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Document 32006R1015

    Commission Regulation (EC) No 1015/2006 of 4 July 2006 opening a tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community

    JO L 183, 5.7.2006, p. 3–8 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1015/oj

    5.7.2006   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 183/3


    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1015/2006

    of 4 July 2006

    opening a tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community

    THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

    Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine (1), and in particular Article 33 thereof,

    Whereas:

    (1)

    Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 of 25 July 2000 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine with regard to market mechanisms (2), lays down, among other things, detailed rules for disposing of stocks of alcohol obtained from distillation under Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organisation of the market in wine (3) and referred to in Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and held by the intervention agencies.

    (2)

    A tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for exclusive use as bioethanol in the fuel sector in the Community should be organised in accordance with Article 92 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 with a view to reducing Community stocks of wine alcohol and ensuring the continuity of supplies to firms approved under that Article.

    (3)

    Since 1 January 1999, in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro (4), the selling price and securities must be expressed, and payments made, in euro.

    (4)

    The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine,

    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

    Article 1

    1.   Tendering procedure No 6/2006 EC is hereby opened for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community.

    The alcohol concerned has been produced from distillation under Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and is held by the intervention agencies of the Member States.

    2.   The total volume put up for sale is 700 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol., broken down as follows:

    (a)

    one lot with the number 54/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

    (b)

    one lot with the number 55/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

    (c)

    one lot with the number 56/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

    (d)

    one lot with the number 57/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

    (e)

    one lot with the number 58/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

    (f)

    one lot with the number 59/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

    (g)

    one lot with the number 60/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

    (h)

    one lot with the number 61/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

    (i)

    one lot with the number 62/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

    (j)

    one lot with the number 63/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

    (k)

    one lot with the number 64/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

    (l)

    one lot with the number 65/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

    (m)

    one lot with the number 66/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

    (n)

    one lot with the number 67/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.

    3.   The location and references of the vats making up the lots, the quantity of alcohol in each vat, the alcoholic strength and the characteristics of the alcohol are as set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

    4.   Only firms approved under Article 92 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 may take part in the tendering procedure.

    Article 2

    The sale shall be conducted in accordance with Articles 93, 94, 94b, 94c, 94d, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100 and 101 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98.

    Article 3

    1.   Tenders shall be delivered to the intervention agencies holding the alcohol listed in Annex II or sent by registered mail to the address of the intervention agency.

    2.   Tenders shall be placed in a sealed double envelope, the inside envelope marked ‘Tender under procedure No 6/2006 EC for use as bioethanol in the Community’, the outer envelope bearing the address of the intervention agency concerned.

    3.   Tenders must reach the intervention agency concerned not later than 12 noon Brussels time on 26 July 2006.

    Article 4

    1.   To be eligible for consideration, tenders must comply with Articles 94 and 97 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000.

    2.   To be eligible for consideration, when they are presented, tenders must be accompanied by:

    (a)

    proof that a tendering security of EUR 4 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol. has been lodged with the intervention agency holding the alcohol concerned;

    (b)

    the name and address of the tenderer, the reference number of the notice of invitation to tender and the price proposed, expressed in euro per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

    (c)

    an undertaking by tenderers that they will comply with all the rules applicable to this tendering procedure;

    (d)

    a statement by tenderers to the effect that:

    (i)

    they waive all claims in respect of the quality and characteristics of any alcohol awarded to them;

    (ii)

    they agree to submit to any checks made on the destination and use made of the alcohol;

    (iii)

    they accept that it is their responsibility to provide evidence that the alcohol is used as specified in the notice of invitation to tender in question.

    Article 5

    The notifications provided for in Article 94a of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 relating to the tendering procedure opened by this Regulation shall be sent to the Commission at the address given in Annex III to this Regulation.

    Article 6

    The formalities for sampling shall be as set out in Article 98 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000.

    The intervention agency shall provide all the necessary information on the characteristics of the alcohol put up for sale.

