CELEX: 31994R2942
Language: en
Date: 1994-12-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2942/94 of 2 December 1994 opening individual sales by invitation to tender for the export of vinous alcohol held by intervention agencies

No L 310/ 18                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                3. 12. 94
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2942/94
                                                      of 2 December 1994
                   opening individual sales by invitation to tender for the export of vinous alcohol
                                                 held by intervention agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        has been supplied of the export, destination and utiliza­
                                                                   tion of the denatured alcohol ; whereas the guarantee may
                                                                   be released with respect to the quantities of un-denatured
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              alcohol as and when proof is supplied of the export, desti­
Community,                                                         nation and use of a quantity of alcohol removed ;
                                                                   Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2192/93 concerning the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of             operative events for the agricultural conversion rates used
 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the                   in the wine sector and amending Regulation (EEC) No
market in wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No          377/93 specifies the agricultural conversion rates to be
 1891 /94 (2),                                                     used to convert the payments and securities provided for
                                                                   in connection with individual invitations to tender into
                                                                   national currency ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/88
of 12 December 1988 laying down general rules for the
disposal of alcohol obtained from the distillation opera­          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
tions referred to in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation          in accordance with the opinion of the Management
(EEC) No 822/87 and held by intervention agencies (3),             Committee for Wine,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 377/93 (4), as
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2192/93 (*), lays down              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
detailed rules for the disposal of alcohol obtained from
the distillation operations referred to in Articles 35, 36
and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by inter­
vention agencies ;                                                                          Article 1
                                                                   1.    Four individual sales by invitation to tender Nos
Whereas, in view of the cost of storing alcohol, individual        160/94 EC, 161 /94 EC, 162/94 EC and 163/94 EC shall
sales by invitation to tender should be opened for vinous          be held of a total quantity of 1 500 000 hectolitres of
alcohol obtained from the distillation operations referred         alcohol obtained from the distillation operations referred
to in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No                to in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No
822/87 and held by the Italian, French and Spanish inter­          822/87 and held by the Italian, French and Spanish inter­
vention agencies ;                                                 vention agencies.
                                                                   2.    Individual invitations to tender Nos 160/94 EC,
Whereas individual invitations to tender should be orga­
                                                                   161 /94 EC, 162/94 EC and 163/94 EC shall each cover
nized for the export of alcohol to Brazil with a view to its       375 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100% volume .
end use as motor fuel in order to achieve a short-term
reduction in Community stocks of vinous alcohol ;
                                                                   3.    The alcohol offered for sale :
Whereas it should be stipulated that the performance               — shall be for export outside the European Community,
guarantee, to be lodged for the total quantity put up for          — must be imported into and used only as motor fuel in
sale under each invitation to tender provided for in this              Brazil.
Regulation, must serve to ensure compliance with the
time limit for exporting the alcohol and the end use as            4. The alcohol covered by individual invitations to
motor fuel in Brazil ; whereas half of the said guarantee          tender Nos 160/94 EC and 161 /94 EC must be processed,
may be released, in proportion to the quantities of alcohol        where applicable, and denatured in the Community and
denatured, where the alcohol in question is denatured in           must meet the Brazilian standards for alcohol to be used
accordance with the specifications laid down ; whereas the         as motor fuel after these operations.
remainder of the guarantee may be released when proof
                                                                   5. Notwithstanding Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No
(') OJ  No   L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1 .                             377/93, denaturing shall take the form of the addition of
0   OJ  No   L 197, 30. 7. 1994, p. 42.
(3) OJ  No   L 346, 15. 12. 1988, p. 7.                            petrol, with a minimum proportion of 2 %, to the quan­
(4) OJ  No   L 43, 20. 2. 1993, p. 6.                              tity of alcohol concerned after physical removal of the
0   OJ  No   L 196, 5. 8. 1993, p. 19.                             alcohol .
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                          Article 2                             The performance guarantee shall be ECU 60 per hecto­
                                                                litre of alcohol at 100 % vol and shall be lodged for the
The     location  and   reference   numbers   of  the  vats     total quantity offered for sale in each invitation to tender
concerned, the quantity of alcohol contained in each vat,       covered by this Regulation.
the alcoholic strength and the characteristics of the
alcohol as well as certain specific conditions are given in     3. Half of the performance guarantee shall be released,
Annex I to this Regulation.                                     in proportion to the quantities of alcohol denatured, by
                                                                each of the intervention agencies concerned for the quan­
                                                                tities of alcohol removed from their stores once proof is
                          Article 3                             supplied that the quantity of alcohol in question, after any
                                                                processing and denaturing in accordance with Article 1 of
The sales shall take place in accordance with Articles 13,      this Regulation, meets the Brazilian standards for alcohol
 14, 15, 16 and 30 to 38 of Regulation (EEC) No 377/93 .        used as motor fuel, and that this quantity of alcohol has
                                                                been exported from the Community.
