CELEX: 31998R1245
Language: en
Date: 1998-06-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1245/98 of 16 June 1998 opening individual invitations to tender for the sale for export of vinous alcohol

L 171/16            ¬ EN ¬            Official Journal of the European Communities                                 17. 6. 98
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1245/98
                                                      of 16 June 1998
                   opening individual invitations to tender for the sale for export of vinous alcohol
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                                                Article 1
                                                                Six sales by individual invitation to tender Nos 246/
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of
                                                                98 EC, 247/98 EC, 248/98 EC, 249/98 EC, 250/98 EC and
16 March 1987 on the common organisation of the
                                                                251/98 EC shall be held for a total quantity of 300 000
market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
                                                                hectolitres of alcohol obtained from the distillation opera-
2087/97 (2),
                                                                tions referred to in Articles 35 and 36 of Regulation
                                                                (EEC) No 822/87 and held by the Spanish and French
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/88            intervention agencies.
of 12 December 1988 laying down general rules for the
disposal of alcohol obtained from the distillation opera-       Each of the individual invitations to tender Nos 246/
tions referred to in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation       98 EC, 247/98 EC, 248/98 EC, 249/98 EC, 250/98 EC and
(EEC) No 822/87 and held by intervention agencies (3),          251/98 EC shall cover a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of
                                                                alcohol at 100 % volume.
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 377/93 (4), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1448/97 (5), lays
down detailed rules for the disposal of alcohol obtained                                  Article 2
from the distillation operations referred to in Articles 35,
36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by             The alcohol offered for sale:
intervention agencies;
                                                                — shall be for export outside the European Community,
Whereas individual invitations to tender should be              — must be imported into and dehydrated in:
opened for the export of vinous alcohol to certain Carib-
bean and Central American countries so as to guarantee              — in the case of individual invitations to tender Nos
continuity of supplies to those countries and reduce the                246/98 EC, 247/98 EC and 248/98 EC one of the
Community stock of vinous alcohol;                                      following third countries:
                                                                        — Costa Rica,
Whereas a specific security should be provided for to
ensure that the alcohol is physically exported from the                 — Guatemala,
customs territory of the Community and non-compliance                   — Honduras, including the Swan Islands,
with the date laid down for export should be progressively              — El Salvador,
penalised; whereas this security must be independent of
the performance guarantee ensuring that the alcohol is                  — Nicaragua,
removed from storage and the awarded alcohol is used for
                                                                    — in the case of individual invitations to tender Nos
the purposes laid down;
                                                                        249/98 EC, 250/98 EC and 251/98 EC one of the
                                                                        following third countries:
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2192/93 (6),
concerning the operative events for the agricultural                    — St Kitts and Nevis,
conversion rates used in the wine sector and amending                   —   Bahamas,
Regulation (EEC) No 377/93, specifies the agricultural
                                                                        —   Dominican Republic,
conversion rates to be used to convert the payments and
securities provided for in connection with individual in-               —   Antigua and Barbuda,
vitations to tender into national currency;                             —   Dominica,
                                                                        —   British Virgin Islands and Montserrat,
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Management                        — Jamaica,
Committee for Wine,                                                     — Saint Lucia,
                                                                        — Saint Vincent, including the Northern Gren-
(1) OJ L  84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1.                                            adines,
(2) OJ L  292, 25. 10. 1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L  346, 15. 12. 1988, p. 7.                                      — Barbados,
(4) OJ L  43, 20. 2. 1993, p. 6.                                        — Trinidad and Tobago,
(5) OJ L  198, 25. 7. 1997, p. 4.
(6) OJ L  196, 5. 8. 1993, p. 19.                                       — Belize,
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        — Grenada, including the Southern Grenadines,            there is a removal order under each of the invitations to
        — Aruba,                                                 tender referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation.
        — Netherlands Antilles (Curação, Bonaire, Saint         This guarantee shall be released only by the intervention
            Eustace, Saba and the southern part of Saint         agency holding the alcohol for each quantity of alcohol
            Martin),                                             for which proof has been furnished that it has been
        — Guyana,                                                exported within the time limit laid down in Article 6 of
        — United States Virgin Islands,                          this Regulation. Notwithstanding Article 23 of Regulation
                                                                 (EEC) No 2220/85, and except in cases of force majeure,
        — Haiti,                                                 where the time limit referred to in Article 6 has not been
— must be used only as motor fuel.                               complied with, the guarantee to ensure export of ECU 5
                                                                 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % volume shall be forfeit
                                                                 as follows:
                          Article 3                              (a) 15 % in all cases;
The location and reference numbers of the vats                   (b) 0,33 % of the amount remaining after deduction of
concerned, the quantity of alcohol contained in each vat,            the 15 %, for each day the time limit in question is
the alcoholic strength and the characteristics of the                exceeded.
alcohol as well as certain specific conditions are given in
Annex I hereto.                                                  3. The performance guarantee shall be ECU 25 per
                                                                 hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % volume.
