CELEX: 31993R1057
Language: en
Date: 1993-05-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1057/93 of 29 April 1993 opening individual sales by invitation to tender for the export of vinous alcohol held by intervention agencies

No L 108 /70                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                  1 . 5. 93
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1057/93
                                                        of 29 April 1993
                  opening individual sales by invitation to tender for the export of vinous alcohol
                                                 held by intervention agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas, to simplify the tender procedure, the location
                                                                   and characteristics of the wine placed on sale as well as
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             certain specific conditions figuring previously in a sepa­
                                                                   rate notice should henceforth be mentioned in the Annex
 Economic Community,
                                                                   to the Regulation on tendering ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of
 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the                   Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3821 /92 (*)
market in winef), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)              provides for the use of the agricultural conversion rate in
No 1 756/92 (2),                                                   force on the day before the date of publication of the
                                                                   notice of invitation to tender for converting the payments
                                                                   and guarantees concerned into national currencies ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/88              whereas as a result of the insertion of this notice into the
 of 12 December 1988 laying down general rules for the             Annex to the Regulation on tendering the agricultural
 disposal of alcohol obtained from the distillation opera­         conversion rate to be used is that in force on the day
tions referred to in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation
                                                                   before the publication of the said Regulation ;
(EEC) No 822/87 and held by intervention agencies (3),
                                                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 377/93 (4),                 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 lays down detailed rules for the disposal of alcohol              Committee for Wine,
 obtained from distillation as provided for in Articles 35,
 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by
 intervention agencies ;
Whereas, in view of the cost of storing alcohol, individual        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
sales by invitation to tender should be opened for vinous
 alcohol obtained from distillation as provided for in
Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87                                         Article 1
 and held by the Italien and Spanish intervention agen­
 cies ;
                                                                   1 . Two individual sales by invitation to tender Nos
                                                                   94/93 to 95/93 shall be held of a total quantity of 300 000
Whereas individual sales by invitation to tender should be         hi of alcohol obtained from distillation as provided for in
organized for the export of alcohol to certain third coun­         Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87
tries for end use as motor fuel ; whereas these countries
                                                                   and held by the Italian and Spanish intervention agencies.
should be given an assurance of greater continuity of
supply ;                                                           Each of the individual invitations to tender Nos 94/95
                                                                   and 95/93 shall cover 150 000 hi of alcohol at 100 % vol..
Whereas the invitations to tender opened by this Regula­
tion relate to certain third countries where there is some
                                                                   2.    The alcohol offered for sale :
guarantee that exports of vinous alcohol will not disturb
their markets in alcohol and spirituous beverages ;                — shall be for export to outside the European Economic
whereas the amount of and detailed rules for the release
                                                                       Community,
of the performance security may be adapted accordingly ;
                                                                   — must be imported into and dehydrated in one of the
Whereas sales should be organized separately for dispatch              following third countries :
to certain countries in Central America and to Caribbean
countries covered by the Caribbean Basin Initiative, in                — Guatemala,
particular to take account of certain extra costs resulting            — Belize,
from the difference in distance and the possibilites of
securing onward or return freight in the countries                     — Honduras, including the Swan Islands,
concerned by the countries concerned by the Caribbean                  — El Salvador,
Basin Initiative :
                                                                       — Costa Rica,
(') OJ  No  L 84, 27. 3 . 1987, p. 1 .                             — must be used only as motor fuel.
0   OJ  No  L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 27.
0   OJ  No  L 346, 15. 12. 1988 , p. 7.
(4) OJ  No  L 43, 20. 2. 1993, p. 6.                               0 OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 84.