However, notwithstanding Article 1 5 of Regulation (EEC)
 No 377/93, the closing date for submission of tenders          4. Notwithstanding Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No
under the invitations to tender referred to in this Regula­     2220/85, ECU 10 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol
tion shall fall between the eighth and the 25th day follo­      of the performance guarantee shall be forfeited for any
wing the date of publication of the notices issuing the         quantities of alcohol not exported by 26 June 1995 at the
individual invitations to tender.                               latest.
                                                                5. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, the performance
                          Article 4                             guarantee shall be released upon request by each of the
                                                                intervention agencies concerned for the quantity removed
 1 . The export of the alcohol awarded under the invita­        from its stores once proof has been supplied that the
tions to tender referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation     quantity of alcohol removed has been exported to the
must be completed not later than 26 June 1995.                  correct destination to be used for the purposes laid down,
                                                                in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85.
2.    The alcohol awarded must be used not later than 26
June 1996.
                                                                                          Article 6
                          Article 5
                                                                1 . The intervention agency holding alcohol and the
 1 . The tendering security referred to in Article 15 of        successful tenderer shall agree on a detailed timetable for
Regulation (EEC) No 377/93 shall be ECU 3 per hecto­            the physical removal of the awarded alcohol. The time­
litre of alcohol at 100 % vol and shall be lodged for the       table shall be notified to the Commission in the month
total quantity of alcohol offered for sale in each of the       following receipt of the Commission's decision awarding
invitations to tender referred to in Article 1 .                the alcohol to permit coordination of removal operations
                                                                in accordance with this Regulation.
Maintenance of the tender after the time limit for submit­
ting tenders and the lodging of the performance                 2. The successful tenderer shall pay for the alcohol he
guarantee shall constitute the primary requirements             is awarded and accept responsability for the risk of theft,
within the meaning of Article 20 of Commission Regula­          loss and destruction and the cost of storage of the alcohol
tion (EEC) No 2220/85 (') as regards the tendering secu­        covered by the invitations to tender referred to in this
rity.
                                                                Regulation not later than 26 June 1995.
The tendering security shall be released immediately if
the tender is not accepted or if the successful tenderer        3.     After receiving payment for a quantity of alcohol
meets the conditions set out in the preceding subpara­          calculated to the nearest hectolitre of alcohol at 100 %
graph.                                                          vol, the intervention agency holding the alcohol shall
                                                                issue a removal order for the relevant quantity of alcohol.
2. Within twenty days of receipt of the Commission's            Ownership of the alcohol for which a removal order is
                                                                issued shall be transferred on issue of the order and the
decision awarding the alcohol, the successful tenderer
shall provide proof that the performance guarantee has          relevant quantities shall be considered as being withdrawn
                                                                on that date .
been lodged with each intervention agency holding
alcohol to ensure the export and utilization for the
purpose laid down of the alcohol in question.                   The removal order shall state the time limit by which the
                                                                alcohol must be physically removed from the storehouses
(') OJ No L 205, 3. 8. 1985, p. 5.                              of the intervention agency concerned.
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                            Article 7                              2.    Where the successful tenderer refuses the merchan­
                                                                   dise, as provided for in paragraph 1 , the intervention
1.     Before the awarded alcohol is removed, the interven­        agency shall supply him with another quantity of alcohol
tion agency and the successful tenderer shall take a               of the requisite quality, at no extra charge, within eight
reference sample and shall analyse that sample to verify           days.
the alcoholic strength expressed in % vol of the alcohol
in question.                                                       3. If physical removal of the alcohol is delayed by
                                                                   more than five working days in relation to the date of
Where the final results of the analysis of the sample show         acceptance of the lot to be removed by the successful
a difference between the alcoholic strength by volume of           tenderer for reasons imputable to the intervention agency,
the alcohol to be removed and the minimum alcoholic                the Member State shall be responsible for the payment of
strength by volume stated in the notice of invitation to           compensation .
