CELEX: 32001R0701
Language: en
Date: 2001-04-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 701/2001 of 6 April 2001 opening tendering procedure No 39/2001 EC for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses

7.4.2001               EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                         L 98/3
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 701/2001
                                                            of 6 April 2001
               opening tendering procedure No 39/2001 EC for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                                                           Article 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17              Tendering procedure No 39/2001 EC is hereby opened for the
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in                     sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses. The alcohol
wine (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 (2),                concerned has been produced from distillation under Articles
                                                                         35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87, and under
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000                 Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and is held by the
of 25 July 2000 laying down detailed rules for implementing              French intervention agency.
Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation
of the market in wine with regard to market mechanisms (3), as           The volume put up for sale is 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 545/2001 (4), and in                  100 % vol. The vat numbers, places of storage and the volume
particular Article 80 thereof,                                           of alcohol at 100 % vol contained in each vat are detailed in
                                                                         the Annex hereto.
Whereas:
(1)     Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 lays down, inter alia, the                                      Article 2
        detailed rules for disposing of stocks of alcohol arising
        from distillation under Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regula-        The sale shall be conducted in accordance with Articles 79, 81,
        tion (EC) No 1493/1999 held by intervention agencies.            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.
(2)     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
                                                                                                     Article 3
        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        Tenders must be submitted to the intervention agency holding
        of Community origin in storage in the Member States              the alcohol concerned: Onivins-Libourne, Délégation nationale,
        consists of quantities produced from distillation under          17, avenue de la Ballastière, boîte postale 231, F-33505
        Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Council Regulation (EEC) No            Libourne Cedex (tel. (33) 557 55 20 00; telex 57 20 25; fax
        822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organisation               (33) 557 55 20 59) or sent by registered mail to that address.
        of the market in wine (5), as last amended by Regulation
        (EC) No 1677/1999 (6), as well as Articles 27 and 28 of          Tenders shall be submitted in a sealed double envelope, the
        Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.                                    inside envelope marked: ‘Tender under procedure No 39/2001
                                                                         EC for new industrial uses’, the outer envelope bearing the
(3)     Since the adoption of Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/           address of the intervention agency concerned.
        98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary
        arrangements for the euro (7), the prices offered in             Tenders must reach the intervention agency concerned not
        tenders and securities must be expressed in euro and             later than 12 noon Brussels time on 27 April 2001.
        payments must be made in euro.
                                                                         All tenders must be accompanied by proof that a tendering
(4)     Minimum prices should be fixed for the submission of             security of EUR 4 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol has
        tenders, broken down according to the type of end use.           been lodged with the intervention agency concerned.
(5)     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
        accordance with the opinion of the Management                                                Article 4
        Committee for Wine,
(1) OJ L  179, 14.7.1999, p. 1.                                          The minimum prices which may be offered are EUR 7,5 per
(2) OJ L  328, 23.12.2000, p. 2.                                         hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol intended for the manufacture
(3) OJ L  194, 31.7.2000, p. 45.                                         of baker's yeast, EUR 7,5 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol
(4) OJ L  81, 21.3.2001, p. 21.                                          intended for the manufacture of amine- and chloral-type chem-
(5) OJ L  84, 27.3.1987, p. 1.
(6) OJ L  199, 30.7.1999, p. 8.                                          ical products for export and EUR 7,5 per hectolitre of alcohol
(7) OJ L  349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.                                         at 100 % vol intended for other industrial uses.
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                                                             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
       Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
              Done at Brussels, 6 April 2001.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                      Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                 Member of the Commission
                                                              ANNEX
       INVITATION TO TENDER No 39/2001 EC FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOL FOR NEW INDUSTRIAL USES
                        Place of storage, volume and characteristics of the alcohol put up for sale
                                                                                      Regulation
                                                                       Volume in
                                                                                        (EEC)
                                                                       hectolitres                         Alcoholic
                                                                                      No 822/87    Type of
        Member State            Location                 Vat No       of alcohol at                        strength
                                                                                     and (EC) No   alcohol
                                                                         100 %                              (% vol)
                                                                                      1493/1999
                                                                           vol
                                                                                        Article
       France         Deulep                              228           3 720,00         35          Raw   + 92 %
                      Boul. Chanzy
                                                          228         10 025,00          27          Raw   + 92 %
                      F-30800 Saint-Gilles-du-Gard
                      Onivins-Longuefuye                     3        21 390,00          35          Raw   + 92 %
                      F-53200 Longuefuye                   16           3 435,00         39          Raw   + 92 %
                                                           18         21 070,00          39          Raw   + 92 %
                                                           17         17 835,00          39          Raw   + 92 %
                                                           21           6 565,00         36          Raw   + 92 %
                      Onivins-Port-la-Nouvelle             16         11 295,00          36          Raw   + 92 %
                      Avenue Adolphe Turrel                12           4 405,00         36          Raw   + 92 %
                      BP 62                                12              260,00        35          Raw   + 92 %
                      F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle
                                              Total                  100 000