CELEX: 31990R3389
Language: en
Date: 1990-11-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3389/90 of 26 November 1990 opening a special sale by tender of vinous alcohol held by intervention agencies, for use as motor fuel within the Community

27. 11 . 90                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 327/ 19
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3389/90
                                                     of 26 November 1990
                 opening a special sale by tender of vinous alcohol held by intervention agencies,
                                       for use as motor fuel within the Community
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         and consisting of five lots. The alcohol was obtained by
                                                                    the distillation operations referred to in Articles 35, 36
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and is held by the
Economic Community,                                                 Spanish, French and Italian intervention agencies. Each
                                                                    lot in this special sale shall be of a quantity of 640 000
                                                                    hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of
16 March 1987 on the common organization of the
market in wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             The alcohol offered for sale must be used as motor fuel
No 1325/90 (2),                                                     within the Community. All proceeding of the alcohol for
                                                                    this purspose must take place within the Community.
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                                     Article 2
tions referred to in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation
(EEC) No 822/87 and held by intervention agencies (3),              The location and reference numbers of the vats in the
and in particular Article 1 (1 ) thereof,
                                                                    lots, the volume of alcohol contained in each vat, the
                                                                    alcoholic strength, the characteristics of the alcohol and
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1780/89 (4),                 the intervention measure under which it was produced, in
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2568/90 (5), laid            the form of a reference to the relevant Article of Regula­
down detailed rules for the disposal of alcohol obtained            tion (EEC) No 822/87, are all specified in the sale notice
from the distillation operations referred to in Articles 35,        in accordance with Article 29 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No
36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by                 1780/89 .
intervention agencies ;
Whereas, in view of the cost of storing alcohol, a special                                    Article 3
sale by tender should be opened for vinous alcohol
obtained from the distillation operations referred to in
Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87                The sale shall take place in accordance with the pro­
and held by the Spanish, French and Italian intervention            visions of Regulation (EEC) No 1780/89, and in particular
agencies ;                                                          Articles 18 to 38 thereof.
Whereas a special sale by tender should be held for the
use of alcohol as motor fuel within the Community ;                                           Article 4
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are            The specific conditions relating to the special sale No
in accordance with the opinion of the Management                    7/90 EC and the names and addresses of the intervention
Committee for Wine,                                                 agencies concerned shall be given in the sale notice
                                                                    published in the 'C' series of the Official Journal of the
                                                                    European Communities.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                              Article 5
                          Article 1                                 The deadline for the submission of tenders at the address
                                                                    given in the sale notice shall be 12 noon (Brussels time)
                                                                    on 20 December 1990 .
A special sale by tender No 7/90 EC shall be held of
a total quantity of 3 200 000 hectolitres of alcohol
expressed in terms of hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol
                                                                                              Article 6
(') OJ  No  L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 132, 23. 5. 1990, p. 19.
(3) OJ  No  L 346, 15. 12. 1988, p. 7.                              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
(4) OJ  No  L 178, 24. 6. 1989, p. 1 .                              publication in the Official Journal of the European
    OJ No L 243, 6. 9. 1990, o. 11 .                                Communities.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 26 November 1990 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                               Member of the Commission