tender, the following provisions shall apply :
                                                                                            Article 8
 (i) the intervention agency shall, the same day, inform
     the Commission thereof in accordance with Annex II,           Notwithstanding the first subparagraph of Article 36 (2) of
     as well as the storer and the successful tenderer ;           Regulation (EEC) No 377/93, the alcohol contained in
                                                                   the vats indicated in the communication          from the
(ii) the successful tenderer may :
                                                                   Member States referred to in Article 36 of Regulation
     — either agree to take over the lot with its characte­        (EEC) No 377/93 and covered by the invitations to tender
         ristics as established, subject to the Commission's       referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation may be substi­
         agreement,                                                tuted by the intervention agencies holding the alcohol
     — or refuse to take over the lot in question.                 concerned in agreement with the Commission or mixed
                                                                   with other alcohol delivered to the intervention agency
     In either case, the successful tenderer shall, the same       until a removal order is issued for that alcohol, in parti­
     day, inform the intervention agency and the Commis­           cular for logistical reasons.
     sion thereof in accordance with Annex III .
                                                                                             Article 9
     Once these formalities have been completed, if he has
     refused to take over the lot concerned, he shall be           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
     immediately released from all his obligations relating        publication in the Official Journal of the European
     to that lot.                                                   Communities.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 2 December 1994.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Rene STEICHEN
                                                                         Member of the Commission
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                                                          ANNEX I
                                INDIVIDUAL INVITATION TO TENDER No 160/94 EC
                     I. Place of storage, volume and characteristics of the alcohol offered for sale
                                                                                      Reference to
                                                                        Volume in
                                                           Reference                   Regulation
    Member State                 Location                              hectolitres of                     Type of alcohol
                                                         number of vat                   (EEC)
                                                                       pure alcohol    No 822/87
1 . FRANCE       Deulep                                                     9 396      35 + 36     Raw ( 4- 92% vol)
                 Boulevard Chanzy
                 30800 Saint-Gilles-du-Gard
                 Verniers                                                  10 898      35 + 36     Raw (+ 92% vol)
                 Route de Cuxac
                 11100 Narbonne
                 Verniers                                                   2 680          39      Off flavour ( + 92 % vol)
                 Route de Cuxac                                             3 867      35 + 36     Off flavour ( 4- 92 % vol)
                 11100 Narbonne
                 Deulep                                                     2 499          39      Off flavour (+ 92 % vol)
                 Boulevard Chanzy                                              195     35 + 36     Off flavour (+ 92% vol)
                 30800 Saint-Gilles-du-Gard
                                                 Total                    29 535
2. SPAIN         Villarrobledo                                              5 427          39      Neutral
                 Tarancon                                                 60 069           39      Neutral
                 Villarrobledo                                            35 836           39      Raw alcohol
                 Taranc6n                                                 44 133           39      Raw alcohol
                                                 Total                   145 465
3. ITALY         Tampieri                                                  10 000          35      Neutral
                 Caviro                                                   21 000           39      Neutral
                 Cantine Venete                                             2 000          35      Neutral
                 ICV                                                        1 500          35      Neutral
                 del Sud (Puglia)                                         20 000           35      Neutral
                 Di Trani (Puglia)                                         10 000          39      Neutral
                 Rodi (Puglia)                                             14 000          35      Neutral
                 Bertolino                                                37 000           39      Neutral
                 Kronion                                                    1 000          36      Neutral
                 Kronion                                                    5 000          39      Neutral
                 Gedis                                                      2 000          35      Neutral
                 Dicovisa                                                   1 500          35      Neutral
                 Di Lorenzo                                                 5 000          35      Raw alcohol
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                                                                                              Reference to
                                                                                 Volume in
                                                                   Reference                   Regulation
    Member State                       Location
                                                                 number of vat
                                                                               hectolitres of
                                                                                                 (EEC)             Type of alcohol
                                                                                pure alcohol   No 822/87
3 . ITALY              Tampieri                                                     4 000          35       Raw alcohol
    (cont 'd)
                       ICV                                                          6 000          39       Raw alcohol
                      Gedis                                                        15 000          39       Raw alcohol
                      Kronion                                                       5 000          39       Raw alcohol
                      Vinum                                                         5 000          36       Raw alcohol
                      Caviro                                                        1 500          35       Off flavour
                      Cipriani                                                      5 000          35       Off flavour
                      IIA                                                           1 500          36       Off flavour
                      Sasriv (Campania)                                             3 000          39       Off flavour
                      IIA                                                           4 000          39       Off flavour
                      Sapis (Campania)                                              3 000          39       Off flavour
                      Bertolino                                                     7 000         35        Off flavour
                      Bertolino                                                    10 000          39       Off flavour
                                                       Total                      200 000
                                                 Grand total                     375 000
               Any interested party may, on application to the intervention agency concerned and on payment of ECU 2
               per litre or the equivalent thereof in Italian lire, French francs or Spanish pesetas, obtain samples of the
               alcohol offered for sale. Such samples shall be taken by a representative of the intervention agency
               concerned.
