Commission Regulation (EC) No 293/2007 of 19 March 2007 opening a tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community
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20.3.2007
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Official Journal of the European Union
L 79/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 293/2007
of 19 March 2007
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 9/2007 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 653 380,74 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol., broken down as follows:
(a)
one lot with the number 96/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(b)
one lot with the number 97/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(c)
one lot with the number 98/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(d)
one lot with the number 99/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(e)
one lot with the number 100/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(f)
one lot with the number 101/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(g)
one lot with the number 102/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(h)
one lot with the number 103/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(i)
one lot with the number 104/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(j)
one lot with the number 105/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(k)
one lot with the number 106/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(l)
one lot with the number 107/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(m)
one lot with the number 108/2007 EC for a quantity of 53 380,74 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 9/2007 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 2 April 2007.
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, 19 March 2007.
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 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).
(2) OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2016/2006 (OJ L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 38).
(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 96/2007 EC
Tarancon
A-2
21 335
27
raw
B-9
24 685
27
raw
B-10
3 980
27
raw
Total
50 000
Spain
Lot No 97/2007 EC
Tarancon
C-7
24 882
30
raw
D-7
24 659
30
raw
C-8
459
30
raw
Total
50 000
Spain
Lot No 98/2007 EC
Tarancon
C-8
24 313
30
raw
D-8
24 867
30
raw
A-6
820
30
raw
Total
50 000
France
Lot No 99/2007 EC
Viniflhor — Port-la-Nouvelle
M. Mortefon
Entrepôt d’alcool
Av. Adolphe-Turrel
Bp 62
F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle
8
12 550
27
raw
6
11 590
27
raw
33
6 250
27
raw
8B
1 490
28
raw
8B
2 015
30
raw
6B
8 250
30
raw
6B
1 150
30
raw
6B
555
28
raw
8B
6 150
30
raw
Total
50 000
France
Lot No 100/2007 EC
Viniflhor — Port-la-Nouvelle
M. Mortefon
Entrepôt d’alcool
Av. Adolphe-Turrel
Bp 62
F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle
10
14 155
27
raw
13
5 200
27
raw
13B
6 220
30
raw
13B
220
30
raw
13B
645
28
raw
10B
3 920
30
raw
10B
690
30
raw
10B
2 105
28
raw
15
2 980
30
raw
15
9 210
30
raw
33
4 655
27
raw
Total
50 000
France
Lot No 101/2007 EC
Viniflhor — Port-la-Nouvelle
M. Mortefon
Entrepôt d’alcool
Av. Adolphe-Turrel
Bp 62
F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle
26
5 790
30
raw
20B
1 080
28
raw
26B
3 485
27
raw
26
3 080
30
raw
22
7 450
30
raw
22
4 910
30
raw
33
12 855
27
raw
20
11 350
27
raw
Total
50 000
France
Lot No 102/2007 EC
