CELEX: 31990R1705
Language: en
Date: 1990-06-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1705/90 of 22 June 1990 opening individual sales by invitation to tender for the export of vinous alcohol held by intervention agencies

23 . 6 . 90                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 158 /31
                                   ; COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1705/90
                                                       of 22 June 1990
                 opening individual sales by invitation to tender for the export of vinous alcohol
                                                held by intervention agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       2.     The alcohol offered for sale :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             — shall be for export outside the European Economic
Economic Community,                                                    Community,
                                                                  — must be imported in Brazil,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of            — must be used only as motor fuel.
16 March 1987 on the common organization of the
market in wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                                      Article 2
No 1325/90 0,
                                                                  The 1 location     and   reference   numbers   of   the vats
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/88              concerned, the quantity of alcohol contained in each vat,
of 12 December 1988 laying down general rules for the             the alcoholic strength and the characteristics of the
disposal of alcohol obtained from the distillation                alcohol shall be specified in the notices of individual
operations referred to in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of                invitation to tender Nos 40 , to 42/90 .
Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by intervention
agencies (3),                                                                                Article 3
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1780/89 (4),               The sales shall take place in accordance with Regulation
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 141 /90 (5), lays          (EEC) No 1780/89, and in particular Articles 10 to 17 and
down detailed rules for the disposal of alcohol obtained           29 to 38 thereof.
from distillation as provided for in Articles 35, 36 and 39
of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by intervention             However, notwithstanding Article 14 of Regulation (EEC)
agencies ;                                                         No 1780/89, the closing date laid down in the individul
                                                                   invitation to tender Nos 40 to 42/90 shall fall between the
Whereas, in view of the cost of storing alcohol, individual        eigth and the 25th day following the date of publication
sales by invitation to tender should be opened for vinous          of the notices .
alcohol obtained from distillation as provided for in              By way of derogation from Article 17 (6) of Regulation
Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87               (EEC) No 1780/89, utilization of the alcohol, must be
and held by the Spanish, French and Italian intervention           completed within one year of the date of the first
agencies ;                                                         removal.
Whereas individual sales by invitation to tender should be         Apart from the details listed in Article 30 (1 ) of
organized for the export of alcohol to Brazil for end use          Regulation (EEC) No 1780/89, tenders must include a
as motor fuel ;                                                    declaration by the tenderer confirming that they have
                                                                   approved the terms on which alcohol may be sold to
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                   Brazilian firms authorized by the body responsible for the
in accordance with the opinion of the Management                   import of wine alcohol from the EEC.
Committee for Wine,
                                                                                             Article 4
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                      The specific conditions applying to the three individual
                                                                   sales by invitation to tender and the names and addresses
                                                                   of the intervention agencies concerned shall be given in
                           Article 1                               the notices of individual invitation to tender 40 to 42/90
 1 . Three individual sales by invitations to tender Nos           published in the 'C' series of the Official Journal of the
                                                                    European Communities.
40 to 42/90 shall be held of a total quantity of 1 500 000
hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol obtained from distil­
                                                                                             Article 5
lation as provided for in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of
Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by the Spanish,
                                                                   The deadline for the submission of tenders at the address
French and Italian intervention agencies. Each sale shall
involve a quantity of 500 000 hectolitres of alcohol at            given in the notices of invitation to tender shall be 12
 100 % vol .                                                       noon (Brussels time) on 2 July 1990.
                                                                                              Article 6
(') OJ   No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No L 132, 23. 5. 1990, p. 19.                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
O   OJ   No L 346, 15. 12. 1988 , p. 7.
O   OJ   No L 178, 24. 6. 1989, p. 1 .                              publication in the Official Journal of the European
0   OJ   No L 16, 20. 1 . 1990, p. 23 .                             Communities.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 22 June 1990 .
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                Member of the Commission