                                                  II. Destination and use of the alcohol
               The alcohol offered for sale must be exported from the Community. It must be imported into and used
               exclusively as motor fuel in Brazil.
               Evidence relating to the destination and use of the alcohol is to be obtained by an international security
               company and transmitted to the intervention agency concerned.
               The costs thus incurred are to be borne by the successful tenderer.
                                                        III. Submission of tenders
               1 . Tenders should be submitted for a quantity of 375 000 hectolitres of alcohol, expressed in hectolitres of
                   alcohol at 100 % vol.
                   Any tender relating to a smaller quantity will not be considered.
               2. Tenders must :
                   — be sent by registered mail to the Commission of the European Communities, 200 rue de la Loi,
                        B-1049 Brussels, or
                   — be submitted at the reception of the Loi 1 20 building of the Commission of the European Communi­
                        ties, 130 rue de la Loi, B-1049 Brussels, between 11 a.m. and 12 noon on the date mentioned in
                        point 4.
               3. Tenders must be enclosed in a sealed envelope marked 'Tender for individual sale No 160/94 EC
                   (alcohol), DG VI-E-2 — to be opened only at the meeting of the group', which itself must be enclosed in
                   an envelope addressed to the Commission.
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           4. Tenders must reach the Commission not later than 12 noon (Brussels time) on 13 December 1994.
           5. Tenders must state the name and address of the tenderer and must :
              (a) include a reference to individual sale by tender No 160/94 EC ;
              (b) specify the price tendered, expressed in ecus per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol ;
              (c) include all the undertakings and statements referred to in Article 31 of Regulation (EEC) No 377/93.
           6. Each tender must be accompanied by attestations of the lodging of a tendering security, issued by the
              following intervention agency :
              — EIMA, Via Palestra 81 , 1-00185 Roma (tel.: 47 49 91 ; telex : 62 03 31 , 62 02 52, 61 3003 ; fax :
                  445 39 40, 495 39 40).
              — SAV par délégation de 1 Onivins, zone industrielle, avenue de la Ballastière, boîte postale 231 , F-33505
                  Libourne Cedex (tel. : 57 51 03 03 ; télex : 572 025 ; telefax : 57 25 07 25).
              — SENPA, Beneficencia 8, E-28004 Madrid (tel. : 347 65 00 ; telex : 23427 SENPA ; fax : 521 98 32).
              This security must correspond to a sum of ECU 3 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.
                                                      IV. Award of contract
           Within twenty days following the date of receipt of the Commission's decision awarding the lot in question,
           the successful tenderer shall provide evidence of the lodging of a performance guarantee of ECU 60 per
           hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol with the intervention agency concerned.