    On application to the intervention agency concerned, interested parties may obtain samples of the alcohol put up for sale, taken by a representative of the intervention agency concerned.

    Article 7

    1.   The intervention agencies in the Member States in which the alcohol put up for sale is stored shall carry out appropriate checks to verify the nature of the alcohol at the time of end-use. To that end, they may:

    (a)

    apply Article 102 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 mutatis mutandis;

    (b)

    carry out checks on samples using nuclear magnetic resonance analysis to verify the nature of the alcohol at the time of end-use.

    2.   The costs of the checks referred to in paragraph 1 shall be borne by the firms to which the alcohol is sold.

    Article 8

    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

    Done at Brussels, 4 July 2006.

    For the Commission

    Mariann FISCHER BOEL

    Member of the Commission


    (1)   OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2165/2005 (OJ L 345, 28.12.2005, p. 1).

    (2)   OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1820/2005 (OJ L 293, 9.11.2005, p. 8).

    (3)   OJ L 84, 27.3.1987, p. 1. Regulation repealed by Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.

    (4)   OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.


    ANNEX I

    Member State and lot number

    Location

    Vat No

    Quantity in hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.

    Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999

    (Article)

    Type of alcohol

    Spain

    Lot No 54/2006 EC

    Tarancón

    A-1

    24 503

    27

    raw

    A-2

    2 770

    27

    raw

    B-4

    22 727

    27

    raw

     

    Total

     

    50 000

     

     

    Spain

    Lot No 55/2006 EC

    Tarancón

    A-3

    24 659

    27

    raw

    B-3

    24 742

    27

    raw

    B-4

    599

    27

    raw

     

    Total

     

    50 000

     

     

    Spain

    Lot No 56/2006 EC

    Tarancón

    A-2

    21 440

    27

    raw

    B-1

    24 551

    27

    raw

    C-1

    4 009

    27

    raw

     

    Total

     

    50 000

     

     

    Spain

    Lot No 57/2006 EC

    Tarancón

    B-4

    977

    27

    raw

    B-5

    24 736

    27 + 28

    raw

    B-6

    24 151

    27

    raw

    C-1

    136

    27

    raw

     

    Total

     

    50 000

     

     

    Spain

    Lot No 58/2006 EC

    Tarancón

    A-6

    1 036

    30

    raw

    A-7

    24 830

    30

    raw

    A-8

    24 134

    30

    raw

     

    Total

     

    50 000

     

     

    Spain

    Lot No 59/2006 EC

    Tarancón

    A-4

    24 505

    30

    raw

    A-8

    467

    30

    raw

    B-2

    12 354

    30

    raw

    B-7

    12 674

    30

    raw

     

    Total

     

    50 000

     

     

    France

    Lot No 60/2006 EC

    Deulep

    Bld Chanzy

    F-30800 Saint-Gilles

    503B

    1 525

    28

    raw

    119

    22 605

    27

    raw

    503

    7 910

    27

    raw

    504

    810

    30

    raw

    501

    3 550

    27

    raw

    504

    540

    28

    raw

    501B

    5 075

    30

    raw

    501B

    150

    28

    raw

    508

    7 835

    27

    raw

     

    Total

     

    50 000

     

     

    France

    Lot No 61/2006 EC

    Viniflhor — Port-la-Nouvelle

    Entrepôt d'alcool

    Av. Adolphe-Turrel, BP 62

    F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle

    2

    48 215

    27

    raw

    18

    305

    27

    raw

    18

    150

    30

    raw

    18

    1 330

    28

    raw

     

    Total

     

    50 000

     

     

    France

    Lot No 62/2006 EC

    Viniflhor — Port-la-Nouvelle

    Entrepôt d'alcool

    Av. Adolphe-Turrel, BP 62

    F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle

    3

    47 880

    27

    raw

    18

    2 120

    28

    raw

     

    Total

     

