Commission Regulation (EC) No 1484/2006 of 6 October 2006 opening a tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community
Date: 2006-10-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, award of contract, ethanol, intervention agency, intervention stock, motor spirit, sale

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1484/2006

of 6 October 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
in
wine (1), and in particular Article 33 thereof,

the market

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 1221/2006 (OJ L 221, 12.8.2006, p. 3).

(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 Regulation repealed by Regulation (EC)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 7/2006 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 693 380,74 hectolitres

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

(a) one lot with the number 68/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(b) one lot with the number 69/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(c) one lot with the number 70/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(d) one lot with the number 71/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(e) one lot with the number 72/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(f) one lot with the number 73/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(g) one lot with the number 74/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(h) one lot with the number 75/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

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(i)

one lot with the number 76/2006 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.

(j)

one lot with the number 77/2006 EC for a quantity of
50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(k) one lot with the number 78/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(l)

one lot with the number 79/2006 EC for a quantity of
50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(m) one lot with the number 80/2006 EC for a quantity of

53 380,74 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;

(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.;

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

the rules applicable to this tendering procedure;

(n) one lot with the number 81/2006 EC for a quantity of

40 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.

(d) a statement by tenderers to the effect that:

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,

(i)

they waive all claims in respect of the quality and char-
acteristics of any alcohol awarded to them;

(ii)

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

Only firms approved under Article 92 of Regulation (EC)

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

(iii) they accept that

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.

Article 3

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.

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.

Article 6

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

2.
Tenders shall be placed in a sealed double envelope, the
inside envelope marked ‘Tender under procedure No 7/2006 EC
in the Community’, the outer envelope
for use as bioethanol
bearing the address of the intervention agency concerned.

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

Tenders must reach the intervention agency concerned not

3.
later than 12 noon Brussels time on 23.10. 2006.

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.

Article 8

(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.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 October 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 68/2006 EC

Spain

Tarancón

Lot No 69/2006 EC

Spain

Tarancón

Lot No 70/2006 EC

France
Lot No 71/2006 EC

Viniflhor — Longuefuye
F-53200 Longuefuye

Total

Total

Total

Total

France

Lot No 72/2006 EC

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

Total

France

Lot No 73/2006 EC

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

Total

A-9

A-10

B-8

B-8

B-9

B-10

B-8

C-1

C-2

5

14

19

4

12B

29

12B

12

32

24 574

24 508

918

50 000

974

24 720

24 306

50 000

5 740

20 923

23 337

50 000

4 900

22 500

22 600

50 000

47 400

2 600

50 000

18 800

200

9 200

21 800

50 000

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

28

27

28

27

27

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)

Type of alcohol

France

Lot No 74/2006 EC

Deulep
Bld Chanzy
F-30800 Saint-Gilles

603B

603

604

606

608

608B

607

605

605B

607B

Total

Italy

Cipriani — Chizzola d'Ala (TN)

33A-28A-32A-17A-18A

Lot No 75/2006 EC

Dister — Faenza (RA)

123A-234A

I.C.V. — Borgoricco (PD)

Mazzari — S. Agata sul Santerno
(RA)

4A-5A

2A-8A

4 800

4 250

8 850

6 230

5 560

1 950

7 020

8 300

820

2 220

50 000

9 000

8 600

1 105,38

16 494,62

Tampieri — Faenza (RA)

2A-10A-11A-12A-13A

2 200

Villapana — Faenza (RA)

7A-9A

Total

Italy

Caviro — Faenza (RA)

15A

Lot No 76/2006 EC

Deta — Barberino Val d'Elsa (FI)

7A

Di Lorenzo — Ponte Valleceppi

21A-19A-18A

Mazzari — S. Agata sul Santerno
(RA)

2A-8A

Total

12 600

50 000

21 000

4 100

8 050

16 850

50 000

30

27

27

27

27

28

27

27

28

28

27

27/30

27/30

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

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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)

Type of alcohol

Italy

Bonollo — Anagni (FR)

