Commission Regulation (EC) No 293/2007 of 19 March 2007 opening a tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community
Date: 2007-03-19
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 293/2007

of 19 March 2007

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
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 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2016/2006 (OJ L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 38).

(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 Regulation repealed by Regulation (EC) No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 9/2007 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 653 380,74 hectolitres

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

(a) one lot with the number 96/2007 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(b) one lot with the number 97/2007 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(c) one lot with the number 98/2007 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(d) one lot with the number 99/2007 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(e) one lot with the number 100/2007 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(f) one lot with the number 101/2007 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(g) one lot with the number 102/2007 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(h) one lot with the number 103/2007 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(i)

one lot with the number 104/2007 EC for a quantity of
50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

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(j)

one lot with the number 105/2007 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.;

(k) one lot with the number 106/2007 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(l)

one lot with the number 107/2007 EC for a quantity of
50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(m) one lot with the number 108/2007 EC for a quantity of

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

The location and references of the vats making up the
3.
the alcoholic
the quantity of alcohol
lots,
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

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

(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;

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

nation and use made of the alcohol;

(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 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

Tenders shall be placed in a sealed double envelope, the
2.
inside envelope marked ‘Tender under procedure No 9/2007 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 2 April 2007.

Article 4

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.

To be eligible for consideration, tenders must comply with

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

Article 7

To be eligible for consideration, when they are presented,

2.
tenders must be accompanied by:

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) 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;

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

mutandis;

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(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 borne by the firms to which the alcohol is

2.
sold.

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

Article 8

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

Done at Brussels, 19 March 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

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

Spain

Tarancon

Lot No 96/2007 EC

Spain

Tarancon

Lot No 97/2007 EC

Spain

Tarancon

Lot No 98/2007 EC

France

Lot No 99/2007 EC

Viniflhor — Port-la-Nouvelle
M. Mortefon
Entrepôt d’alcool
Av. Adolphe-Turrel
Bp 62
F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle

France

Lot No 100/2007
EC

Viniflhor — Port-la-Nouvelle
M. Mortefon
Entrepôt d’alcool
Av. Adolphe-Turrel
Bp 62
F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle

France

Lot No 101/2007
EC

Viniflhor — Port-la-Nouvelle
M. Mortefon
Entrepôt d’alcool
Av. Adolphe-Turrel
Bp 62
F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle

A-2

B-9

B-10

C-7

D-7

C-8

C-8

D-8

A-6

8

6

33

8B

8B

6B

6B

6B

8B

10

13

13B

13B

13B

10B

10B

10B

15

15

33

26

20B

26B

26

22

22

33

20

Total

Total

Total

Total

Total

Total

21 335

24 685

3 980

50 000

24 882

24 659

459

50 000

24 313

24 867

820

50 000

12 550

11 590

6 250

1 490

2 015

8 250

1 150

555

6 150

50 000

14 155

5 200

6 220

220

645

3 920

690

2 105

2 980

9 210

4 655

50 000

5 790

1 080

3 485

3 080

7 450

4 910

12 855

11 350

50 000

27

27

27

30

30

30

30

30

30

27

27

27

28

30

30

30

28

30

27

27

30

30

28

30

30

28

30

30

27

30

28

27

30

30

30

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

raw

raw

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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 102/2007
EC

Viniflhor — Longuefuye
Mme Bretaudeau
F-53200 Longuefuye

France

Lot No 103/2007
EC

Deulep
M. Coulomb
Bld Chanzy
F-30800 Saint-Gilles-du-Gard

Total

France

Lot No 104/2007
EC

Italy

Lot No 105/2007
EC

Italy

Lot No 106/2007
EC

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

Total

Total

27a

127a

Cipriani — Chizzola d’Ala (TN)
Dister — Faenza (RA)
I.C.V. — Borgoricco (PD)
Mazzari — S. Agata sul Santerno (RA) 4a-15a
Tampieri — Faenza (RA)
Villapana — Faenza (RA)
Deta-Barberino Val d’Elsa (FI)
Caviro — Faenza (RA)

7a

6a

6a-7a-16a

4a-2a-10a

15a-6a-8a-5a

Total

Bonollo — Paduni (FR)
35a-37a
Mazzari — S. Agata sul Santerno (RA) 4a-15a
Di Lorenzo — Ponte Valleceppi (PG)
D’Auria — Ortona (CH)
S.V.A. — Ortona (CH)

19a-22a

19a

22a-62a-76a

Total

4B

4

22

9BIS

9BIS

9BIS

9

4B

4B

73B

501

503

506

504B

501B

501B

506

506

502

73

503B

503B

503B

D2

D2

D2

1 835

18 410

4 980

2 245

915

4 425

14 900

815

1 475

50 000

5 930

7 510

5 450

7 120

6 765

570

1 010

1 530

275

9 145

930

270

2 545

950

50 000

2 745

28 630

18 625

50 000

4 700

4 500

2 200

10 100

1 500

7 300

2 200

17 500

50 000

24 500

12 100

10 500

1 000

1 900

50 000

28

27

27

30

30

28

27

30

30

27

27

27

30

27

30

30

30

28

27

30

28

30

30

28

30

30

27

27

27

30

27

27

27

27

27/30

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

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

Lot No 107/2007
EC

Balice Distill. —
San Basilio Mottola (TA)
Balice S.n.c. — Valenzano (BA)

De Luca — Novoli (LE)
Bertolino — Partinico (PA)
D’Auria — Ortona (CH)
S.V.M. — Sciacca (AG)

4a

1a-13a-14a-15a-
16a-45a

1a-8a-9a

24a-27a

22a-62a-76a

2a-3a-4a-8a-21a-
30a-35a-36a-37

GE.DIS — Marsala (TP)

14b

Total

Greece

Lot No 108/2007
EC

Οινοποιητικός συνεταιρισμός
Μεσσηνίας
Πύργος τριφυλίας
(Oinopoiitikos Sinetairismos
Messinias)

76

77

85

86

87

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

1 900

8 300

2 800

18 700

6 000

4 200

8 100

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

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

27

27

27

30

27

27/30

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

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

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

106

27

29

30

19

20

21

22

23

24

89

90

91

98

100

Total

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

53 380,74

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

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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.
(30-210) 212 47 91)

(30-210) 212 47 99; fax

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@ec.europa.eu