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                                 INDIVIDUAL INVITATION TO TENDER No 161 /94 EC
                      I. Place of storage, volume and characteristics of the alcohol offered for sale
                                                                                       Reference to
                                                                         Volume in
                                                            Reference                   Regulation
    Member State                  Location
                                                          number of vat
                                                                        hectolitres of
                                                                                          (EEC)
                                                                                                            Type of alcohol
                                                                        pure alcohol    No 822/87
1 . FRANCE       Verniers                                                    8 783      35 + 36     Off flavour ( + 92 % vol)
                 Route de Cuxac
                 11100 Narbonne
                 Verniers                                                  20 751       35 + 36     Raw (+ 92 % vol)
                 Route de Cuxac
                 11100 Narbonne
                                                  Total                    29 534
2. SPAIN         Villarrobledo                                               5 427          39      Neutral
                 Tarancon                                                  60 070           39      Neutral
                 Villarrobledo                                             35 836           39      Raw alcohol
                 Tarancon                                                  44 133           39      Raw alcohol
                                                  Total                   145 466
3 . ITALY        Distercoop                                                11 000           39      Neutral
                 Villapana                                                  4 000          35       Neutral
                 Orbat                                                       3 500         36       Neutral
                 Di Lorenzo                                                16 000          39       Neutral
                 Cipriani                                                    1 500         39       Neutral
                 Di Trani (Puglia)                                         10 000          35       Neutral
                 Palma (Puglia)                                              5 000         39       Neutral
                 Sapis (Puglia)                                            22 500          39       Neutral
                 Balice (Puglia)                                            5 000          35       Neutral
                 Bertolino                                                 30 000          35       Neutral
                 Kronion                                                    7 500          35       Neutral
                 Gedis                                                      7 500          36       Neutral
                 Dicovisa                                                    1 500         35       Neutral
                 Distercoop                                                11 000          39       Raw alcohol
                 Cipriani                                                   3 000          35       Raw alcohol
                 Villapana                                                  2 000          35       Raw alcohol
                 Enodistil                                                 15 000          39       Raw alcohol
                 Kronion                                                    3 000          35       Raw alcohol
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                                                                                                 Reference to
                                                                                   Volume in
    Member State                        Location
                                                                   Reference
                                                                                  hectolitres of  Regulation          Type of alcohol
                                                                 number of vat                      (EEC)
                                                                                  pure alcohol    No 822/87
3 . ITALY              Vinum                                                           6 000          39       Raw alcohol
    (cont'd)
                       Caviro                                                          7 000          39       Off flavour
                       Del Salento (Campania)                                          7 000          35       Off flavour
                       Sasriv (Campania)                                               4 000          36       Off flavour
                       Bertolino                                                      17 000          39       Off flavour
                                                        Total                       200 000
                                                  Grand total                       375 000
               Any interested party may, on application to the intervention agency concerned and on payment of ECU 2
               per litre or the equivalent thereof in Italian lire, French francs or Spanish pesetas, obtain samples of the
               alcohol offered for sale. Such samples shall be taken by a representative of the intervention agency
               concerned.
                                                   II. Destination and use of the alcohol
               The alcohol offered for sale must be exported from the Community. It must be imported into and used
               exclusively as motor fuel in Brazil.
               Evidence relating to the destination and use of the alcohol is to be obtained by an international security
               company and transmitted to the intervention agency concerned.
               The costs thus incurred are to be borne by the successful tenderer.
                                                         III. Submission of tenders
                1 . Tenders should be submitted for a quantity of 375 000 hectolitres of alcohol, expressed in hectolitres of
                    alcohol at 100 % vol.
                    Any tender relating to a smaller quantity will not be considered.
               2. Tenders must :
                    — be sent by registered mail to the Commission of the European Communities, 200 rue de la Loi,
                        B-1049 Brussels, or
                    — be submitted at the reception of the Loi 120 building of the Commission of the European Communi­
                        ties, 130 rue de la Loi, B-1049 Brussels, between 11 a.m . and 12 noon on the date mentioned in
                        point 4.
               3. Tenders must be enclosed in a sealed envelope marked Tender for individual sale No 161 /94 EC
                    (alcohol), DG VI-E-2 — to be opened only at the meeting of the group', which itself must be enclosed in
                    an envelope addressed to the Commission.
               4. Tenders must reach the Commission not later than 12 noon (Brussels time) on 13 December 1994.
               5. Tenders must state the name and address of the tenderer and must :
                    (a) include a reference to individual sale by tender No 161 /94 EC ;
                    (b) specify the price tendered, expressed in ecus per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol ;
                    (c) include all the undertakings and statements referred to in Article 31 of Regulation (EEC) No 377/93.
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          6. Each tender must be accompanied by attestations of the lodging of a tendering security, issued by the
             following intervention agency :
             — EIMA, Via Palestra 81 , 1-00185 Roma (tel.: 47 49 91 ; telex : 62 03 31 , 62 02 52, 61 30 03 ; fax :
                 445 39 40, 495 39 40).
             — SAV par délégation de 1 Onivins, zone industrielle, avenue de la Ballastière, boîte postale 231 , F-33505
                 Libourne Cedex (tel. : 57 51 03 03 ; telex : 572 025 ; telefax : 57 25 07 25).
