CELEX: 31996R0146
Language: en
Date: 1996-01-26
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 146/96 of 26 January 1996 opening individual invitations to tender for the sale for export of vinous alcohol

27. 1 . 96         I EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 21 /29
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 146/96
                                                      of 26 January 1996
                  opening individual invitations to tender for the sale for export of vinous alcohol
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                  in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                  Committee for Wine,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of
16 March 1987 on the common organization of the                                           Article 1
market in wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1544/95 (2),                                                      Four sales by individual invitation to tender Nos 189/95
                                                                  EC, 190/95 EC, 191 /95 EC and 192/95 EC, shall be held
                                                                  for a total quantity of 300 000 hectolitres of alcohol
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/88              obtained from the distillation operations referred to in
of 12 December 1988 laying down general rules for the             Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87
disposal of alcohol obtained from the distillation opera­         and held by the Italian, Spanish and French intervention
tions referred to in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation         agencies.
(EEC) No 822/87 and held by intervention agencies (3),
                                                                  Each of the individual invitations to tender Nos 189/95
                                                                  EC, 190/95 EC, 191 /95 EC and 192/95 EC, covers a
                                                                  quantity of 75 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 377/93 (% as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3152/94 (^ 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 for the export of        — must be imported into and dehydrated :
vinous    alcohol   to    certain   Caribbean    and  Central
                                                                      — in the case of individual invitation to tender No
American countries so as to guarantee continuity of                       189/95 EC, to :
supplies to those countries ;
                                                                          — Costa Rica,
                                                                          — Guatemala,
Whereas the amount of the performance guarantee should                    — Honduras, including the Swan Islands,
take account of the possible storage of a large quantity of               — El Salvador,
alcohol in Caribbean countries, guarantee the export of
the alcohol put up for sale within the first year of applica­         — in the case of individual invitations to tender Nos
tion of the commitments entered into under the General                    190/95 EC, 191 /95 EC and 192/95 EC to one of
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in the alcohol sector, and                 the following countries :
the end use of the alcohol in the motor fuel sector ;                     — Saint Christopher and Nevis,
                                                                          — Bahamas,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2192/93 (®),                       — Dominican Republic,
concerning the operative events for the agricultural                      — Antigua and Barbuda,
conversion rates used in the wine sector and amending                     — Dominica,
Regulation (EEC) No 377/93 specifies the agricultural                     — British Virgin Islands and Montserrat,
conversion rates to be used to convert the payments and
securities provided for in connection with individual invi­               — Jamaica,
tations to tender into national currency ;                                — Saint Lucia,
                                                                          — Saint Vincent, including the Northern Grena­
(') OJ  No  L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1 .                                         dines,
(2) OJ  No  L 148, 30. 6. 1995, p. 31 .                                   — Barbados,
(3) OJ  No  L 346, 15. 12. 1988, p. 7.
(4) OJ  No  L 43, 20. 2. 1993, p. 6.                                      — Trinidad and Tobago,
0   OJ  No  L 332, 22. 12. 1994, p. 34.
(6) OJ  No  L 196, 5. 8 . 1993, p. 19.                                    — Belize,
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         — Grenada, including the Southern Grenadines,             The guarantee shall be released in accordance with Article
         — Aruba,                                                   34 (3) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 377/93.
         — Netherlands Antilles (Curasao, Bonaire, Saint
             Eustace, Saba and the southern part of Saint
                                                                                               Article 6
             Martin),
         — Guyana,
                                                                    1.    The alcohol awarded under the invitation to tender
         — United States Virgin Islands,                           referred to in Article 1 shall be exported by 30 June 1996
         — Haiti,                                                  at the latest.
 — must be used only as motor fuel .                               2.     The alcohol awarded shall be used within three years
                                                                   from the date of first removal .