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                           Article 2                                 supervision in the territory of one of the third coun­
                                                                     tries listed in Article 1 (2),
The     location and     reference   numbers    of the  vats     — the remainder of the performance security shall be
concerned, the quantity of alcohol contained in each vat,            released in accordance with Article 34 (3) (b) of Regu­
the alcoholic strength and the characteristics of the                lation (EEC) No 377/93.
alcohol as well as certain specific conditions are given in
the Annex hereto.                                                In addition, to be admissible, tenders must indicate the
                                                                 place where end use of the alcohol awarded is to take
                                                                 place and must include an undertaking by the tenderer to
                                                                 the effect that the alcohol will be sent to that destination
                           Article 3
                                                                 and used for that purpose. Tenders must also include a
                                                                 statement by the tenderer to the effect that he has
The sales shall take place in accordance with Regulation         binding commitments with an operator in the motor fuel
(EEC) No 377/93, and in particular Articles 10 to 18 and         sector in one of the third countries listed in Article 1 (2)
30 to 38 thereof.                                                who has undertaken to dehydrate the alcohol awarded in
                                                                 one of these countries and to export it for use solely in
However :                                                        the motor fuel sector.
— one half of the performance security shall be released                                   Article 4
     by the intervention agency holding the alcohol on
     removal of the quantity concerned from the agency's         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
     stores when the successful tenderer furnishes proof         publication in the Official Journal of the European
     that that quantity has been placed under customs             Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 29 April 1993.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              Rene STEICHEN
                                                                       Member of the Commission
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                                                          ANNEX
                              INDIVIDUAL INVITATION TO TENDER No 94/93 EC
                   I. Place of storage, volume and characteristics of the alcohol offered for sale
                                                                 Volume in     Reference to
              Member State         Location      number of '^at hectolitre5 of ^e(EEC)n        Type of alcohol
                                                                pure alcohol    N<} 822>/g7
          1 . ITALY         Dicovisa
                            (Sardaigne)                               3 200     35, 36, 39  Raw alcohol
                            Bertolino
                            (Sicile)                                  7 100     35,36,39    Raw alcohol
                            Rodi
                            (Pouilles)                                1 100     35,36,39    Raw alcohol
                            Ge. Dis
                            (Sicile)                                  4 500     35, 36, 39  Raw alcohol
                            De Luca
                            (Pouilles)                                6 200     35, 36, 39  Raw alcohol
                            Neri
                            (Émilie-Romagne)                        1 7 800     35, 36, 39  Raw alcohol
                            Tampieri
                            (Émilie-Romagne)                          1 100     35,36,39    Raw alcohol
                            Villapana
                            (Émilie-Romagne)                          5 800     35, 36, 39  Raw alcohol
                            D'Auria
                            (Abruzzes)                                7 1 00    35, 36, 39  Raw alcohol
                            SAPIS
                            (Campanie)                                8 500     35, 36, 39  Raw alcohol
                            Salento
                            (Pouilles)                                3 500     35, 36, 39  Raw alcohol
                            Del Sud
                            (Pouilles)                                7 400     35, 36, 39  Raw alcohol
                            Cipriani
                            (Trentin)                                 3 700     35, 36, 39  Raw alcohol
                            Vinum
                            (Sicile)                                12 200      35,36,39    Raw alcohol
                            Kronion
                            (Sicile)                                  7 000     35, 36, 39  Raw alcohol
                            Saig
                            (Abruzzes)                                2 500     35, 36, 39  Raw alcohol
                            CVA
                            (Abruzzes)                                3 500     35, 36, 39  Raw alcohol
                            Balice
                            (Pouilles)                              14 700      35,36,39    Raw alcohol
                            Deta
                            (Toscane)                                 3 1 00    35, 36, 39  Raw alcohol
                            Caviro
                            (Émilie-Romagne)                          3 600     35, 36, 39  Neutral alcohol —
                                                                                            Of good flavour
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                                                                         Volume in    Reference to
                Member State             Location       numbe^"^! hectoli'res     of ^(EEC)0"
                                                                        pure alcohol Nqv 822)g7
                                                                                                         TyPe of alcoho1
                                  Trani
                                  (Campanie)                                4 000      35, 36, 39    Neutral alcohol —
                                                                                                     Of good flavour
                                  Ge.Dis
                                  (Sicile)                                  3 600      35, 36, 39    Neutral alcohol —
                                                                                                     Of good flavour
                                  Sapis
                                  (Campanie)                                3 000      35, 36, 39    Neutral alcohol —
                                                                                                     Of good flavour
                                  Vinum
                                  (Sicile)                                  5 000      35, 36, 39    Neutral alcohol —
                                                                                                     Of good flavour
                                  Mazzari
                                  (fimilie-Romagne)                         3 200      35, 36, 39    Neutral alcohol —
                                                                                                     Of good flavour
                                  Rodi
                                  (Pouilles)                                4 000      35, 36, 39    Neutral alcohol —
                                                                                                     Of good flavour
                                  Cipriani
                                  (Trentin)                                 3 600      35,36,39      Neutral alcohol —
                                                                                                     Of good flavour
                                                Total                     150 000
            Any interested party may, on application to the intervention agency concerned and on payment of ECU 2
            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 1 (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 150 000 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,
                    B-1049 Brussels, or
                — be submitted at the reception of the Loi 120 building of the Commission of the European Communi­
                    ties, 130 rue de la Loi, 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 94/93 EC (alcohol),
          i     DG VI-E-3 — to be opened only at the meeting of the group', which itself must be enclosed in an enve­
                lope addressed to the Commission.