                          Article 4                              This guarantee shall be released in accordance with
                                                                 Article 34(3)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 377/93.
The sales shall take place in accordance with Articles 13
to 18 and 30 to 38 of Regulation (EEC) No 377/93.                4. Notwithstanding Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                 377/93, the guarantees on export and performance shall
However, notwithstanding Article 15 of Regulation (EEC)          be lodged simultaneously with each intervention agency
No 377/93, the final date for the submission of tenders          concerned, for each of the invitations to tender referred to
for the invitations to tender referred to in this Regulation,    in Article 1 of this Regulation not later than the day of
shall fall between the eighth and the 25th day following         issue of a removal order for the quantity of alcohol
the date of publication of the individual invitations to         concerned.
tender.
                                                                 5. The agricultural conversion rate to be applied for the
                                                                 conversion into national currency shall be that in force on
                          Article 5                              the final day for the submission of tenders for the invita-
                                                                 tion in question in the case of the guarantee to ensure
1. The tendering security referred to in Article 15 of           export, as expressed in ecus per hl at 100 % volume.
Regulation (EEC) No 377/93 shall be ECU 3,622 per
hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % volume and shall be lodged
for the total quantity of alcohol offered for sale in each of                             Article 6
the invitations to tender referred to in Article 1.
                                                                 1. The alcohol awarded under the invitations to tender
Maintenance of the tender after the time limit for sub-          referred to in Article 1 shall be exported by 31 January
mitting tenders and the lodging of a guarantee to ensure         1999 at the latest.
export and of a performance guarantee shall constitute the
primary requirements within the meaning of Article 20 of         2. The alcohol awarded shall be used within two years
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 (1) as regards            from the date of first removal.
the tendering security.
The tendering security lodged for each of the invitations                                 Article 7
to tender referred to in Article 1 shall be released im-
mediately if the tender is not accepted or if the successful
                                                                 To be valid, tenders must indicate the place where end
tenderer had lodged the entire guarantee to ensure export
                                                                 use of the alcohol awarded is to take place and must
and the entire performance guarantee for the invitation to
                                                                 include an undertaking by the tenderer to the effect that
tender in question.
                                                                 the alcohol will be sent to that destination and used for
                                                                 that purpose. The tender shall also include proof that the
2. The guarantee to ensure export shall amount to                tenderer has binding commitments with an operator in
ECU 5 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % volume and              the motor fuel sector in one of the third countries listed
shall be lodged for each quantity of alcohol for which           in Article 2 who has undertaken to dehydrate the alcohol
                                                                 awarded in one of those countries and to export it for use
(1) OJ L 205, 3. 8. 1985, p. 5.                                  solely as motor fuel.
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                            Article 8                                                       Article 9
1. Before the awarded alcohol is removed, the interven-           1. Successful tenderers for the individual invitations to
tion agency and the successful tenderer shall take a              tender Nos 246/98 EC, and 247/98 EC may, by common
reference sample and shall analyse that sample to verify          agreement, exchange an equal quantity of alcohol stored
the alcoholic strength expressed in % volume of the               in the designated vats in the same Member State for the
alcohol in question.                                              purposes provided for in those invitations to tender.
                                                                  2. Successful tenderers for the individual invitations to
Where the final results of the analysis of the sample show        tender Nos 249/98 EC and 250/98 EC may, by common
a difference between the alcoholic strength by volume of          agreement, exchange an equal quantity of alcohol stored
the alcohol to be removed and the minimum alcoholic               in the designated vats in the same Member State for the
strength by volume stated in the notice of invitation to          purposes provided for in those invitations to tender.
tender, the following provisions shall apply:
                                                                  3. Such exchange shall not affect the obligations of the
 (i) the intervention agency shall, the same day, inform          tenderers concerned, particularly as regards the price to be
     the Commission thereof in accordance with Annex II,          paid and the time limit for removal and use of the alcohol
     as well as the storer and the successful tenderer;           awarded to them indicated in the invitation to tender
                                                                  concerned.