                           Article 3
                                                                                               Article 7
 The    location   and   reference   numbers    of   the  vats
 concerned, the quantity of alcohol contained in each vat,         To be valid, tenders must indicate the place where end
 the alcoholic strength and the characteristics of the             use of the alcohol awarded is to take place and must
 alcohol as well as certain specific conditions are given in       include an undertaking by the tenderer to the effect that
 Annex I hereto.                                                   the alcohol will be sent to that destination and used for
                                                                   that purpose. The tender shall also include proof that the
                                                                   tenderer has binding commitments with an operator in
                                                                   the motor fuel sector in one of the third countries listed
                           Article 4                               in Article 2 who has undertaken to dehydrate the alcohol
                                                                   awarded in one of those countries and to export it for use
 The sale shall take place in accordance with Articles 13 to       solely as motor fuel.
 1 8 and Articles 30 to 38 of Regulation (EEC) No 377/93.
                                                                                              Article 8
                           Article 5
                                                                   1.    Before the awarded alcohol is removed, the interven­
 1 . The tendering security referred to in Article 15 of          tion agency and the successful tenderer shall take a
 Regulation (EEC) No 377/93 shall be ECU 3,622 per                reference sample and shall analyse that sample to verify
 hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % volume and shall be lodged        the alcoholic strength expressed in % vol of the alcohol
 for the total quantity of alcohol offered for sale in each of    in question .
 the invitations to tender referred to in Article 1 .
                                                                  Where the final results of the analysis of the sample show
Maintenance of the tender after the time limit submitting         a difference between the alcoholic strength by volume of
                                                                  the alcohol to be removed and the minimum alcoholic
tenders and the lodging of a performance guarantee shall
constitute the primary requirements within the meaning            strength by volume stated in the notice of invitation to
of Article 20 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No                   tender, the following provisions shall apply :
2220/85 ('), as regards the tendering security.                    (i) the intervention agency shall, the same day, inform
                                                                       the Commission thereof in accordance with Annex II,
The tendering security lodged for each of the invitations              as well as the storer and the successful tenderer ;
to tender referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation shall
be released immediately if the tender is not accepted or if       (ii) the successful tenderer may :
the successful tenderer has lodged the entire performance
guarantee for the invitation to tender concerned.                      — either agree to take over the lot with its characte­
                                                                           ristics as established, subject to the Commission's
                                                                           agreement,
2.     The performance guarantee shall be ECU 30,19 per
hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % volume .
                                                                       — or refuse to take over the lot in question.
Notwithstanding Article 17 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                  In either case, the successful tenderer shall, the same
377/93, the successful tenderer shall furnish proof that               day, inform the intervention agency and the Commis­
the performance guarantee has been lodged with each                    sion thereof in accordance with Annex III .
intervention agency concerned not later than the day of
issue of a removal order for the quantity of alcohol             Once these formalities have been completed, if he has
concerned.                                                       refused to take over the lot concerned, he shall be imme­
                                                                 diately released from all his obligations relating to that
(') OJ No L 205, 3. 8. 1985, p. 5.                               lot.
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2.    Where the successful tenderer refuses the merchan­        3.    Successful tenderers who wish to make such an
dise, as provided for in paragraph 1 , the intervention         exchange must give prior notice to the intervention agen­
agency shall supply him with another quantity of alcohol        cies concerned.
of the requisite quality, at no extra charge, within a
maximum of eight days.                                          4. If such exchange affects the planned timetable for
                                                                physical removal of the alcohol, that timetable shall
3.    If physical removal of the alcohol is delayed by          immediately be amended and that amendment notified to
                                                                the Commission .
more than five working days in relation to the date of
acceptance of the lot to be removed by the successful
tenderer for reasons attributable to the intervention                                     Article 10
agency, the Member State shall be responsible for the           Notwithstanding the first subparagraph of Article 36 (2) of
payment of compensation.                                        Regulation (EEC) No 377/93, the alcohol contained in
                                                                the vats indicated     in   the  communication       from   the
                         Article 9                              Member States referred to in Article 36 of Regulation
                                                                (EEC) No 377/93 and covered by the invitation to tender
1.    Successful tenderers for the individual invitations to    referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation may be substi­
tender Nos 190/95 EC, 191 /95 EC and 192/95 EC, may,            tuted by alcohol of the same type by the intervention
be common agreement, exchange an equal quantity of              agencies holding the alcohol concerned in agreement
alcohol stored in the designated vats in the same Member        with the Commission, or mixed with other alcohol deli­
State for the purposes provided for in those invitations to     vered to the intervention agency until a removal order is
tender.                                                         issued for that alcohol, in particular for logistical reasons.
