CELEX: 32006R1593
Language: en
Date: 2006-10-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1593/2006 of 25 October 2006 opening tendering procedure No 58/2006 EC for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses

26.10.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 296/5
            
         
      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1593/2006
   of 25 October 2006
   opening tendering procedure No 58/2006 EC for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses
   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, inter alia, the detailed rules for disposing of stocks of alcohol arising from distillation under Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 held by intervention agencies.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               In accordance with Article 80 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000, tendering procedures should be organised for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses with a view to reducing the stocks of wine alcohol in the Community and enabling small-scale industrial projects to be carried out and such alcohol to be processed into goods intended for export for industrial uses. The wine alcohol of Community origin in storage in the Member States consists of quantities produced from distillation under Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Since 1 January 1999 and in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro (3), the prices offered in tenders and securities must be expressed in euro and payments must be made in euro.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Minimum prices should be fixed for the submission of tenders, broken down according to the type of end-use.
            
         
               (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
   Tendering procedure No 58/2006 EC is hereby opened for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses. The alcohol concerned has been produced from distillation under Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and is held by the French intervention agency.
   The volume put up for sale is 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol. The vat numbers, places of storage and the volume of alcohol at 100 % vol. contained in each vat are detailed in the Annex hereto.
   Article 2
   The sale shall be conducted in accordance with Articles 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 95, 96, 97, 100 and 101 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98.
   Article 3
   1.   Tenders must be submitted to the intervention agency holding the alcohol concerned:
   
               Viniflhor-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
            
         or sent by registered mail to that address.
   2.   Tenders shall be submitted in a sealed double envelope, the inside envelope marked: ‘Tender under procedure No 58/2006 EC for new industrial uses’, the outer envelope bearing the address of the intervention agency concerned.
   3.   Tenders must reach the intervention agency concerned not later than 12 noon, Brussels time, on 10 November 2006.
   4.   All tenders must be accompanied by proof that a tendering security of EUR 4 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol. has been lodged with the intervention agency concerned.
   Article 4
   The minimum prices which may be offered are EUR 11 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol. intended for the manufacture of baker’s yeast, EUR 36,5 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol. intended for the manufacture of amine- and chloral-type chemical products for export, EUR 42,5 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol. intended for the manufacture of eau de Cologne for export and EUR 17 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol. intended for other industrial uses.
   Article 5
   The formalities for sampling shall be as set out in Article 98 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000. The price of samples shall be EUR 10 per litre.
   The intervention agency shall provide all the necessary information on the characteristics of the alcohol put up for sale.
   Article 6
   The performance guarantee shall be EUR 30 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.
   Article 7
   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, 25 October 2006.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Mariann FISCHER BOEL
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2165/2005 (OJ L 345, 28.12.2005, p. 1).
   
      (2)  OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1221/2006 (OJ L 221, 12.8.2006, p. 3).
   
      (3)  OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.
   
      ANNEX
      INVITATION TO TENDER No 58/2006 EC FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOL FOR NEW INDUSTRIAL USES
      Place of storage, volume and characteristics of the alcohol put up for sale
      
                  Member State
               
               
                  Location
               
               
                  Vat No
               
               
                  Volume in hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.
               
               
                  Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 Article
               
               
                  Type of alcohol
               
               
                  Alcohol strength
                  (in % vol.)
               
            
                  France
               
               
                  
                              Viniflhor — Longuefuye
                           
                        
                              F-53200 Longuefuye
                           
                        
               
                  3
               
               
                  990
               
               
                  30
               
               
                  Raw
               
               
                  +92
               
            
                  3
               
               
                  7 350
               
               
                  30
               
               
                  Raw
               
               
                  +92
               
            
                  10
               
               
                  12 220
               
               
                  30
               
               
                  Raw
               
               
                  +92
               
            
                  3BIS
               
               
                  12 700
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
               
                  +92
               
            
                  13
               
               
                  22 700
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
               
                  +92
               
            
                  10
               
               
                  10 430
               
               
                  30
               
               
                  Raw
               
               
                  +92
               
            
                  
                              Viniflhor — Port-la-Nouvelle
                           
                        
                              Entrepôt d’alcool
                           
                        
                              Avenue Adolphe Turrel, BP 62
                           
                        
                              F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle
                           
                        
               
                  27
               
               
                  4 210
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
               
                  +92
               
            
                  39B
               
               
                  3 375
               
               
                  30
               
               
                  Raw
               
               
                  +92
               
            
                  39B
               
               
                  2 985
               
               
                  30
               
               
                  Raw
               
               
                  +92
               
            
                  14B
               
               
                  2 210
               
               
                  28
               
               
                  Raw
               
               
                  +92
               
            
                  14
               
               
                  9 950
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
               
                  +92
               
            
                  36
               
               
                  7 275
               
               
                  30
               
               
                  Raw
               
               
                  +92
               
            
                  36
               
               
                  1 330
               
               
                  30
               
               
                  Raw
               
               
                  +92
               
            
                  39
               
               
                  2 275
               
               
                  27
               
               
                  Raw
               
               
                  +92
               
            
                  Total
               
               
                   
               
               
                  100 000