CELEX: 31990R0486
Language: en
Date: 1990-02-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 486/90 of 27 February 1990 opening individual sales by invitation to tender for the export of vinous alcohol held by intervention agencies

28 . 2. 90                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 52/5
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 486/90
                                                     of 27 February 1990
                 opening individual sales by invitation to tender for the export of vinous alcohol
                                                held by intervention agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by the Spanish,
                                                                   French and Italian intervention agencies. Each sale shall
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              involve a quantity of 400 000 hectolitres of alcohol at
Economic Community,                                                100 % vol.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of
                                                                   2.    The alcohol offered for sale :
16 March 1987 on the common organization of the
market in wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            — shall be for export outside the European Economic
No 388/90 (2),                                                         Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/88               — must be imported into and dehydrated in one of the
of 12 December 1988 laying down general rules for the                  following third countries :
disposal of alcohol obtained from the distillation
operations referred to in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of                    — Guatemala,
Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by intervention                    — Belize,
agencies ('),
                                                                       — Honduras, including the Swan Islands,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1780/89 (4),                    — El Salvador,
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 141 /90 (^ lays
                                                                       — Costa Rica,
down detailed rules for the disposal of alcohol obtained
from distillation as provided for in Articles 35, 36 and 39            — St Christopher and Nevis,
of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by intervention                 — Haiti,
agencies ;                                                             — Bahamas,
Whereas, in view of the cost of storing alcohol, individual            — Dominican Republic,
sales by invitation to tender should be opened for vinous              — Antigua and Barbuda,
alcohol obtained from distillation as provided for in
Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87                   — Dominica,
and held by the Spanish, French and Italian intervention               — British Virgin Islands and Montserrat,
agencies ;                                                             — Jamaica,
Whereas individual sales by invitation to tender should be             — St Lucia,
organized for the export of alcohol to certain third                   — St Vincent, including the Northern Grenadines,
countries for end use as motor fuel ;
                                                                       — Barbados,
Whereas the invitations to tender opened by this                       — Trinidad and Tobago,
Regulation relate to certain third countries where there is
some guarantee that exports of vinous alcohol will not                 — Grenada, including the Southern Grenadines,
disturb their markets in alcohol and spirituous beverages ;            — Aruba,
whereas the amount and detailed rules for the release of
                                                                       — Netherlands      Antilles :  Curaçao,   Bonaire,    St
the performance security may be adapted accordingly ;                      Eustace, Saba and the southern part of St Martin,
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are               — Guyana,
in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Wine,                                                — must be used only as motor fuel.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                               Article 2
                                                                   The    location  and   reference   numbers   of   the  vats
                           Article 1
                                                                   concerned, the quantity of alcohol contained in each vat,
 1 . Six individual sales by invitation to tender Nos 14 to        the alcoholic strength and the characteristics of the
 1 9/90 shall be held of a total quantity of 2 400 000             alcohol shall be specified in the notices of individual
hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol obtained from distil­          invitation to tender Nos 14 to 19/90.
lation as provided for in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of
                                                                                            Article 3
(') OJ  No  L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 42, 16. 2. 1990, p. 9.                               The sales shall take place in accordance with Regulation
(3) OJ  No  L 346, 15. 12. 1988, p. 7.
(4) OJ  No  L 178, 24. 6. 1989, p. 1 .                             (EEC) No 1780/89, and in particular Articles 10 to 17 and
V) OJ No L 16, 20. 1 . 1990, p. 23.                                 29 to 38 thereof.
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However :                                                                                 Article 4
                                                                The specific conditions applying to the six individual
— one-third of the performance security shall be released       sales by invitation to tender and the names and addresses
    by the intervention agency holding the alcohol on
                                                                of the intervention agencies concerned shall be given in
    removal of the quantity concerned from the agency's         the notices of individual invitation to tender Nos 14 to
    stores when the successful tenderer furnishes proof
                                                                 19/90 published in the 'C' series of the Official Journal
    that that quantity has been placed under customs             of the European Communities,
    supervision in the territory of one of the third
    countries listed in Article 1 (2),
                                                                                          Article 5
— the remainder of the performance security shall be
    released in accordance with Article 33 (4) of               The deadline for the submission of tenders at the address
    Regulation (EEC) No 1780/89.                                given in the notices of invitation to tender shall be 12
                                                                noon (Brussels time) on 20 March 1990.
In addition, to be admissible, tenders must indicate the                                  Article 6
place where end use of the alcohol awarded is to take
place and must include an undertaking by the tenderer to        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
the effect that the alcohol will be sent to that destination     publication in the Official Journal of the European
and used for that purpose.                                       Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 27 February 1990.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                      Member of the Commission