2. Such exchange shall not affect the obligations of the                                  Article 11
tenderers concerned, particularly as regards the price to be
paid and the time limit for removal and use of the alcohol      This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
awarded to them indicated in the invitation to tender            publication in the Official Journal of the European
concerned.                                                       Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 26 January 1996.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            Franz FISCHLER
                                                                      Member of the Commission
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                                                               ANNEX I
                                   INDIVIDUAL INVITATION TO TENDER No 189/95 EC
                         I. Place of storage, volume and characteristics of the alcohol offered for sale
                                                                                             Reference to
                                                                                Volume in
                                                                 Reference                    Regulation
                 Member State              Location                           hectolitres of                Type of alcohol
                                                               number of vat
                                                                               pure alcohol
                                                                                                (EEC)
                                                                                              No 822/87
            FRANCE                DEULEP                            72            12310       35 + 36      Raw alcohol
                                  Boulevard Chanzy                                 5 431      35 + 36      Raw alcohol
                                  F-30800 Saint-Gilles-du­                         9 149      35 + 36      Raw alcohol
                                  Gard
                                  Port-La-Nouvelle                    1          48 110       35 + 36      Raw alcohol
                                  Avenue Adolphe-Turrel
                                  Boîte postale 62
                                  F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle
                                                     Total                       75 000
            Any interested party may, on application to the intervention agency concerned and on payment of ECU
            2,41 5 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 75 000 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 mail to the Commission of the European Communities, 200 rue de la Loi/
                     Wetstraat, B-1049 Brussels, or
                — be submitted at the reception of the Loi 1 30 building of the Commission of the European Communi­
                     ties, 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 189/95 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 13. 2. 1996.
           5. Tenders must state the name and address of the tenderer and must :
                (a) include a reference to individual sale by tender No 189/95 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 par délégation de l'Onivins, zone industrielle, avenue de la Ballastière, boite postale 231 , F-33505
                     Libourne Cedex (tel. 57 51 03 03 ; telex 572 025 ; fax 57 25 07 05).
                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 190/95 EC
                    I. Place of storage, volume and characteristics of the alcohol offered for sale
                                                                                           Reference to
                                                                             Volume in
                                                                Reference                   Regulation
  Member State                      Location                                hectolitres of                 Type of alcohol
                                                              number of vat                   (EEC)
                                                                            pure alcohol    No 822/87
ITALY          Dist. Soc. vinicola adriatica                                    1 650           39      Raw alcohol
               Dist. D'Auria SpA                                                2 000           39      Raw alcohol
               Industria italiana alcol                                         2 000           39      Raw alcohol
               Dist. SAPIS SpA                                                  2 500           39      Raw alcohol
               Dist. SASRIV SpA                                                 1 500           39      Raw alcohol
               Dist. Aniello Esposito Sas                                          750          36      Raw alcohol
               Dist. F. Palma SpA                                               2 500           36      Raw alcohol
               Dist. lavorazione sociale vinacce Modena Srl                     2 500           35      Raw alcohol
               Dist. emiliane SpA                                               2 600           39      Raw alcohol
               Dist. Villapana SpA                                              2 500           35      Raw alcohol
               Dist. Mazzari SpA                                                3 350           35      Raw alcohol
               Dister coop Seri                                                 1 750           39      Raw alcohol
               Dist. Neri Srl                                                   6 000       35 + 39     Raw alcohol
               Dist. Bonollo SpA                                                6 000           39      Raw alcohol
               Dist. centro adriatico SpA                                       1 500           35      Raw alcohol
               Dist. del Sud SpA                                                3 100           36      Raw alcohol
               Dist. Giacomo De Luca Sas                                           750          35      Raw alcohol
               CAVIRO Seri                                                      6 250           39      Raw alcohol
               Dist. di Trani SpA                                               5 000           39      Raw alcohol
               Dist. Sadz SpA                                                   2 050       36 + 39     Raw alcohol
               DI.CO.VI.SA. Seri                                                2 500           35      Raw alcohol
               Enodistil SpA                                                    2 500           39      Raw alcohol
               Dist. Bertolino SpA                                              2 500           35      Raw alcohol
               Dist. Kronion Seri                                                  750          39      Raw alcohol
               GE.DIS. SpA                                                      3 000           35      Raw alcohol
               Dist. Italcol                                                    1 400           35      Raw alcohol
               Dist. F.lli Cipriani SpA                                         1 500           35      Raw alcohol
               Dist. G. Di Lorenzo Srl                                          3 500           35      Raw alcohol
               Dist. ind. chimica valenzana SpA                                 1 100           39      Raw alcohol
                                                       Total                   75 000
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            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 Italian lire, 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 dehy­
            drated 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 75 000 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 mail to the Commission of the European Communities, 200 rue de la Loi/
                    Wetstraat, B-1049 Brussels, or
                — be submitted at the reception of the Loi 130 building of the Commission of the European Commun­
                    ities, 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 190/95 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 13. 2. 1996.
