CELEX: 32004R1895
Language: en
Date: 2004-10-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1895/2004 of 29 October 2004 opening public sales of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community

30.10.2004   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 328/60
            
         
      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1895/2004
   of 29 October 2004
   opening public sales of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community
   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), and in particular Article 33 thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               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 (2) lays down, among other things, detailed rules for disposing of stocks of alcohol obtained from distillation pursuant to Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and held by the intervention agencies.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Public sales of wine alcohol for use in the fuel sector in the Community should be organised in accordance with Articles 92 and 93 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 with a view to reducing Community stocks of wine alcohol and to some extent ensuring supplies to firms approved in accordance with Article 92 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000. The wine alcohol of Community origin in storage in the Member States consists of quantities produced from distillation in accordance with 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 in accordance with Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Since 1 January 1999, in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro (4), the selling price and securities must be expressed, and payments made, in euro.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Given that there are risks of fraud by substitution of alcohol, checks on the final destination of the alcohol should be reinforced and the intervention agencies should be allowed to call on the help of international control agencies and to check the alcohol sold by means of nuclear magnetic resonance analyses.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article
   1.   Seven lots of alcohol (references 35/2004 EC, 36/2004 EC, 37/2004 EC, 38/2004 EC, 39/2004 EC, 40/2004 EC and 41/2004 EC) comprising 100 000 hectolitres, 50 000 hectolitres, 50 000 hectolitres, 100 000 hectolitres, 100 000 hectolitres, 50 000 hectolitres and 30 000 hectolitres respectively at 100 % vol are hereby put up for public sale for use in the fuel sector within the Community.
   2.   The alcohol concerned was produced from distillation in accordance with Article 35 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and Articles 27 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and is held by the French, Spanish and Italian intervention agencies.
   3.   The location and references of the vats making up the lots, the quantity of alcohol in each vat, the alcoholic strength and the characteristics of the alcohol are as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
   4.   The lots shall be awarded to firms approved in accordance with Article 92 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000.
   Article 2
   All communications concerning this public sale shall be sent to the following Commission department:
   
               Commission of the European Communities
            
         
               Directorate-General for Agriculture, Unit D-4
            
         
               Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200
            
         
               B-1049 Brussels
            
         
               Fax (32-2) 295 92 52
            
         
               E-mail: agri-d4@cec.eu.int
            
         Article 3
   The public sales shall take place in accordance with Articles 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 98, 100 and 101 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98.
   Article 4
   The price of the alcohol for public sale shall be EUR 22 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.
   Article 5
   The alcohol must be removed no more than eight months after the date of notification of the Commission's decision to award the sale.
   Article 6
   The performance guarantee shall be EUR 30 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol. Unless a standing guarantee is provided, before removing any alcohol and by the day of issue of the removal order at the latest, the firms awarded the lots shall lodge a performance guarantee with the intervention agency concerned to ensure that the alcohol in question is used as bioethanol in the fuel sector.
   Article 7
   Against payment of EUR 10 per litre and within 30 days of the publication of the notice of public sale, the firms approved in accordance with Article 92 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 may obtain samples of the alcohol put up for sale from the intervention agency concerned. After that date, samples may be obtained in accordance with Article 98(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000. Samples issued to the approved firms shall amount to not more than five litres per vat.
   Article 8
   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)
            
            
               apply Article 102 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000, mutatis mutandis;
            
         
               (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 shall be borne by the firms to which the alcohol is sold.
   Article 9
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 29 October 2004.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Franz FISCHLER
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1795/2003 (OJ L 262, 14.10.2003, p. 13).
   
      (2)  OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1774/2004 (OJ L 316, 15.10.2004, p. 61).
   
      (3)  OJ L 84, 27.3.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1677/1999 (OJ L 199, 30.7.1999, p. 8).
   
      (4)  OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.
   
      ANNEX
      PUBLIC SALES OF WINE ALCOHOL FOR USE AS BIOETHANOL IN THE COMMUNITY
      NOS 35/2004 EC, 36/2004 EC, 37/2004 EC, 38/2004 EC, 39/2004 EC, 40/2004 EC AND 41/2004 EC
      I.   Place of storage, quantity and characteristics of the alcohol put up for sale
      
                  Member State and lot number
               
               
                  Location
               
               
                  Vat number
               
               
                  Quantity
                  (hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol)
               
               
                  Reference to Regulations (EEC) No 822/87 and (EC) No 1493/1999
                  (Articles)
               
               
                  Type of alcohol
               
               
                  Firms approved pursuant to Article 92 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000
               
