Commission Regulation (EC) No 1858/2006 of 15 December 2006 opening a tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community
Date: 2006-12-15
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 1858/2006

of 15 December 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)

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
the Management

accordance with the opinion of
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 1713/2006 (OJ L 321, 21.11.2006, p. 11).

(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 Regulation repealed by Regulation (EC) No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 8/2006 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 685 562,74 hectolitres

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

(a) one lot with the number 82/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(b) one lot with the number 83/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(c) one lot with the number 84/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(d) one lot with the number 85/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(e) one lot with the number 86/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(f) one lot with the number 87/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(g) one lot with the number 88/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(h) one lot with the number 89/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(i)

one lot with the number 90/2006 EC for a quantity of
50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

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(j)

one lot with the number 91/2006 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;

(k) one lot with the number 92/2006 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

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

(l)

one lot with the number 93/2006 EC for a quantity of
50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(i) they waive all claims in respect of

the quality and

characteristics of any alcohol awarded to them;

(m) one lot with the number 94/2006 EC for a quantity of

53 380,74 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(ii) they agree to submit to any checks made on the desti-

nation and use made of the alcohol;

(n) one lot with the number 95/2006 EC for a quantity of

32 182 hectolitres 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.

(iii) they accept

that

it

evidence that the alcohol
notice of invitation to tender in question.

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 2

Article 6

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.

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

Article 3

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

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 8/2006 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 10 January 2007.

Article 4

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:

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:

(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.

(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;

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

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

(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.;

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

Article 8

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

Done at Brussels, 15 December 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 82/2006 EC

Spain

Tarancón

Lot No 83/2006 EC

Spain

Tarancón

Lot No 84/2006 EC

Spain

Tarancón

Lot No 85/2006 EC

France

Lot No 86/2006 EC

Viniflhor-Port la Nouvelle
Entrepot d'Alcool
Av. Adolphe Turrel BP 62
11210 Port la Nouvelle

France

Lot No 87/2006 EC

Viniflhor-Port la Nouvelle
Entrepot d'Alcool
Av. Adolphe Turrel BP 62
11210 Port la Nouvelle

Total

Total

Total

Total

Total

Total

France

Lot No 88/2006 EC

Deulep-PSL
13230 Port Saint Louis du Rhône

Deulep
Bld Chanzy
30800 Saint Gilles du Gard

Total

C-3

C-4

C-4

D-1

D-2

B-2

B-7

C-5

C-6

C-6

D-5

D-6

1

25

1B

1B

9

24

9B

9B

9B

24B

24

21

25B

B3

B3B

B3B

72

72

25 239

24 761

50 000

572

25 575

23 853

50 000

12 450

11 880

24 742

928

50 000

24 376

24 880

744

50 000

44 610

1 140

2 480

1 770

50 000

14 755

5 320

6 595

755

555

6 485

870

11 590

3 075

50 000

24 025

8 775

10 965

5 280

955

50 000

27

27

27

27

27

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

27

30

30

30

27

30

30

30

28

27

30

27

27

27

30

30

30

28

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 89/2006 EC

Deulep
Bld Chanzy
30800 Saint Gilles du Gard

71B

72

71B

71

Total

Italy

Cipriani-Chizzola d'Ala (TN)

18A-20A-25A

Lot No 90/2006 EC

Dister-Faenza (RA)

124A-127A

I.C.V. — Borgoricco (PD)

6A

11 190

3 590

16 030

19 190

50 000

6 400

6 000

2 860

Mazzari-S.Agata sul Santerno (RA)

15A-8A-5A

10 007,50

Tampieri-Faenza (RA)

13A-14A-16A

Villapana-Faenza (RA)

Deta-Barberino Val d'Elsa (FI)

Caviro-Faenza (RA)

9A-4A

8A

15A

Total

Italy

Bonollo-Paduni (FR)

Lot No 91/2006 EC

Bonollo-Torrita di Siena (SI)

15A-34A-35A

12C-13C-16C-
17C-19C-22C-
23C-24C

1 500

10 000

3 100

10 132,50

50 000

26 669,32

2 138,18

Mazzari-S.Agata sul Santerno (RA)

15A-8A-5A

21 192,50

Italy

Balice Distill-San Basilio Mottola (TA)

3A-4A

Total

Lot No 92/2006 EC

Balice S.n.c.-Valenzano (BA)

Bonollo-Torrita di Siena (SI)

D'Auria-Ortona (CH)

8A-9A-40A-43A-
44A

12C-13C-16C-
17C-19C-22C-
23C-24C

1A-2A-3A-4A-
17A-25A-26A-
27A-28A-29A

De Luca-Novoli (LE)

Di Lorenzo — Ponte Valleceppi (PG)
— Pontenuovo di Torgiano (PG)

6A-8A

18A-3B

S.V.A.-Ortona (CH)

17A-19A-20A

Caviro-Carapelle (FG)

3C-6C

Total

Italy

Bertolino-Partinico (PA)

6A-20A-24A

Lot No 93/2006 EC

S.V.M.-Sciacca (AG)

GE.DIS.-Marsala (TP)

29A-41A

13B-14B

Total

Greece

Lot No 94/2006 EC

Οινοποιητικός συνεταιρισμός
Μεσσηνίας
Πύργος τριφυλίας
(Oinopoiitikos Sinetairismos
Messinias)

76

77

85

86

87

50 000

2 600

9 600

2 192,50

7 500

4 000

13 000

2 600

8 507,50

50 000

31 000

5 000

14 000

50 000

454,96

432,94

1 782,89

1 684,51

1 756,59

30

30

30

27

27

27/30

27

27

27

27

27

27

27/30

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

30

27/30

27/30

30

27/30

30

30

30

30

30

30

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

88

95

75

28

80

73

78

15

16

26

74

17

94

84

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

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

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

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

30

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

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

23

24

89

90

91

98

100

Total

Total

Inox 6

Inox 13

Inox 14

Inox 15

882,32

653,58

847,09

880,83

856,22

878,23

745,61

53 380,74

5 002,98

10 323,33

10 230,70

6 624,99

32 182

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

raw

Portugal

S. João da Pesqueira

Lot No 95/2006 EC

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ANNEX II

Intervention agencies holding the alcohol referred to in Article 3

Viniflhor — Libourne

FEGA

AGEA

Ο.Π.Ε.Κ.Ε.Π.Ε.

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]

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