            5. Tenders must state the name and address of the tenderer and must :
                (a) include a reference to individual sale by tender No 190/95 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 :
                — EIMA, via Palestro 81 , 1-00185 Roma (tel. 47 49 91 ; telex 62 03 31 , 62 02 52, 61 30 03 ; fax 445 39 40,
                    495 39 40).
                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 191 /9S EC
                       I. Place of storage, volume and characteristics of the alcohol offered for sale
                                                                                         Reference to
                                                                           Volume in
               Member State              Location
                                                              Reference
                                                                          hectolitres of  Regulation    Type of alcohol
                                                            number of vat
                                                                          pure alcohol      (EEC)
                                                                                          No 822/87
           SPAIN                 Tarancón                       C-8           1 866           39      Raw alcohol
                                 Tarancón                        F-3         26 604           39      Raw alcohol
                                 Tarancón                        F-5          8 358           39      Raw alcohol
                                 Villarrobledo                   17          38 172           39      Raw alcohol
                                                  Total                      75 000
           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 75 000 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 mail to the Commission of the European Communities, 200 rue de la Loi/
                   Wetstraat, B-1049 Brussels, or
               — be submitted at the reception of the Loi 130 building of the Commission of the European Communi­
                   ties, 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 191 /95 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 13. 2. 1996.
           5. Tenders must state the name and address of the tenderer and must :
               (a) include a reference to individual sale by tender No 191 /95 EC ;
               (b) specify the price tendered, expressed in ecus per hectolitre of alcohol at 1 00 % 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 :
               — SENPA, Beneficencia 8, E-28004 Madrid (tel. 347 65 00 ; telex 23427 SENPA ; fax 521 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 192/95 EC
                         I. Place of storage, volume and characteristics of the alcohol offered for sale
                                                                                            Reference to
                                                                              Volume in
                                                                 Reference                   Regulation
                Member State             Location
                                                               number of vat
                                                                             hectolitres of
                                                                                               (EEC)       Type of alcohol
                                                                             pure alcohol    No 822/87
            SPAIN                 Tarancón                         C-6          11 501           39      Raw alcohol
                                  Tarancón                         D-6          26 283           39      Raw alcohol
                                  Tarancón                         C-7          27 258           39      Raw alcohol
                                  Tarancón                         C-8           9 958           39      Raw alcohol
                                                    Total                       75 000
            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 75 000 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 mail to the Commission of the European Communities, 200 rue de la Loi/
                     Wetstraat, B-1049 Brussels, or
                — be submitted at the reception of the Loi 1 30 building of the Commission of the European Communi­
                     ties, 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 192/95 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 13. 2. 1996.
            5. Tenders must state the name and address of the tenderer and must :
                (a) include a reference to individual sale by tender No 192/95 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 :
                — SENPA, Beneficencia 8, E-28004 Madrid (tel. 347 65 00 ; telex 23427 SENPA ; fax 521 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 146/96
           — 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