             — SENPA, Beneficencia 8, E-28004 Madrid (tel. : 347 65 00 ; telex : 23427 SENPA ; fax : 521 98 32).
             This security must correspond to a sum of ECU 3 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.
                                                    IV. Award of contract
          Within twenty days following the date of receipt of the Commission's decision awarding the lot in question,
          the successful tenderer shall provide evidence of the lodging of a performance guarantee of ECU 60 per
          hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol with the intervention agency concerned.
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                                INDIVIDUAL INVITATION TO TENDER No 162/94 EC
                      I. Place of storage, volume and characteristics of the alcohol offered for sale
                                                                                      Reference to
                                                                        Volume in
    Member State                 Location
                                                           Reference
                                                                       hectolitres of  Regulation         Type of alcohol
                                                         number of vat
                                                                       pure alcohol      (EEC)
                                                                                       No 822/87
1 . FRANCE       Longuefuye                                                 5 091          39      Off flavour ( + 92 % vol)
                 53200 Château-Gontier
                 Miroline                                                  15 374      35 + 36     Off flavour ( + 92 % vol)
                 Terre-plein Nord
                 14600 Honfleur
                                                 Total                    20 465
2. SPAIN         Villarrobledo                                              5 427          39      Neutral
                 Tarancon                                                 69 139           39      Neutral
                 Villarrobledo                                            35 836           39      Raw alcohol
                 Tarancon                                                 44 133           39      Raw alcohol
                                                 Total                   154 535
3 . ITALY        D'Auria                                                    6 000          36      Neutral
                 DCA                                                        5 000          36      Neutral
                 Mazzari                                                  20 000           39      Neutral
                 Bonollo                                                    3 500          39      Neutral
                 Sapis (Puglia)                                           24 000           39      Neutral
                 Sasriv                                                     5 000          36      Neutral
                 De Luca                                                  15 000           35      Neutral
                 Vinum                                                    35 000           39      Neutral
                 Gedis                                                    10 000           36      Neutral
                 Dicovisa                                                   1 500          35      Neutral
                 D'Auria                                                    9 000          39      Raw alcohol
                 SAIG                                                       5 500          39      Raw alcohol
                 Vinal                                                      3 000          35      Raw alcohol
                 De Luca                                                  20 000           35      Raw alcohol
                 Balice                                                     2 500          39      Raw alcohol
                 DCA                                                        3 000          35      Off flavour
                 Caviro                                                     3 000          35      Off flavour
                 Del Salento (Puglia)                                       2 000         35       Off flavour
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                                                                                                 Reference to
                                                                                   Volume in
    Member State                        Location
                                                                    Reference
                                                                                 hectolitres of   Regulation          Type of alcohol
                                                                  number of vat
                                                                                  pure alcohol      (EEC)
                                                                                                  No 822/87
3 . ITALY              Sapis (Campania)                                               2 000           39       Off flavour
    (cont 'd)
                       Rodi (Campania)                                                4 000           35       Off flavour
                       Rodi (Puglia)                                                  4 000           35       Off flavour
                       Bertolino                                                      7 000           35       Off flavour
                       Enodistil                                                      3 000           36       Off flavour
                       Enodistil                                                      2 500           39       Off flavour
                       Vinum                                                          4 500           39       Off flavour
                                                         Total                      200 000
                                                  Grand total                       375 000
               Any interested party may, on application to the intervention agency concerned and on payment of ECU 2
               per litre or the equivalent thereof in Italian lire, French francs or Spanish pesetas, obtain samples of the
               alcohol offered for sale. Such samples shall be taken by a representative of the intervention agency
               concerned .
                                                   II . Destination and use of the alcohol
               The alcohol offered for sale must be exported from the Community. It must be imported into and used
               exclusively as motor fuel in Brazil.
               Evidence relating to the destination and use of the alcohol is to be obtained by an international security
               company and transmitted to the intervention agency concerned.
               The costs thus incurred are to be borne by the successful tenderer.
                                                          III. Submission of tenders
                1 . Tenders should be submitted for a quantity of 375 000 hectolitres of alcohol, expressed in hectolitres of
                    alcohol at 100 % vol .
                    Any tender relating to a smaller quantity will not be considered.