    50 000

     

     

    France

    Lot No 63/2006 EC

    Viniflhor — Port-la-Nouvelle

    Entrepôt d'alcool

    Av. Adolphe-Turrel, BP 62

    F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle

    6

    22 025

    27

    raw

    18

    7 230

    28

    raw

    38

    5 325

    28

    raw

    38

    3 195

    30

    raw

    13

    9 910

    28

    raw

    13

    2 315

    30

    raw

     

    Total

     

    50 000

     

     

    Italy

    Lot No 64/2006 EC

    Bertolino — Partinico (PA)

    22A-5A

    24 766,65

    30

    raw

    Trapas — Petrosino (TP)

    20A-24A-3A-11A

    6 750

    30

    raw

    Enodistil — Alcamo (TP)

    22A

    3 933,35

    30

    raw

    S.V.M. — Sciacca (AG)

    30A-32A-35A-36A

    3 400

    27

    raw

    Ge.Dis. — Marsala (TP)

    12A-19A-12B-13B

    11 150

    27/30

    raw

     

    Total

     

    50 000

     

     

    Italy

    Lot No 65/2006 EC

    Bonollo — Loc. Paduni-Anagni (FR)

    6A-33A-36A

    5 300

    27/30

    raw

    Dister — Faenza (RA)

    122A-123A

    7 560

    27

    raw

    I.C.V. — Borgoricco (PD)

    5A

    315

    27

    raw

    Mazzari — S. Agata sul Santerno (RA)

    1A-2A

    25 800

    27

    raw

    Tampieri — Faenza (RA)

    11A-19A

    850

    27

    raw

    Villapana — Faenza (RA)

    7A

    10 175

    27

    raw

     

    Total

     

    50 000

     

     

    Italy

    Lot No 66/2006 EC

    Bonollo — Loc. Paduni-Anagni (FR)

    6A-33A-36A

    26 700

    30

    raw

    Caviro — Faenza (RA)

    15A

    17 500

    27

    raw

    Cipriani — Chizzola d'Ala (TN)

    28A

    5 800

    27

    raw

     

    Total

     

    50 000

     

     

    Italy

    Lot No 67/2006 EC

    Balice Distill. — San Basilio Mottola (TA)

    2A-3A

    2 750

    27

    raw

    Balice S.n.c. — Valenzano (BA)

    41A-42A-59A

    12 800

    30

    raw

    Caviro — Carapelle (FG)

    2C-6C

    5 500

    30

    raw

    D'Auria — Ortona (CH)

    41A-43A-48A

    7 600

    27

    raw

    De Luca — Novoli (LE)

    15A-1A-5A

    5 100

    27

    raw

    Deta — Barberino Val d'Elsa (FI)

    4A-8A

    1 450

    27/30

    raw

    Di Lorenzo — Ponte Valleceppi (PG)

    3A-10A-22A-21A

    11 900

    27

    raw

    S.V.A. — Ortona (CH)

    14A-15A-16A-12A

    2 900

    27/30

    raw

     

    Total

     

    50 000

     

     


    ANNEX II

    Intervention agencies holding the alcohol referred to in Article 3

    Viniflhoor — Libourne

    Délégation nationale, 17 avenue de la Ballastière, BP 231, F-33505 Libourne Cedex (Tel. (33) 557 55 20 00; telex: 57 20 25; Fax (33) 557 55 20 59)

    FEGA

    Beneficencia, 8, E-28004 Madrid (Tel. (34) 913 47 64 66; Fax (34) 913 47 64 65)

    AGEA

    Via Torino, 45, I-00184 Roma (Tel. (39-06) 49 49 97 14; Fax (39-06) 49 49 97 61)


    ANNEX III

    Address referred to in Article 5

    European Commission

    Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, Unit D-2

    B-1049 Brussels

    Fax (32-2) 292 17 75

    E-mail: agri-market-tenders@cec.eu.int


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