Viniflhor — Longuefuye
Mme Bretaudeau
F-53200 Longuefuye
4B
1 835
28
raw
4
18 410
27
raw
22
4 980
27
raw
9BIS
2 245
30
raw
9BIS
915
30
raw
9BIS
4 425
28
raw
9
14 900
27
raw
4B
815
30
raw
4B
1 475
30
raw
Total
50 000
France
Lot No 103/2007 EC
Deulep
M. Coulomb
Bld Chanzy
F-30800 Saint-Gilles-du-Gard
73B
5 930
27
raw
501
7 510
27
raw
503
5 450
27
raw
506
7 120
30
raw
504B
6 765
27
raw
501B
570
30
raw
501B
1 010
30
raw
506
1 530
30
raw
506
275
28
raw
502
9 145
27
raw
73
930
30
raw
503B
270
28
raw
503B
2 545
30
raw
503B
950
30
raw
Total
50 000
France
Lot No 104/2007 EC
Deulep — Psl
F-13230 Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône
D2
2 745
28
raw
D2
28 630
30
raw
D2
18 625
30
raw
Total
50 000
Italy
Lot No 105/2007 EC
Cipriani — Chizzola d’Ala (TN)
27a
4 700
27
raw
Dister — Faenza (RA)
127a
4 500
27
raw
I.C.V. — Borgoricco (PD)
6a
2 200
27
raw
Mazzari — S. Agata sul Santerno (RA)
4a-15a
10 100
30
raw
Tampieri — Faenza (RA)
6a-7a-16a
1 500
27
raw
Villapana — Faenza (RA)
4a-2a-10a
7 300
27
raw
Deta-Barberino Val d’Elsa (FI)
7a
2 200
27
raw
Caviro — Faenza (RA)
15a-6a-8a-5a
17 500
27
raw
Total
50 000
Italy
Lot No 106/2007 EC
Bonollo — Paduni (FR)
35a-37a
24 500
27/30
raw
Mazzari — S. Agata sul Santerno (RA)
4a-15a
12 100
30
raw
Di Lorenzo — Ponte Valleceppi (PG)
19a-22a
10 500
27
raw
D’Auria — Ortona (CH)
22a-62a-76a
1 000
27
raw
S.V.A. — Ortona (CH)
19a
1 900
30
raw
Total
50 000
Italy
Lot No 107/2007 EC
Balice Distill. — San Basilio Mottola (TA)
4a
1 900
27
raw
Balice S.n.c. — Valenzano (BA)
1a-13a-14a-15a-16a-45a
8 300
27
raw
De Luca — Novoli (LE)
1a-8a-9a
2 800
27
raw
Bertolino — Partinico (PA)
24a-27a
18 700
30
raw
D’Auria — Ortona (CH)
22a-62a-76a
6 000
27
raw
S.V.M. — Sciacca (AG)
2a-3a-4a-8a-21a-30a-35a-36a-37
4 200
27/30
raw
GE.DIS — Marsala (TP)
14b
8 100
30
raw
Total
50 000
Greece
Lot No 108/2007 EC
Οινοποιητικός συνεταιρισμός Μεσσηνίας
Πύργος τριφυλίας
(Oinopoiitikos Sinetairismos Messinias)
76
454,96
30
raw
77
432,94
30
raw
85
1 782,89
30
raw
86
1 684,51
30
raw
87
1 756,59
30
raw
88
1 753,86
30
raw
95
873,44
30
raw
75
444,79
30
raw
28
904,89
30
raw
80
463,46
30
raw
73
387,14
30
raw
78
27,72
30
raw
15
1 747,04
30
raw
16
1 713,67
30
raw
26
853,18
30
raw
74
427,35
30
raw
17
1 743,76
30
raw
94
887,65
30
raw
84
1 786,52
30
raw
79
439,47
30
raw
93
908,63
30
raw
83
1 795,78
30
raw
82
1 758,86
30
raw
12
1 800,87
30
raw
11
1 744,16
30
raw
18
1 707,83
30
raw
13
1 788,73
30
raw
96
827,49
30
raw
81
1 805,07
30
raw
14
1 800,04
30
raw
97
915,07
30
raw
92
908,96
30
raw
99
911,94
30
raw
25
905,06
30
raw
108
432,18
30
raw
107
432,77
30
raw
105
448,22
30
raw
106
441,22
30
raw
27
897,73
30
raw
29
579,19
30
raw
30
667,69
30
raw
19
901,65
27
raw
20
892,07
27
raw
21
900,28
27
raw
22
899,54
27
raw
23
882,32
27
raw
24
653,58
27
raw
89
847,09
27
raw
90
880,83
27
raw
91
856,22
27
raw
98
878,23
27
raw
100
745,61
27
raw
Total
53 380,74
ANNEX II
Intervention agencies holding the alcohol referred to in Article 3
Viniflhor — Libourne
Délégation nationale, 17 avenue de la Ballastière, BP 231, F-33505 Libourne Cedex (Tél. (33-5) 57 55 20 00; télex 57 20 25; fax (33) 557 55 20 59)
FEGA
Beneficencia, 8, E-28004 Madrid (Tél. (34-91) 347 64 66; fax (34-91) 347 64 65)
AGEA
Via Torino, 45, I-00184 Rome (Tél. (39) 06 49 49 97 14; fax (39) 06 49 49 97 61)
Ο.Π.Ε.Κ.Ε.Π.Ε.
Αχαρνών (Aharnon) 241, 10446 Athènes, Grèce (Tél. (30-210) 212 47 99; fax (30-210) 212 47 91)
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@ec.europa.eu