(ii) the successful tenderer may:
                                                                  4. Successful tenderers who wish to make such an
     — either agree to take over the lot with its character-      exchange must give prior notice to the intervention agen-
         istics as established, subject to the Commission’s       cies concerned.
         agreement,
                                                                  5. If such exchange affects the planned timetable for
     — or refuse to take over the lot in question.
                                                                  physical removal of the alcohol, that timetable shall
                                                                  immediately be amended and that amendment notified to
     In either case, the successful tenderer shall, the same
                                                                  the Commission.
     day, inform the intervention agency and the Commis-
     sion thereof in accordance with Annex III.
                                                                                            Article 10
Once these formalities have been completed, if he has             Notwithstanding the first subparagraph of Article 36(2) of
refused to take over the lot concerned, he shall be im-           Regulation (EEC) No 377/93, the alcohol contained in
mediately released from all his obligations relating to that      the vats indicated in the communication from the
lot.                                                              Member States referred to in Article 36 of Regulation
                                                                  (EEC) No 377/93 and covered by the invitation to tender
2. Where the successful tenderer refuses the mer-                 referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation may be substi-
chandise, as provided for in paragraph 1, the intervention        tuted by alcohol of the same type by the intervention
agency shall supply him with another quantity of alcohol          agencies holding the alcohol concerned in agreement
of the requisite quality, at no extra charge, within a            with the Commission, or mixed with other alcohol de-
maximum of eight days.                                            livered to the intervention agency until a removal order is
                                                                  issued for that alcohol, in particular for logistical reasons.
3. If physical removal of the alcohol is delayed by
more than five working days in relation to the date of                                      Article 11
acceptance of the lot to be removed by the successful
tenderer for reasons attributable to the intervention             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
agency, the Member State shall be responsible for the             publication in the Official Journal of the European
payment of compensation.                                          Communities.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 16 June 1998.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
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                                                             ANNEX I
                                 INDIVIDUAL INVITATION TO TENDER No 246/98 EC
                    I. Place of storage, volume and characteristics of the alcohol offered for sale
                                                                         Volume in    Reference to
             Member State              Location            Reference                   Regulation
                                                         number of vat hectolitres of    (EEC)
                                                                                                       Type of alcohol
                                                                        pure alcohol   No 822/87
          FRANCE               Deulep                        605              244      35 + 36      Raw alcohol
                               Boulevard Chanzy                                                      + 92 %
                               30800 Saint-Gilles-du-        508            1 114      35 + 36      Raw alcohol
                               Gard                                                                  + 92 %
                                                             508              342      35 + 36      Raw alcohol
                                                                                                     + 92 %
                                                               73         10 000       35 + 36      Raw alcohol
                                                                                                     + 92 %
                               Port-la-Nouvelle                 4         38 300       35 + 36      Raw alcohol
                               boîte postale 62,                                                     + 92 %
                               avenue Adolphe Turrel
                               11200 Port-la-Nouvelle
                                                 Total                    50 000
          Any interested party may, on application to the intervention agency concerned and on payment of ECU
          2,415 per litre or the equivalent thereof in French francs, 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 de-
          hydrated in one of the non-member countries listed in Article 2 of this Regulation as for use exclusively as
          motor fuel.
          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 50 000 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 post to the European Commission, 200 rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, B-1049 Brussels,
                 or
             — be submitted at the reception of the Loi 130 building of the European Commission, 130 rue de la
                 Loi/Wetstraat, 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 246/98 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 2 July 1998.
          5. Tenders must state the name and address of the tenderer and must:
             (a) include a reference to individual sale by tender No 246/98 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,
                 specify the final destination of the alcohol awarded and include proof of a commitment with an
                 operator for dehydration and use solely as motor fuel.
          6. Each tender must be accompanied by attestations of the lodging of a tendering security, issued by the
             following intervention agency:
             — SAV, zone industrielle, avenue de la Ballastière, boîte postale 231, F-33505 Libourne Cedex (tel.: (05)
                 57 55 20 00; telex: 572 025; fax: (05) 57 55 20 59).
             This security must correspond to a sum of ECU 3,622 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.