            
                  Spain
                  Lot No 35/2004 EC
               
               
                  Tarancon
               
               
                  A-1
               
               
                  24 108
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
               
                  Ecocarburantes españoles SA
               
            
                  A-6
               
               
                  24 492
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  B-1
               
               
                  24 609
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  B-2
               
               
                  18 278
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  B-3
               
               
                  8 513
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  Total
               
               
                   
               
               
                  100 000
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  Spain
                  Lot No 36/2004 EC
               
               
                  Tarancon
               
               
                  B-3
               
               
                  16 102
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
               
                  Bioetanol Galicia SA
               
            
                  B-5
               
               
                  24 602
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  B-6
               
               
                  9 296
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  Total
               
               
                   
               
               
                  50 000
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  FRANCE
                  Lot No 37/2004 EC
               
               
                  
                              Onivins — Port la Nouvelle Entrepôt d’alcool
                           
                        
                              Av. Adolphe Turrel,
                           
                        
                              BP 62,
                           
                        
                              F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle
                           
                        
               
                  10
               
               
                  11 230
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
               
                  Ecocarburantes españoles SA
               
            
                  9
               
               
                  22 080
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  8
               
               
                  16 690
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  Total
               
               
                   
               
               
                  50 000
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  FRANCE
                  Lot No 38/2004 EC
               
               
                  
                              Onivins — Port la Nouvelle Entrepôt d’alcool
                           
                        
                              Av. Adolphe Turrel,
                           
                        
                              BP 62,
                           
                        
                              F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle
                           
                        
               
                  31
               
               
                  22 540
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
               
                  Bioetanol Galicia SA
               
            
                  29
               
               
                  22 500
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  33
               
               
                  4 200
               
               
                  30
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  33
               
               
                  18 130
               
               
                  28
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  32
               
               
                  22 170
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  39
               
               
                  1 760
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  38
               
               
                  8 700
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  Total
               
               
                   
               
               
                  100 000
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  FRANCE
                  Lot No 39/2004 EC
               
               
                  
                              DEULEP — PSL
                           
                        
                              13230 Port Saint Louis du Rhone
                           
                        
               
                  B4
               
               
                  45 060
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
               
                  Sekab (Svensk Etanolkemi AB)
               
            
                  B1
               
               
                  4 940
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  
                              DEULEP
                           
                        
                              Bld Chanzy
                           
                        
                              30800 Saint Gilles du Gard
                           
                        
               
                  504
               
               
                  7 460
               
               
                  30
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  506
               
               
                  6 510
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  604
               
               
                  2 600
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  605
               
               
                  9 120
               
               
                  30
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  605
               
               
                  30
               
               
                  30
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  606
               
               
                  4 590
               
               
                  30
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  606
               
               
                  2 030
               
               
                  30
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  607
               
               
                  8 530
               
               
                  30
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  608
               
               
                  9 130
               
               
                  30
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  Total
               
               
                   
               
               
                  100 000
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  ITALY
                  Lot No 40/2004 EC
               
               
                  CAVINO — Faenza
               
               
                  16A
               
               
                  22 301,71
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
               
                  Sekab (Svensk Etanolkemi AB
               
            
                  VILLAPANA — Faenza
               
               
                  9A
               
               
                  10 000,00
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  CIPRIANI — Chizzola di Ala (TN)
               
               
                  24A
               
               
                  4 500,07
               
               
                  35
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  D’AURIA — Ortona (CH)
               
               
                  3A-9A-61A
               
               
                  3 417,29
               
               
                  35
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  BONOLLO — Paduni (FR)
               
               
                  40A
               
               
                  9 780,93
               
               
                  35
               
               
                  Raw
               
            
                  Total
               
               
                   
               
               
                  50 000
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  ITALY
                  Lot No 41/2004 EC
               
               
                  ENODISTIL — Alcamo
               
               
                  3A-11A-20A-21A
               
               
                  30 000,00
               
               
                  27/30
               
               
                  Raw
               
               
                  Altia Corporation
               
            
                  Total
               
               
                   
               
               
                  30 000
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            II.   The address of the Spanish intervention agency is:
      FEGA, Beneficencia 8, E-28004 Madrid (Tel. (34-91) 347 65 00; telex: 23427 FEGA; fax (34-91) 521 98 32).
      III.   The address of the French intervention agency is:
      Onivins-Libourne, Délégation nationale, 17 avenue de la Ballastière, boîte postale 231, F-33505 Libourne Cedex (Tel. (33-5) 57 55 20 00; telex 57 20 25; fax (33-5) 57 55 20 59).
      IV.   The address of the Italian intervention agency is:
      AGEA, via Torino 45, I-00184 Roma (Tel. (39) 06 49499 714; fax (39) 06 49499 761.