CELEX: 31989R3218
Language: en
Date: 1989-10-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3218/89 of 26 October 1989 opening individual sales by invitation to tender for the export of vinous alcohol held by intervention agencies

No L 312/24                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               27. 10 . 89
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3218/89
                                                       of 26 October 1989
                  opening individual sales by invitation to tender for the export of vinous alcohol
                                                 held by intervention agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by the Spanish,
                                                                    French and Italian intervention agencies. Each sale shall
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               involve a quantity of 200 000 hectolitres of alcohol at
Economic Community,                                                 100 % vol .
                                                                    2.    The alcohol offered for sale :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of
16 March 1987 on the common organization of the                     — shall be for export outside the European Economic
market in wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                 Community,
No 1236/89 (2),
                                                                    — must be imported and dehydrated in one of the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/88                    following third countries :
of 12 December 1988 laying down general rules for the                   — Guatemala,
disposal of alcohol obtained from the distillation
operations referred to in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of                         Belize,
Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by intervention                     — Honduras, including the Swan Islands,
agencies (3),                                                           — El Salvador,
                                                                        — Costa Rica,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1780/89 (4),
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3052/89 (3), lays                — St Christopher and Nevis,
down detailed rules for the disposal of alcohol obtained                — Haiti,
from distillation as provided for in Articles 35, 36 and 39             — Bahamas,
of Regulation ^EEC) No. 822/87 and held by intervention
agencies ;                                                              — Dominican Republic,
                                                                        — Antigua and Barbuda,
Whereas, in view of the cost of storing alcohol, individual             — Dominica,
sales by invitation to tender should be opened for vinous
alcohol obtained from distillation as provided for in                   — British Virgin Islands and Montserrat,
Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87                    — Jamaica,
and held by the Spanish, French and Italian intervention                — St Lucia,
agencies ;
                                                                        — St Vincent, including the Northern Grenadines,
Whereas individual sales by invitation to tender should be              — Barbados,
organized for the export of alcohol to certain third                    — Trinidad and Tobago,
countries for end use as motor fuel ;
                                                                        — Grenada, including the Southern Grenadines,
                                                                        — Aruba,
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Management                        — Netherlands      Antilles :  Curaçao,   Bonaire,    St
Committee for Wine,                                                         Eustace, Saba and the southern part of St Martin,
                                                                        — Guyana,
                                                                    — must be used only as motor fuel.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                             Article 2
                           Article 1                                The    location  and   reference   numbers   of   the   vats
                                                                    concerned, the quantity of alcohol contained in each vat,
 I. Three individual sales by invitations to tender Nos             the alcoholic strength and the characteristics of the
 II,12 and 13 shall be held of a total quantity of 600 000          alcohol shall be specified in the notices of individual
hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol obtained from distil­           invitation to tender Nos 11 , 12 and 13.
lation as provided for in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of
                                                                                             Article 3
(') OJ  No  L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 128, 11 . 5. 1989, p. 31 .                            The sales shall take place in accordance with Regulation
(3) OJ  No  L 346, 15. 12. 1988, p. 7.
(4) OJ  No  L 178 , 24. 6. 1989, p. 1 .                             (EEC) No 1780/89, and in particular Articles 10 to 17 and
V) OJ No L 292, 11 . 10. 1989, p. 17.                               29 to 38 thereof.
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In addition, to be admissible, tenders must indicate the                                 Article 5
final destination of the alcohol awarded and must include
an undertaking by the tenderer actually to forward it to         The deadline for the submission of tenders at the address
that destination.                                                given in the notices of invitation to tender shall be 12
                                                                 noon (Brussels time) on 20 November 1989.
                          Article 4
The specific conditions applying to the three individual
sales by invitation to tender and the names and addresses                                Article 6
of the intervention agencies concerned shall be given in
the notices of individual invitation to tender Nos 11 , 12       This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
and 13 published in the -C' series of the Official Journal       following its publication in the Official Journal of the
of the European Communities.                                     European Communities.
                  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