            4. Tenders must reach the Commission not later than 12 noon (Brussels time) on 18 May 1993.
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           5. Tenders must state the name and address of the tenderer and must :
              (a) include a reference to individual sale by tender No 94/93 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
                  and the final destination of the alcohol awarded, and the statement referring to the engagement of an
                  operator for dehydration and use solely in the motor fuel sector provided for in Article 3 of this Regu­
                  lation .
           6. Each tender must be accompanied by attestations of the lodging of a tendering security, issued by the
              following intervention agency :
              — AIMA, Via Palestra 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 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.
                                                      IV. Award of contract
           At the same time as he provides evidence of the lodging of a performance security of ECU 20 per hectolitre
           of alcohol at 100 % vol, the successful tenderer will obtain a statement of award from the intervention
           agency concerned within 20 days of the date of receipt of the Commission's decision awarding the lot in
           question.
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                                 INDIVIDUAL INVITATION TO TENDER No 95/93 EC
                      I. Place of storage, volume and characteristics of the alcohol offered for sale
                                                                        Volume in     Reference to
              Member State             Location           number^^at hectolitres oiE ^(EEQ0"           TYPe °* alcohol
                                                                       pure alcohol    NJ 822}87
          SPAIN                Tarancon   (Cuenca)           F-3          26 134       35  4- 36    Raw    alcohol
                               Tarancdn   (Cuenca)           E-2          26 224       35  + 36     Raw    alcohol
                               Tarancon   (Cuenca)           F-l          26 599       35  + 36     Raw    alcohol
                               Tarancon   (Cuenca)           F-2          26 747       35  + 36     Raw    alcohol
                               Tarancon   (Cuenca)           E-3          26 391        35 + 36     Raw    alcohol
                               Tarancon   (Cuenca)           E-4          1 1 080       35 + 36      Raw   alcohol
                                Taranc6n  (Cuenca)           F-10           6 825          39       Raw    alcohol
                                                Total                    150 000
          Any interested party may, on application to the intervention agency concerned and on payment of ECU 2
          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 dehy­
          drated in one of the non-member countries listed in Article 1 (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 150 000 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,
                  B-1049 Brussels, or
              — be submitted at the reception of the Loi 120 building of the Commission of the European Communi­
                  ties, 130 rue de la Loi, 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 95/93 EC (alcohol),
              DG VI-E-3 — to be opened only at the meeting of the group', which itself must be enclosed in an enve­
              lope addressed to the Commission.
          4. Tenders must reach the Commission not later than 12 noon (Brussels time) on 18 May 1993.
          5. Tenders must state the name and address of the tenderer and must :
              (a) include a reference to individual sale by tender No 95/93/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
                  and the final destination of the alcohol awarded, and the statement referring to the engagement of an
                  operator for dehydration and use solely in the motor fuel sector provided for in Article 3 of this Regu­
                  lation .
          6. Each tender must be accompanied by attestations of the lodging of a tendering security, issued by the
              following intervention agency :
              — SENPA, Beneficiencia 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 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.
                                                        IV. Award of contract
          At the same time as he provides evidence of the lodging of a performance security of ECU 20 per hectolitre
          of alcohol at 100% vol, the successful tenderer will obtain a statement of award from the intervention
          agency concerned within 20 days of the date of receipt of the Commission's decision awarding the lot in
          question.