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                               INDIVIDUAL INVITATION TO TENDER No 247/98 EC
                   I. Place of storage, volume and characteristics of the alcohol offered for sale
                                                                                     Reference to
                                                          Reference     Volume in     Regulation
           Member State              Location                                                         Type of alcohol
                                                        number of vat hectolitres of
                                                                       pure alcohol     (EEC)
                                                                                      No 822/87
         FRANCE             Deulep                          508               73      35 + 36      Raw alcohol
                            Boulevard Chanzy                                                       + 92 %
                            30800 Saint-Gilles-du-            71         10 000       35 + 36      Raw alcohol
                            Gard                                                                   + 92 %
                            Port-la-Nouvelle                   6         23 000       35 + 36      Raw alcohol
                            boîte postale 62,                                                      + 92 %
                            avenue Adolphe Turrel              9         16 927       35 + 36      Raw alcohol
                            11200 Port-la-Nouvelle                                                 + 92 %
                                               Total                     50 000
         Any interested party may, on application to the intervention agency concerned and on payment of ECU
         2,415 per litre or the equivalent thereof in French francs, 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 de-
         hydrated in one of the non-member countries listed in Article 2 of this Regulation as for use exclusively as
         motor fuel.
         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 50 000 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 post to the European Commission, 200 rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, B-1049 Brussels,
                or
            — be submitted at the reception of the Loi 130 building of the European Commission, 130 rue de la
                Loi/Wetstraat, 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 247/98 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 2 July 1998.
         5. Tenders must state the name and address of the tenderer and must:
            (a) include a reference to individual sale by tender No 247/98 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,
                specify the final destination of the alcohol awarded and include proof of a commitment with an
                operator for dehydration and use solely as motor fuel.
         6. Each tender must be accompanied by attestations of the lodging of a tendering security, issued by the
            following intervention agency:
            — SAV, zone industrielle, avenue de la Ballastière, boîte postale 231, F-33505 Libourne Cedex (tel.: (05)
                57 55 20 00; telex: 572 025; fax: (05) 57 55 20 59).
            This security must correspond to a sum of ECU 3,622 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.
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                                INDIVIDUAL INVITATION TO TENDER No 248/98 EC
                    I. Place of storage, volume and characteristics of the alcohol offered for sale
                                                                           Volume in     Reference to
                                                            Reference     hectolitres of  Regulation   Type of alcohol
             Member State               Location          number of vat                     (EEC)
                                                                          pure alcohol    No 822/87
          SPAIN                Tarancón                       A-8           24 795        35 + 36     Raw alcohol
                               Tomelloso                        2             9 220       35 + 36     Raw alcohol
                               Tomelloso                        3             1 823       35 + 36     Raw alcohol
                               Tomelloso                        4           14 162        35 + 36     Raw alcohol
                                                 Total                      50 000
          Any interested party may, on application to the intervention agency concerned and on payment of ECU
          2,415 per litre or the equivalent thereof in 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 de-
          hydrated in one of the non-member countries listed in Article 2 of this Regulation as for use exclusively as
          motor fuel.
          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 50 000 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 post to the European Commission, 200 rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, B-1049 Brussels,
                 or
             — be submitted at the reception of the Loi 130 building of the European Commission, 130 rue de la
                 Loi/Wetstraat, 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 248/98 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 2 July 1998.
          5. Tenders must state the name and address of the tenderer and must:
             (a) include a reference to individual sale by tender No 248/98 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,
                 specify the final destination of the alcohol awarded and include proof of a commitment with an
                 operator for dehydration and use solely as motor fuel.
          6. Each tender must be accompanied by attestations of the lodging of a tendering security, issued by the
             following intervention agency:
             — FEGA, Beneficencia 8, E-28004 Madrid (tel.: 913 47 65 00, telex: 23427 FEGA, fax: 915 21 98 32).
             This security must correspond to a sum of ECU 3,622 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.
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                                INDIVIDUAL INVITATION TO TENDER No 249/98 EC
                   I. Place of storage, volume and characteristics of the alcohol offered for sale
                                                                                     Reference to
                                                          Reference     Volume in     Regulation
            Member State              Location                                                        Type of alcohol
                                                        number of vat hectolitres of
                                                                       pure alcohol     (EEC)
                                                                                      No 822/87
         FRANCE               Deulep                         72          28 975       35 + 36      Raw alcohol
                              Boulevard Chanzy                                                      + 92 %
                              30800 Saint-Gilles-du-
                              Gard
                              Port-la-Nouvelle                 9           5 738      35 + 36      Raw alcohol
                              boîte postale 62,                                                     + 92 %
                              avenue Adolphe Turrel            7         15 287       35 + 36      Raw alcohol
                              11200 Port-la-Nouvelle                                                + 92 %
                                               Total                     50 000
         Any interested party may, on application to the intervention agency concerned and on payment of ECU
         2,415 per litre or the equivalent thereof in French francs, 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 de-
         hydrated in one of the non-member countries listed in Article 2 of this Regulation as for use exclusively as
         motor fuel.
