CELEX: 31989R3217
Language: en
Date: 1989-10-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3217/89 of 26 October 1989 opening special sales by tender of vinous alcohol held by intervention agencies, for use as motor fuel within the Community

No L 312/22                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               27. 10. 89
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3217/89
                                                     of 26 October 1989
                 opening special sales by tender of vinous alcohol held by intervention agencies,
                                     for use as motor fuel within the Community,
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       expressed in terms of hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol
                                                                  and consisting of four lots. The alcohol was obtained by
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             the distillation operations referred to in Articles 35, 36
Economic Community,                                               and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and is held by the
                                                                  Spanish, French and Italian intervention agencies. Each
                                                                  sale shall comprise two lots and shall be of a quantity of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of            1,6 million hectolitres of alcohol at 100% vol.
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 1236/89 (2),
                                                                  within the Community. All processing of the alcohol for
                                                                  this purpose 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
operations referred to in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of                                        Article 2
Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by intervention
agencies (3), and in particular Article 1 (1 ) thereof,           The location and reference numbers of the vats in the
                                                                  four lots, the volume of alcohol contained in each vat, the
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1780/89 (4),               alcoholic strength, the characteristics of the alcohol and
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3052/89 (*), laid               the intervention measure under which it was produced, in
down detailed rules for the disposal of alcohol obtained          the form of a reference to the relevant Article of
from the distillation operations referred to in Articles 35,      Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, are all specified in the sale
36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by               notices relating to the special sales Nos 5 and 6.
intervention agencies ;
Whereas, in view of the cost of storing alcohol, special                                   Article 3
sales by tender should be opened for vinous alcohol
obtained from the distillation operations referred to in          The sales shall take place in accordance with the
Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87              provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1780/89, and in
and held by the Spanish, French and Italian intervention          particular Articles 18 to 38 thereof.
agencies ;
Whereas special sales by tender should be held for the use
                                                                                           Article 4
of alcohol as motor fuel within the Community <;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are          The specific conditions relating to the two special sales
in accordance with the opinion of the Management                  and the names and addresses of the intervention agencies
Committee for Wine,                                               concerned shall be given in the sale notices relating to
                                                                  the special sales Nos 5 and 6 published in the 'C' series of
                                                                  the Official Journal of the European Communities.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                           Article 5
                                                                  The deadline for the submission of tenders at the address
                         Article 1                                given in the sales notices shall be 12 noon (Brussels time)
                                                                  on 20 Novembre 1989 .
Two special sales by tender (Nos 5 and 6) shall be held of
a total quantity of 3,2 million hectolitres of alcohol
                                                                                           Article 6
(') OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1 .
I1) OJ No L 128, 11 . 5. 1989, p. 31 .                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
(3) OJ No L 346, 15. 12. 1988, p. 7.
0 OJ No L 178, 24. 6. 1989, p. 1 .                                following its publication in the Official Journal of the
0 OJ No L 292, 11 . 10 . 1989, p. 17.                             European Communities.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 26 October 1989.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                               Member of the Commission