 EC

Spain

Tarancón

Lot No 57/2006 EC

Spain

Tarancón

Lot No 58/2006 EC

Spain

Tarancón

Lot No 59/2006 EC

France

Lot No 60/2006 EC

Deulep
Bld Chanzy
F-30800 Saint-Gilles

A-1

A-2

B-4

A-3

B-3

B-4

A-2

B-1

C-1

B-4

B-5

B-6

C-1

A-6

A-7

A-8

A-4

A-8

B-2

B-7

503B

119

503

504

501

504

501B

501B

508

Total

Total

Total

Total

Total

Total

Total

24 503

2 770

22 727

50 000

24 659

24 742

599

50 000

21 440

24 551

4 009

50 000

977

24 736

24 151

136

50 000

1 036

24 830

24 134

50 000

24 505

467

12 354

12 674

50 000

1 525

22 605

7 910

810

3 550

540

5 075

150

7 835

50 000

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27 + 28

27

27

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

28

27

27

30

27

28

30

28

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

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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 61/2006 EC

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

France

Lot No 62/2006 EC

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

France

Lot No 63/2006 EC

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

2

18

18

18

3

18

6

18

38

38

13

13

Total

Total

Total

22A-5A

20A-24A-3A-11A

22A

30A-32A-35A-36A

12A-19A-12B-13B

6A-33A-36A

122A-123A

5A

1A-2A

11A-19A

7A

6A-33A-36A

15A

28A

2A-3A

Italy

Lot No 64/2006 EC

Italy

Lot No 65/2006 EC

Italy

Lot No 66/2006 EC

Italy

Lot No 67/2006 EC

Bertolino — Partinico (PA)
Trapas — Petrosino (TP)
Enodistil — Alcamo (TP)
S.V.M. — Sciacca (AG)
Ge.Dis. — Marsala (TP)

Total
Bonollo — Loc. Paduni-Anagni (FR)
Dister — Faenza (RA)
I.C.V. — Borgoricco (PD)
Mazzari — S. Agata sul Santerno (RA)
Tampieri — Faenza (RA)
Villapana — Faenza (RA)

Total
Bonollo — Loc. Paduni-Anagni (FR)
Caviro — Faenza (RA)
Cipriani — Chizzola d'Ala (TN)

Total
Balice Distill. — San Basilio Mottola
(TA)
Balice S.n.c. — Valenzano (BA)
Caviro — Carapelle (FG)
D'Auria — Ortona (CH)
De Luca — Novoli (LE)
Deta — Barberino Val d'Elsa (FI)
Di Lorenzo — Ponte Valleceppi (PG)
S.V.A. — Ortona (CH)

Total

41A-42A-59A

12 800

2C-6C

41A-43A-48A

15A-1A-5A

4A-8A

3A-10A-22A-21A

14A-15A-16A-12A

5 500

7 600

5 100

1 450

11 900

2 900

50 000

48 215

305

150

1 330

50 000

47 880

2 120

50 000

22 025

7 230

5 325

3 195

9 910

2 315

50 000

24 766,65

6 750

3 933,35

3 400

11 150

50 000

5 300

7 560

315

25 800

850

10 175

50 000

26 700

17 500

5 800

50 000

2 750

27

27

30

28

27

28

27

28

28

30

28

30

30

30

30

27

27/30

27/30

27

27

27

27

27

30

27

27

27

30

30

27

27

27/30

27

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

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

Viniflhoor — 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

AGEA

Beneficencia, 8, E-28004 Madrid (Tel. (34) 913 47 64 66; Fax (34) 913 47 64 65)

Via Torino, 45, I-00184 Roma (Tel. (39-06) 49 49 97 14; Fax (39-06) 49 49 97 61)

ANNEX III

Address referred to in Article 5

European Commission

Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, Unit D-2

B-1049 Brussels

Fax (32-2) 292 17 75

E-mail: agri-market-tenders@cec.eu.int