15A-29A-40A-42A

38 500

Lot No 77/2006 EC

Di Lorenzo — Ponte Valleceppi

21A-19A-18A

S.V.A. — Ortona (CH)

10A-11A-12A-13A-17A

Italy

Lot No 78/2006 EC

Balice Distil. — San Basilio Mottola
(TA)

1A

Total

7 900

3 600

50 000

3 750

Balice S.n.c. — Valenzano (BA)

2A-3A-4A-5A-6A-7A-10A

15 500

Caviro — Carapelle (FG)

1C-6C

9 000

D'Auria — Ortona (CH)

7A-8A-12A-40A-61A

10 700

De Luca — Novoli (LE)

5A-6A

Bertolino — Partinico (PA)

5A-6A-12A

Total

5 600

5 450

50 000

Italy

Bertolino — Partinico (PA)

5A-6A-12A

11 553,94

27/30

27/30

27/30

27

27

30

27

27

30

30

Lot No 79/2006 EC

Trapas — Petrosino (TP)

6A-11A-12A-21A

29 146,06

27/30

S.V.M. — Sciacca (AG)

1A-2A-31A-44A

GE.DIS. — Marsala (TP)

13B

Total

Greece

ΟΙΝΟΠΟΙΗΤΙΚΟΣ ΣΥΝΕΤΑΙΡΙΣΜΟΣ

Lot No 80/2006 EC

ΜΕΣΣΗΝΙΑΣ

ΠΥΡΓΟΣ ΤΡΙΦΥΛΙΑΣ

(Oinopoiitikos Sinetairismos
Messinias)

76

77

85

86

87

88

95

75

28

80

73

78

15

16

26

74

17

94

84

2 300

7 000

50 000

454,96

432,94

1 782,89

1 684,51

1 756,59

1 753,86

873,44

444,79

904,89

463,46

387,14

27,72

1 747,04

1 713,67

853,18

427,35

1 743,76

887,65

1 786,52

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

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

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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)

Type of alcohol

79

93

83

82

12

11

18

13

96

81

14

97

92

99

25

108

107

105

106

27

29

30

19

20

21

22

23

24

89

90

91

98

100

439,47

908,63

1 795,78

1 758,86

1 800,87

1 744,16

1 707,83

1 788,73

827,49

1 805,07

1 800,04

915,07

908,96

911,94

905,06

432,18

432,77

448,22

441,22

897,73

579,19

667,69

901,65

892,07

900,28

899,54

882,32

653,58

847,09

880,83

856,22

878,23

745,61

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

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

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

Total

53 380,74

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Member State and
lot number

Location

Vat No

Portugal

AVEIRO

Lot No 81/2006

S. João da Pesqueira

S 201

Inox 12

Total

Quantity
in hectolitres
of alcohol
at 100 % vol.

31 999,080

8 000,920

40 000

Regulation
(EC) No 1493/1999
(Article)

Type of alcohol

27

27

raw

raw

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ANNEX II

Intervention agencies holding the alcohol referred to in Article 3

Viniflhor — Libourne

Délégation nationale, 17 avenue de la Ballastière, BP 231, F-33505 Libourne
Cedex [Tél. (33-5) 57 55 20 00; télex 57 20 25; fax (33) 557 55 20 59]

FEGA

AGEA

Ο.Π.Ε.Κ.Ε.Π.Ε.

Beneficencia, 8, E-28004 Madrid [Tél. (34-91) 347 64 66; fax (34-91) 347 64 65]

Via Torino, 45, I-00184 Rome [Tél. (39) 06 49 49 97 14;
fax (39) 06 49 49 97 61]

Αχαρνών (Aharnon) 241, 10446 Athènes, Grèce (Tél. 210 212 4799;
fax 210 212 4791)

IVV — Instituto da Vinha e do Vinho R. Mouzinho da Silveira, 5, P-1250-165 Lisboa [Tél. (351) 21 350 67 00,

fax (351) 21 356 12 25]

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