CELEX: 31991R0181
Language: en
Date: 1991-01-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 181/91 of 24 January 1991 opening individual sales by invitation to tender for the export of vinous alcohol held by intervention agencies

26 . 1 . 91                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 20/9
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 181/91
                                                       of 24 January 1991
                  opening individual sales by invitation to tender for the export of vinous alcohol
                                                 held by intervention agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                         Article 1
Economic Community,
                                                                     1 . Four individual sales by invitation to tender Nos
                                                                    61 /91 to 64/91 shall be held of a total quantity of 200 000
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of              hectolitres    of alcohol   obtained   from  distillation   as
16 March 1987 on the common organization of the                     provided for in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC)
market in wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             No 822/87 and held by the Spanish, French and Italian
No 3577/90 (2),                                                     intervention agencies. Each invitation to tender should be
                                                                    for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/88                2.     The alcohol offered for sale :
of 12 December 1988 laying down general rules for the
disposal of alcohol obtained from the distillation                  — shall be for export outside the European Economic
operations referred to in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of                      Community,
Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by intervention
agencies (3),                                                       — must be imported into and dehydrated in one of the
                                                                         following third countries :
                                                                         — Guatemala,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 780/89 (4),
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3391 /90 (*), lays                — Belize,
down detailed rules for the disposal of alcohol obtained                 — Honduras, including the Swan Islands,
from distillation as provided for in Articles 35, 36 and 39              — El Salvador,
of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by intervention
                                                                         — Costa Rica,
agencies ;
                                                                         — St Christopher and Nevis,
                                                                         — Haiti,
Whereas, in view of the cost of storing alcohol, individual
sales by invitation to tender should be opened for vinous                — Bahamas,
alcohol obtained from distillation as provided for in                    — Dominican Republic,
Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87                     — Antigua and Barbuda,
and held by the Spanish, French and Italian intervention
                                                                         — Dominica,
agencies ;
                                                                         — British Virgin Islands and Montserrat,
Whereas individual sales by invitation to tender should be               — Jamaica,
organized for the export of alcohol to certain third                     — St Lucia,
countries for end use as motor fuel ; whereas these                     — St Vincent, including the Northern Grenadines,
countries should be given the assurance of increased                    — Barbados,
continuity of supply ;
                                                                        — Trinidad and Tobago,
                                                                        — Grenada, including the Southern Grenadines,
Whereas the invitations to tender opened by this                        — Aruba,
Regulation relate to certain third countries where there is
some guarantee that exports of vinous alcohol will not                  — Netherlands       Antilles :  Curasao,    Bonaire,    St
disturb their markets in alcohol and spirituous beverages ;                  Eustace, Saba and the southern part of St Martin,
whereas the amount and detailed rules for the release of                — Guyana,
the performance security may be adapted accordingly ;                   — Virgin Islands of the United States,
                                                                    — must be used only as motor fuel.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Wine,                                                                           Article 2
                                                                    The     location  and   reference   numbers    of   the   vats
(') OJ   No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1 .                               concerned, the quantity of alcohol contained in each vat,
(2) OJ   No L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23.
O   OJ   No L 346, 15. 12. 1988, p. 7.                              the alcoholic strength and the characteristics of the
(4) OJ   No L 178, 24. 6. 1989, p. 1 .                              alcohol shall be specified in the notices of individual
O   OJ   No L 273, 27. 11 . 1990, p. 23.                            invitation to tender Nos 61 /91 to 64/91 .
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                         Article 3                              fuel sector in one of the third countries listed in Article
                                                                 1 (2) who has undertaken to dehydrate the alcohol
The sales shall take place in accordance with Regulation         awarded in one of these countries and to export it for use
(EEC) No 1780/89, and in particular Articles 10 to 17 and        solely in the motor fuel sector.
29 to 38 thereof.
However :                                                                                  Article 4
— one half of the performance security shall be released
    by the intervention agency holding the alcohol on           The specific conditions applying to the four individual
    removal of the quantity concerned from the agency's          sales by invitation to tender and the names and addresses
    stores when the successful tenderer furnishes proof          of the intervention agencies concerned shall be given in
    that that quantity has been placed under customs             the notices of individual invitation to tender Nos 61 /91 to
    supervision in the territory of one of the third             64/91 published in the 'C' series of the Official Journal
    countries listed in Article 1 (2),                           of the European Communities.
— the remainder of the performance security shall be
    released in accordance with Article 33 (3) (b) of                                      Article 5
    Regulation (EEC) No 1780/89 .                                The deadline for the submission of tenders at the address
In addition, to be admissible, tenders must indicate the         given in the notices of invitation to tender shall be 12
place where end use of the alcohol awarded is to take            noon (Brussels time) on 13 February 1991 .
place and must include an undertaking by the tenderer to
the effect that the alcohol will be sent to that destination                               Article 6
and used for that purpose.
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
Tenders must also include a statement by the tenderer to         publication in the Official Journal of the European
the effect that he has engaged an operator in the motor          Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                  Done at Brussels, 24 January 1991 .                            1
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                       Member of the Commission