               2. Tenders must :
                    — be sent by registered mail to the Commission of the European Communities, 200 rue de la Loi,
                        B-1049 Brussels, or
                    — be submitted at the reception of the Loi 120 building of the Commission of the European Communi­
                        ties, 130 rue de la Loi, B-1049 Brussels, between 11 a.m. and 12 noon on the date mentioned in
                        point 4.
               3. Tenders must be enclosed in a sealed envelope marked Tender for individual sale No 162/94 EC
                    (alcohol), DG VI-E-2 — to be opened only at the meeting of the group', which itself must be enclosed in
                    an envelope addressed to the Commission.
               4. Tenders must reach the Commission not later than 12 noon (Brussels time) on 13 December 1994.
               5. Tenders must state the name and address of the tenderer and must :
                    (a) include a reference to individual sale by tender No 1 62/94 EC ;
                    (b) specify the price tendered, expressed in ecus per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol ;
                    (c) include all the undertakings and statements referred to in Article 31 of Regulation (EEC) No 377/93.
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           6. Each tender must be accompanied by attestations of the lodging of a tendering security, issued by the
              following intervention agency :
              — EIMA, Via Palestre 81 , 1-00185 Roma (tel.: 47 49 91 ; telex : 62 03 31 , 62 02 52, 61 30 03 ; fax :
                  445 39 40, 495 39 40).
              — SAV par délégation de 1 Onivins, zone industrielle, avenue de la Ballastière, boîte postale 231 , F-33505
                  Libourne Cedex (tel. : 57 51 03 03 ; télex : 572 025 ; telefax : 57 25 07 25).
              — SENPA, Beneficencia 8, E-28004 Madrid (tel. : 347 65 00 ; telex : 23427 SENPA ; fax : 521 98 32).
              This security must correspond to a sum of ECU 3 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.
                                                    IV. Award of contract
           Within twenty days following the date of receipt of the Commission's decision awarding the lot in question,
           the successful tenderer shall provide evidence of the lodging of a performance guarantee of ECU 60 per
           hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol with the intervention agency concerned.
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                                INDIVIDUAL INVITATION TO TENDER No 163/94 EC
                      I. Place of storage, volume and characteristics of the alcohol offered for sale
                                                                                      Reference to
                                                                        Volume in
                                                           Reference                   Regulation
    Member State                 Location                              hectolitres of                     Type of alcohol
                                                         number of vat                   (EEC)
                                                                       pure alcohol    No 822/87
1 . FRANCE       Longuefuye                                                 5 092          39      Off flavour (+ 92 % vol)
                 53200 Château-Gontier
                 Miroline                                                  15 374      35 + 36     Off flavour ( + 92 % vol)
                 Terre-plein Nord
                 14600 Honfleur
                                                 Total                    20 466
2. SPAIN         Villarrobledo                                              5 427          39      Neutral
                 Tarancon                                                 69 138           39      Neutral
                 Villarrobledo                                            35 836           39      Raw alcohol
                 Taranc6n                                                 44 133           39      Raw alcohol
                                                 Total                   154 534
3. ITALIY        Neri                                                       5 000          35      Neutral
                 Neri                                                     20 000           39      Neutral
                 Bonollo                                                   10 000          39      Neutral
                 Sapis (Puglia)                                            10 500          39      Neutral
                 Sapis (Campania)                                          10 000          39      Neutral
                 Del Salento (Campania)                                   20 000           35      Neutral
                 Sasriv (Campania)                                          3 000          39      Neutral
                 Vinum                                                      6 500          36      Neutral
                 Vinum                                                     17 000          39      Neutral
                 Enodistil                                                  4 000          35      Neutral
                 Gedis                                                     17 500          39      Neutral
                 Dicovisa                                                   1 500          35      Neutral
                 Bonollo                                                   10 500          39      Raw alcohol
                 DCA                                                        6 000          35      Raw alcohol
                 Gist Brocades                                              1 000          35      Raw alcohol
                 Balice                                                   10 000           35      Raw alcohol
                 Balice                                                   10 000           36      Raw alcohol
                 Balice                                                     2 500          39      Raw alcohol
                 Caviro                                                     5 500          35      Off flavour
                 Rodi (Puglia)                                              2 500          39      Off flavour
                 Del Sud                                                    4 500         35       Off flavour
                 Del Sud                                                    2 000         36       Off flavour
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                                                                                                 Reference to
                                                                                   Volume in
                                                                    Reference                     Regulation
    Member State                        Location
                                                                  number of vat
                                                                                  hectolitres of
                                                                                                    (EEC)
                                                                                                                       Type of alcohol
                                                                                  pure alcohol    No 822/87
3. ITALIE              Di Trani (Puglia)                                               3 000          39       Off flavour
    (suite)
                       Bertolino                                                      15 000          36       Off flavour
                       Enodistil                                                       1 500          35       Off flavour
                       Vinum                                                           1 000          36       Off flavour
                                                         Total                      200 000
                       Grand total                                   375 000
               Any interested party may, on application to the intervention agency concerned and on payment of ECU 2
               per litre or the equivalent thereof in Italian lire, French francs or Spanish pesetas, obtain samples of the
               alcohol offered for sale. Such samples shall be taken by a representative of the intervention agency
               concerned.
