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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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