         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 50 000 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 post to the European Commission, 200 rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, B-1049 Brussels,
                or
            — be submitted at the reception of the Loi 130 building of the European Commission, 130 rue de la
                Loi/Wetstraat, 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 249/98 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 2 July 1998.
         5. Tenders must state the name and address of the tenderer and must:
            (a) include a reference to individual sale by tender No 249/98 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,
                specify the final destination of the alcohol awarded and include proof of a commitment with an
                operator for dehydration and use solely as motor fuel.
         6. Each tender must be accompanied by attestations of the lodging of a tendering security, issued by the
            following intervention agency:
            — SAV, zone industrielle, avenue de la Ballastière, boîte postale 231, F-33505 Libourne Cedex (tel.: (05)
                57 55 20 00; telex: 572 025; fax: (05) 57 55 20 59).
            This security must correspond to a sum of ECU 3,622 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.
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                                 INDIVIDUAL INVITATION TO TENDER No 250/98 EC
                    I. Place of storage, volume and characteristics of the alcohol offered for sale
                                                                         Volume in    Reference to
             Member State              Location            Reference                   Regulation      Type of alcohol
                                                         number of vat hectolitres of    (EEC)
                                                                        pure alcohol   No 822/87
          FRANCE               Deulep                         73          36 800       35 + 36      Raw alcohol
                               Boulevard Chanzy                                                     + 92 %
                               30800 Saint-Gilles-du-
                               Gard
                               Port-la-Nouvelle                 7           3 200      35 + 36      Raw alcohol
                               boîte postale 62,                                                    + 92 %
                               avenue Adolphe Turrel            4         10 000       35 + 36      Raw alcohol
                               11200 Port-la-Nouvelle                                               + 92 %
                                                Total                     50 000
          Any interested party may, on application to the intervention agency concerned and on payment of ECU
          2,415 per litre or the equivalent thereof in French francs, 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 de-
          hydrated in one of the non-member countries listed in Article 2 of this Regulation as for use exclusively as
          motor fuel.
          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 50 000 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 post to the European Commission, 200 rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, B-1049 Brussels,
                 or
             — be submitted at the reception of the Loi 130 building of the European Commission, 130 rue de la
                 Loi/Wetstraat, 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 250/98 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 2 July 1998.
          5. Tenders must state the name and address of the tenderer and must:
             (a) include a reference to individual sale by tender No 250/98 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,
                 specify the final destination of the alcohol awarded and include proof of a commitment with an
                 operator for dehydration and use solely as motor fuel.
          6. Each tender must be accompanied by attestations of the lodging of a tendering security, issued by the
             following intervention agency:
             — SAV, zone industrielle, avenue de la Ballastière, boîte postale 231, F-33505 Libourne Cedex (tel.: (05)
                 57 55 20 00; telex: 572 025; fax: (05) 57 55 20 59).
             This security must correspond to a sum of ECU 3,622 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.
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                               INDIVIDUAL INVITATION TO TENDER No 251/98 EC
                   I. Place of storage, volume and characteristics of the alcohol offered for sale
                                                                          Volume in     Reference to
                                                           Reference     hectolitres of  Regulation   Type of alcohol
            Member State               Location          number of vat                     (EEC)
                                                                         pure alcohol    No 822/87
         SPAIN                Tarancón                       B-8           24 759        35 + 36     Raw alcohol
                              Tomelloso                        3           16 787        35 + 36     Raw alcohol
                              Tomelloso                        5             8 454       35 + 36     Raw alcohol
                                                Total                      50 000
         Any interested party may, on application to the intervention agency concerned and on payment of ECU
         2,415 per litre or the equivalent thereof in 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 de-
         hydrated in one of the non-member countries listed in Article 2 of this Regulation as for use exclusively as
         motor fuel.
         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 50 000 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 post to the European Commission, 200 rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, B-1049 Brussels,
                or
            — be submitted at the reception of the Loi 130 building of the European Commission, 130 rue de la
                Loi/Wetstraat, 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 251/98 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 2 July 1998.
         5. Tenders must state the name and address of the tenderer and must:
            (a) include a reference to individual sale by tender No 251/98 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,
                specify the final destination of the alcohol awarded and include proof of a commitment with an
                operator for dehydration and use solely as motor fuel.
         6. Each tender must be accompanied by attestations of the lodging of a tendering security, issued by the
            following intervention agency:
            — FEGA, Beneficencia 8, E-28004 Madrid (tel.: 913 47 65 00, telex: 23427 FEGA, fax: 915 21 98 32).
            This security must correspond to a sum of ECU 3,622 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.
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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 1245/98
          — 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