                                                   II . Destination and use of the alcohol
               The alcohol offered for sale must be exported from the Community. It must be imported into and used
               exclusively as motor fuel in Brazil.
               Evidence relating to the destination and use of the alcohol is to be obtained by an international security
               company and transmitted to the intervention agency concerned.
               The costs thus incurred are to be borne by the successful tenderer.
                                                          III. Submission of tenders
                1 . Tenders should be submitted for a quantity of 375 000 hectolitres of alcohol, expressed in hectolitres of
                    alcohol at 100 % vol.
                    Any tender relating to a smaller quantity will not be considered.
               2. Tenders must :
                    — be sent by registered mail to the Commission of the European Communities, 200 rue de la Loi,
                        B-1049 Brussels, or
                    — be submitted at the reception of the Loi 1 20 building of the Commission of the European Communi­
                        ties, 130 rue de la Loi, B-1049 Brussels, between 11 a.m. and 12 noon on the date mentioned in
                        point 4.
               3. Tenders must be enclosed in a sealed envelope marked 'Tender for individual sale No 163/94 EC
                    (alcohol), DG VI-E-2 — to be opened only at the meeting of the group', which itself must be enclosed in
                    an envelope addressed to the Commission.
               4. Tenders must reach the Commission not later than 12 noon (Brussels time) on 13 December 1994.
               5. Tenders must state the name and address of the tenderer and must :
                    (a) include a reference to individual sale by tender No 163/94 EC ;
                    (b) specify the price tendered, expressed in ecus per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol ;
                    (c) include all the undertakings and statements referred to in Article 31 of Regulation (EEC) No 377/93.
               6. Each tender must be accompanied by attestations of the lodging of a tendering security, issued by the
                    following intervention agency :
                    — EIMA, Via Palestre 81 , 1-00185 Roma (tel.: 47 49 91 ; telex : 62 03 31 , 62 02 52, 61 30 03 ; fax :
                        445 39 40, 495 39 40).
                    — SAV par délégation de 1 Onivins, zone industrielle, avenue de la Ballastière, boîte postale 231 , F-33505
                        Libourne Cedex (tel. : 57 51 03 03 ; telex : 572 025 ; fax : 57 25 07 25).
                    — SENPA, Beneficencia 8, E-28004 Madrid (tel. : 347 65 00 ; telex : 23427 SENPA ; fax : 521 98 32).
                    This security must correspond to a sum of ECU 3 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.
                                                             IV. Award of contract
               Within twenty days following the date of receipt of the Commission's decision awarding the lot in question,
               the successful tenderer shall provide evidence of the lodging of a performance guarantee of ECU 60 per
               hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol with the intervention agency concerned.
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                                                         ANNEX II
          The only telex and fax numbers in Brussels to be used are :
          DG VI/E/2 (for the attention of Mr Chiappone/Mr Van der Stappen)
          — telex :           22037 AGREC B,
                              22070 AGREC B (Greek characters),
          — fax :             (32 2) 295 92 52
                                                        ANNEX III
          Communication of refusal or acceptance of lots under the individual invitation to tender for the
                         export of vinous alcohol opened by Regulation (EC) No 2942/94
          — Name of the successful tenderer :
          — Date of award of contract :
          — Date of refusal or acceptance of the lot by the successful tenderer :
                 Lot            Quantity         Location              Reason for refusal or acceptance to
                 No          in hectolitres     of alcohol                          take over