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L 267/26 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 20.10.2000

**COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2318/2000**

**of 19 October 2000**

**opening tendering procedure No 38/2000 EC for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses**

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
wine ( [1] ), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1622/
2000 ( [2] ),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000
of 25 July 2000 laying down detailed rules for implementing
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation
of the market in wine with regard to market mechanisms ( [3] ),
and in particular Article 80 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 lays down, _inter alia_, the
detailed rules for disposing of stocks of alcohol arising
from distillation under Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 held by intervention agencies.

(2) Tendering procedures should be organised for the sale of
wine alcohol for new industrial uses with a view to
reducing the stocks of wine alcohol in the Community
and enabling small-scale industrial projects to be carried
out and such alcohol to be processed into goods
intended for export for industrial uses. The wine alcohol
of Community origin in storage in the Member States
consists of quantities produced 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 ( [4] ), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1677/1999 ( [5] ).

(3) Since the adoption of Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/
98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary
arrangements for the euro ( [6] ), the prices offered in
tenders and securities must be expressed in euros and
payments must be made in euro.

(4) Minimum prices should be fixed for the submission of
tenders, broken down according to the type of end use.

(5) 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.
( [2] ) OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 1.
( [3] ) OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45.
( [4] ) OJ L 84, 27.3.1987, p. 1.
( [5] ) OJ L 199, 30.7.1999, p. 8.
( [6] ) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

_Article 1_

Tendering procedure No 38/2000 EC is hereby opened for the
sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses. The alcohol
concerned has been produced from distillation under Articles
35 and 36 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and is held by the
French intervention agency.

The volume put up for sale is 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at
100 % vol. The vat numbers, places of storage and the volume
of alcohol at 100 % vol contained in each vat are detailed in
the Annex hereto.

_Article 2_

The sale shall be conducted in accordance with Articles 79, 81,
82, 83, 84, 85, 95, 96, 97, 100 and 101 of Regulation (EC) No
1623/2000 and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98.

_Article 3_

Tenders must be submitted to the intervention agency holding
the alcohol concerned:

Onivins-Libourne, Délégation nationale, 17 avenue de la Ballastière, boîte postale 231, F-33505 Libourne Cedex (tel. (33)
557 55 20 00; telex 57 20 25; fax (33) 557 55 20 59) or sent
by registered mail to that address.

Tenders shall be submitted in a sealed double envelope, the
inside envelope marked: ‘Tender under procedure No 38/2000
EC for new industrial uses’, the outer envelope bearing the
address of the intervention agency concerned.

Tenders must reach the intervention agency concerned not
later than 12 noon Brussels time on 6 November 2000.

All tenders must be accompanied by proof that a tendering
security of EUR 4 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol has
been lodged with the intervention agency concerned.

_Article 4_

The minimum prices which may be offered are EUR 7,5 per
hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol intended for the manufacture
of baker's yeast, EUR 7,5 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol
intended for the manufacture of amine- and chloral-type chemical products for export and EUR 7,5 per hectolitre of alcohol
at 100 % vol intended for other industrial uses.

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_Article 5_

The formalities for sampling shall be as set out in Article 98 of
Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000. The price of samples shall be
EUR 10 per litre.

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

_Article 6_

The performance guarantee shall be EUR 30 per hectolitre of
alcohol at 100 % vol.

_Article 7_

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

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

Done at Brussels, 19 October 2000.

_For the Commission_

Franz FISCHLER

_Member of the Commission_

_ANNEX_

**INVITATION TO TENDER No 38/2000 EC FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOL FOR NEW INDUSTRIAL USES**

**Place of storage, volume and characteristics of the alcohol put up for sale**

|Member State|Location|Vat No|volume in<br>hectolitres of<br>alcohol at<br>100 %<br>vol.|Regulation<br>(EEC)<br>No 822/87|Type of alcohol|Alcoholic<br>strength<br>(% vol.)|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|France|Port-la-Nouvelle<br>Av. Adolphe-Turrel<br>BP 62<br>F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle|24|12 840|36|raw|+ 92 %|
|France|Longuefuye<br>F-53200 Longuefuye|1<br>2<br>7<br>10|22 330<br>22 400<br>22 320<br>20 110|35<br>35<br>36<br>36|raw<br>raw<br>raw<br>raw|+ 92 %<br>+ 92 %<br>+ 92 %<br>+ 92 %|
||Total||100 000||||