EUR-Lex Access to European Union law

Back to EUR-Lex homepage

This document is an excerpt from the EUR-Lex website

Document 32006R0593

Commission Regulation (EC) No 593/2006 of 12 April 2006 opening a tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community

JO L 104, 13.4.2006, p. 15–21 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 06/02/2009

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/593/oj

13.4.2006   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 104/15


COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 593/2006

of 12 April 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 5/2006 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 678 571,8692 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol., broken down as follows:

(a)

one lot with the number 40/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(b)

one lot with the number 41/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(c)

one lot with the number 42/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(d)

one lot with the number 43/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(e)

one lot with the number 44/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(f)

one lot with the number 45/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(g)

one lot with the number 46/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(h)

one lot with the number 47/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(i)

one lot with the number 48/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(j)

one lot with the number 49/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(k)

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

(l)

one lot with the number 51/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(m)

one lot with the number 52/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;

(n)

one lot with the number 53/2006 EC for a quantity of 28 571,8692 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 5/2006 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 3 May 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, 12 April 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 40/2006 EC

Tarancón

A-5

24 943

30

raw

A-6

15 367

30

raw

D-1

9 690

30

raw

 

Total

 

50 000

 

 

Spain

Lot No 41/2006 EC

Tarancón

B-2

12 384

30

raw

B-8

22 838

30

raw

D-1

14 778

30

raw

 

Total

 

50 000

 

 

Spain

Lot No 42/2006 EC

Tarancón

B-5

24 754

27 + 28

raw

B-6

24 170

27

raw

C-1

1 076

27

raw

 

Total

 

50 000

 

 

Spain

Lot No 43/2006 EC

Tomelloso

1

46 476

27

raw

5

3 524

27

raw

 

Total

 

50 000

 

 

Spain

Lot No 44/2006 EC

Tomelloso

5

50 000

27

raw

 

Total

 

50 000

 

 

France

Lot No 45/2006 EC

Deulep — PSL

F-13230 Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône

B2

43 430

27

raw

B2B

810

27

raw

Deulep

Bld Chanzy

F-30800 Saint-Gilles-du-Gard

506

5 760

30

raw

 

Total

 

50 000

 

 

France

Lot No 46/2006 EC

Viniflhor — Port-La-Nouvelle

Entrepôt d’alcool

Av. Adolphe Turrel, BP 62

F-11210 Port-La-Nouvelle

7

1 435

28

raw

1

48 565

27

raw

 

Total

 

50 000

 

 

France

Lot No 47/2006 EC

Viniflhor — Longuefuye

F-53200 Longuefuye

1

9 755

28

raw

2

22 700

27

raw

1

12 780

30

raw

21

4 765

28

raw

 

Total

 

50 000

 

 

France

Lot No 48/2006 EC

Viniflhor — Port-La-Nouvelle

Entrepôt d’alcool

Av. Adolphe Turrel, BP 62

F-11210 Port-La-Nouvelle

10

8 060

27

raw

7

2 705

28

raw

7

17 155

30

raw

8

22 080

27

raw

 

Total

 

50 000

 

 

Italy

Lot No 49/2006 EC

Bertoliono — Partinico (PA)

34A-33A-15A-22A

26 080

27 + 30

raw

Trapas — Petrosino (TP)

7A-8A-24A

9 255

30

raw

Enodistil — Alcamo (TP)

22A

3 100

30

raw

S.V.M. — Sciacca (AG)

35A-36A-38A-39A-40A-44A

1 690

27

raw

GE.DIS — Marsala (TP)

17A-18A-10B-12B

9 875

27 + 30

raw

 

Total

 

50 000

 

 

Italy

Lot No 50/2006 EC

Bonollo — Paduni-Anagni (FR)

16A-31A

21 024,23

27 + 30

raw

Bonollo — Torrita di Siena (SI)

5C-6C-7C-8C-14C-15C-18C-25C-27C

4 155,77

27 + 30

raw

Deta — Barberino Val d’Elsa (FI)

8A

1 900

27

raw

Mazzari — S. Agata sul Santerno (RA)

1A-6A

22 920

27

raw

 

Total

 

50 000

 

 

Italy

Lot No 51/2006 EC

S.V.A. — Ortona (CH)

14A-20A

2 500

27

raw

D’Auria — Ortona (CH)

66A-67A-74A-79A

8 000

27

raw

Balice — San Basilio Mottola (TA)

2A

1 800

27

raw

Balice S.n.c. — Valenzano (BA)

34A-55A

9 500

27

raw

De Luca — Novoli (LE)

15A

6 500

27

raw

Caviro — Carapelle (FG)

2C

7 200

30

raw

Di Lorenzo — Ponte Nuovo di Torgiano (PG)

1B-2B-7B-3B

14 500

27 + 30

raw

 

Total

 

50 000

 

 

Italy

Lot No 52/2006 EC

Caviro — Faenza (RA)

4A-10A-12A-18A-15A

18 000

27 + 30

raw

Mazzari — S. Agata sul Santerno (RA)

1A-6A

3 080

27

raw

Dister — Faenza (RA)

121A-122A

7 436,58

27 + 30

raw

I.C.V. — Borgoricco (PD)

5A

2 183,42

27

raw

Tampieri — Faenza (RA)

4A-9A-10A

1 300

27

raw

Villapana — Faenza (RA)

7A-8A

12 000

27

raw

Cipriani — Chizzola di Ala (TN)

23A-33A

6 000

27

raw

 

Total

 

50 000

 

 

Hungary

Lot No 53/2006 EC

Arany Kapu Rt.

Kunfehértó, IV.

Körzet 6.

H-6413

E-3

1 340,7515

27

raw

E-4

1 352,1015

27

raw

S-44

1 982,2883

27

raw

Miskolci Likőrgyár Rt.

3527 Miskolc, Vitéz u. 13.

Hrsz.: 4686/5, 4686/2

I/3

127,3955

27

raw

I/4

133,5340

27

raw

I/5

133,7691

27

raw

I/6

136,0673

27

raw

I/7

133,8871

27

raw

I/8

133,4023

27

raw

I/9

128,8093

27

raw

I/10

136,2838

27

raw

I/11

123,9665

27

raw

I/12

136,2838

27

raw

III/31

117,0742

27

raw

III/32

134,0073

27

raw

III/33

131,8566

27

raw

III/34

133,4854

27

raw

Tokaj Kereskedőház Rt.

3934 Tolcsva, Petőfi Sándor u. 32. Hrsz.: 142/1

2214440

4 802,7446

27

raw

2214450

4 909,3598

27

raw

Tokaj Kereskedőház Rt.

3943 Bodrogolaszi, Ország út 19. Hrsz.: 196-198, 200-202

SZ/I

1 826,5187

27

raw

SZ/II

1 837,4081

27

raw

SZ/III

1 777,4340

27

raw

Tartalékgazdálkodási Kht.

5130 Jászapáti, Tanya

Hrsz.: 266

007

4 760,3785

27

raw

008

2 143,0620

27

raw

 

Total

 

28 571,8692

 

 


ANNEX II

Intervention agencies holding the alcohol referred to in Article 3

Onivins-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)

Mezőgazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési Hivatal

Soroksári út 22-24, 6th floor, room 630 — H-1095 Budapest, (Tel. (36) 1-219 45 14; fax (36) 1-219 62 59)

ANNEX III

Address referred to in Article 5

European Commission

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

Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200

B-1049 Brussels

Fax (32-2) 298 55 28

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


Top