20.3.2007   

EN

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