Commission Regulation (EC) No 707/2007 of 21 June 2007 opening a tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community
Date: 2007-06-21
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 707/2007

of 21 June 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:

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

Article 1

Tendering procedure No 10/2007 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 693 375,74 hectolitres

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

(a) one lot with the number 109/2007 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(b) one lot with the number 110/2007 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(c) one lot with the number 111/2007 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

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

(d) one lot with the number 112/2007 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(e) one lot with the number 113/2007 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

Since 1 January 1999, in accordance with Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998 estab-
lishing agri-monetary arrangements for the euro (4), the
selling price and securities must be expressed, and
payments made, in euro.

(f) one lot with the number 114/2007 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(g) one lot with the number 115/2007 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

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

(h) one lot with the number 116/2007 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by

Regulation (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
Regulation (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.

(i)

(j)

one lot with the number 117/2007 EC for a quantity of
39 995 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

one lot with the number 118/2007 EC for a quantity of
50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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(k) one lot with the number 119/2007 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.;

(l)

one lot with the number 120/2007 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;

(m) one lot with the number 121/2007 EC for a quantity of

50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

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

(n) one lot with the number 122/2007 EC for a quantity of

(i) they waive all claims in respect of the quality and cha-

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

racteristics of any alcohol awarded to them;

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,

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;

(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 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.

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

Article 3

Article 6

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

Tenders shall be placed in a sealed double envelope, the
2.
inside envelope marked ‘Tender under procedure No 10/2007
EC for use as bioethanol in the Community’, the outer envelope
bearing the address of the intervention agency concerned.

Tenders must reach the intervention agency concerned not

3.
later than 12 noon (Brussels time) on 5 July 2007.

Article 4

To be eligible for consideration, tenders must comply with

1.
Articles 94 and 97 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.

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:

To be eligible for consideration, when they are presented,

2.
tenders must be accompanied by:

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

mutandis;

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

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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, 21 June 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

Tarancón

Lot No 109/2007
EC

Spain

Tarancón

Lot No 110/2007
EC

Spain

Tarancón

Lot No 111/2007
EC

Spain

Tarancón

Lot No 112/2007
EC

France
Lot No 113/2007
EC

Viniflhor — Longuefuye
Mme Bretaudeau
F-53200 Longuefuye

France
Lot No 114/2007
EC

Viniflhor — Longuefuye
Mme Bretaudeau
F-53200 Longuefuye

France
Lot No 115/2007
EC

France
Lot No 116/2007
EC

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

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

B-4

B-5

B-6

A-5

A-9

B-4

B-5

A-9

A-10

B-5

B-1

A-6

C-7

C-8

4

5

21

5BIS

6

22

9

2

23

2B

2B

2B

7

5B

7B

7B

23B

7B

5B

5B

23

5

Total

Total

Total

Total

Total

Total

Total

Total

17 271

8 667

24 062

50 000

24 837

9 594

7 569

8 000

50 000

14 771

24 457

8 000

2 772

50 000

24 823

24 883

294

50 000

22 550

6 385

4 645

16 420

50 000

22 915

4 600

22 485

50 000

25 715

1 870

13 345

7 990

1 080

50 000

11 710

2 360

640

2 200

1 895

7 790

2 645

1 525

3 985

15 250

50 000

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

27

30

30

30

27

27

28

28

27

27

27

27

30

30

30

28

27

28

28

30

27

30

30

30

30

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

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

19a-5b-6b-7b

19 000

Member State and lot
number

France
Lot No 117/2007
EC

Italy
Lot No 118/2007
EC

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

B2

Total

Cipriani — Chizzola d'Ala (TN)
Dister — Faenza (RA)
I.C.V. — Borgoricco (PD)
Mazzari — S. Agata sul Santerno (RA)
Tampieri — Faenza (RA)
Villapana — Faenza (RA)

27a-21a-25a

127a

6a

4a-15a

6a-7a-16a

4a-2a-10a

Italy
Lot No 119/2007
EC

Bonollo — Paduni (FR)
D'Auria — Ortona (CH)

Total

35a-37a-39a

22a-62a-76a-66a-
80a-81a

Di Lorenzo-Ponte Valleceppi (PG) —
Pontenuovo di Torgiano (PG)
S.V.A. — Ortona (CH)
Balice S.n.c. — Valenzano (BA)

Italy
Lot No 120/2007
EC

Bonollo — Paduni (FR)
Caviro — Faenza (RA)
Deta — Barberino Val d'Elsa (FI)

Total

Total

19a

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

35a-37a-39a

15a-6a-8a-5a

7a

Italy
Lot No 121/2007
EC

Greece
Lot No 122/2007
EC

De Luca — Novoli (LE)
Bertolino — Partinico (PA)
Balice Distill. — San Basilio Mottola (TA) 4a
S.V.M. — Sciacca (AG)

1a-8a-9a

24a-27a

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

GE.DIS. — Marsala (TP)
Trapas — Petrosino (TP)

Οινοποιητικός συνεταιρισμός
Μεσσηνίας
Πύργος Τριφυλίας
(Oinopoiitikos Sinetairismos
Messinias)

14b

7a

Total

76

77

85

86

87

88

95

75

28

80

73

78

15

16

26

74

17

94

84

39 995

39 995

6 500

4 700

2 200

27 800

1 500

7 300

50 000

9 900

10 900

1 900

8 300

50 000

24 800

22 800

2 400

50 000

3 400

25 000

3 400

4 200

12 000

2 000

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

27

27

27

27

30

27

27

27/30

27

27/30

30

27

27/30

27

27

27

30

27

27/30

30

27

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

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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

Total

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

53 380,74

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

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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 99;
fax (30-210) 212 47 91)

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