COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 360/2005

3.3.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 57/15 ---|---|---|--- * * * COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 360/2005 of 2 March 2005 opening public sales 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 pursuant to Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and held by the intervention agencies. ---|--- (2) | Public sales of wine alcohol for use in the fuel sector in the Community should be organised in accordance with Articles 92 and 93 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 with a view to reducing Community stocks of wine alcohol and to some extent ensuring supplies to firms approved in accordance with Article 92 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000. The wine alcohol of Community origin in storage in the Member States consists of quantities produced from distillation in accordance with 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 in accordance with Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999. ---|--- (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) | Given that there are risks of fraud by substitution of alcohol, checks on the final destination of the alcohol should be reinforced and the intervention agencies should be allowed to call on the help of international control agencies and to check the alcohol sold by means of nuclear magnetic resonance analyses. ---|--- (5) | 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\. Seven lots of alcohol (references 42/2005 EC, 43/2005 EC, 44/2005 EC, 45/2005 EC, 46/2005 EC, 47/2005 EC and 48/2005 EC) comprising 40 000 hectolitres, 40 000 hectolitres, 40 000 hectolitres, 40 000 hectolitres, 55 000 hectolitres, 25 000 hectolitres and 30 000 hectolitres respectively at 100 % vol are hereby put up for public sale for use in the fuel sector within the Community. 2\. The alcohol concerned was produced from distillation in accordance with Article 35 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and is held by the French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese intervention agencies. 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 the Annex to this Regulation. 4\. The lots shall be awarded to firms approved in accordance with Article 92 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000. Article 2 All communications concerning this public sale shall be sent to the following Commission department: Commission of the European Communities --- 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: agri-d2@cec.eu.int Article 3 The public sales shall take place in accordance with Articles 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 98, 100 and 101 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98. Article 4 The price of the alcohol for public sale shall be EUR 23,5 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol. Article 5 The alcohol must be removed no more than six months after the date of notification of the Commission's decision to award the sale. Article 6 The performance guarantee shall be EUR 30 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol. Unless a standing guarantee is provided, before removing any alcohol and by the day of issue of the removal order at the latest, the firms awarded the lots shall lodge a performance guarantee with the intervention agency concerned to ensure that the alcohol in question is used as bioethanol in the fuel sector. Article 7 Against payment of EUR 10 per litre and within 30 days of the publication of the notice of public sale, the firms approved in accordance with Article 92 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 may obtain samples of the alcohol put up for sale from the intervention agency concerned. After that date, samples may be obtained in accordance with Article 98(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000. Samples issued to the approved firms shall amount to not more than five litres per vat. Article 8 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. ---|--- The costs shall be borne by the firms to which the alcohol is sold. Article 9 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, 2 March 2005. 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 1795/2003 (OJ L 262, 14.10.2003, p. 13). (2) OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1774/2004 (OJ L 316, 15.10.2004, p. 61). (3) OJ L 84, 27.3.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1677/1999 (OJ L 199, 30.7.1999, p. 8). (4) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1. * * * ANNEX PUBLIC SALES OF WINE ALCOHOL FOR USE AS BIOETHANOL IN THE COMMUNITY Nos 42/2005 EC, 43/2005 EC, 44/2005 EC, 45/2005 EC, 46/2005 EC, 47/2005 EC AND 48/2005 EC I. Place of storage, quantity and characteristics of the alcohol put up for sale Member State and lot number | Location | Vat number | Quantity (hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol) | Reference to Regulations (EEC) No 822/87 and (EC) No 1493/1999 (Articles) | Type of alcohol | Firms approved pursuant to Article 92 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 ---|---|---|---|---|---|--- SPAIN Lot No 42/2005 EC | Tarancón | D-1 | 25 176 | 27+28 | Raw | Ecocarburantes españoles SA A-1 | 14 824 | 27 | Raw Total | | 40 000 | | PORTUGAL Lot No 43/2005 EC | S. João da Pesqueira | Inox 1 | 2 017,11 | 30 | Raw | Ecocarburantes españoles SA Inox 12 | 10 304,12 | 30 | Raw Inox 13 | 10 330,69 | 30 | Raw Inox 14 | 10 186,54 | 27 | Raw Inox 15 | 7 161,54 | 27 | Raw Total | | 40 000 | | SPAIN Lot No 44/2005 EC | Tomelloso | 2 | 9 125 | 27 | Raw | Bioetanol Galicia SA 5 | 30 875 | 27 | Raw Total | | 40 000 | | PORTUGAL Lot No 45/2005 EC | Aveiro | S 201 | 26 292,82 | 27 | Raw | Bioetanol Galicia SA S 208 | 13 707,18 | 27 | Raw Total | | 40 000 | | FRANCE Lot No 46/2005 EC | | DEULEP --- Bld Chanzy 30800 Saint Gilles du Gard 501 | 9 100 | 27 | Raw | Sekab (Svensk Etanolkemi AB) 502 | 9 150 | 27 | Raw 503 | 9 000 | 27 | Raw 504 | 8 470 | 27 | Raw 506 | 9 260 | 27 | Raw 508 | 8 950 | 27 | Raw 605 | 1 070 | 27 | Raw Total | | 55 000 | | ITALY Lot No 47/2005 EC | Aniello Esposito — Pomigliano d’Arco (NA) | 23A-24A-25A-39A | 7 883,94 | 30 | Raw | Sekab (Svensk Etanolkemi AB) Villapana — Faenza (RA) | 9A | 10 000,00 | 27 | Raw Caviro — Faenza (RA) | 16A | 7 116,06 | 27 | Raw Total | | 25 000 | | ITALY Lot No 48/2005 EC | Bertolino-Partinico (PA) | 6A | 8 200,29 | 30+35 | Raw | Altia Corporation 30A | 9 022,71 | 35 | neutral Trapas-Petrosino (TP) | 6A-14A | 5 120,00 | 30 | Raw Gedis-Marsala (TP) | 9B | 6 350,00 | 30 | Raw S.V.M-Sciacca (AG) | 1A-4A-21A-22A-31A | 1 307,00 | 27 | Raw Total | | 30 000 | | II. The address of the Spanish intervention agency is: FEGA, Beneficencia 8, E-28004 Madrid (Tel. (34) 913 47 65 00; telex: 23427 FEGA; fax: (34) 915 21 98 32). III. The address of the French intervention agency is: Onivins-Libourne, Délégation nationale, 17 avenue de la Ballastière, boîte postale 231, F-33505 Libourne Cedex (Tel. (33-5) 57 55 20 00; telex 57 20 25; fax (33-5) 57 55 20 59). IV. The address of the Italian intervention agency is: AGEA, via Torino 45, I-00184 Roma (Tel. (39) 06 49499 714; fax (39) 06 49499 761. V. The address of the Portuguese intervention agency is: IVV — Instituto da Vinha e do Vinho, R. Mouzinho da Silveira, 5-P-1250-165 Lisboa, (Tel (351) 21 350 67 00, Fax (351) 21 356 12 25 * * *