31989R1782

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1782/89 of 23 June 1989 opening individual sales by tender for the export of vinous alcohol held by intervention agencies

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 2. The alcohol offered for sale is intended for export and must be imported into a third country other than the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European United States of America or the countries listed below : Economic Community, — Guatemala, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of -— Belize, 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the — Honduras, including the Swan Islands, market in wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) — El Salvador, No 1236/89 (2), — Costa Rica, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/88 — St Christopher and Nevis, of 12 December 1988 laying down general rules for the — Haiti, disposal of alcohol obtained from the distillation — Bahamas, operations referred to in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held -by intervention — Dominican Republic, agencies (■'), — Antigua and Barbuda, — Dominica, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1780/89 (4) laid down detailed rules for the disposal of alcohol — British Virgin Islands and Montserrat, obtained from the distillation operations referred to in — Jamaica, Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 — St Lucia, and held by intervention agencies ; — St. Vincent, including the Northern Grenadines, Whereas, in view of the cost of storing alcohol, individual — Barbados, sales by tender should be opened for vinous alcohol — Trinidad and Tobago, obtained from the distillation operations referred to in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 — Grenada, including the Southern Grenadines, and held by the Spanish* French and Italian intervention — Aruba, agencies ; — Netherlands Antilles, Curasao, Bonaire, St Eustace, Saba and the southern part of St Martin, Whereas individual sales by tender should be held for the — Guyana, export of alcohol from the Community for purposes other than the manufacture of alcoholic beverages intended for — Iceland, human consumption ; — Sweden, — Norway, Whereas the Management Committee for Wine has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its — Finland, chairman, — Switzerland, — Austria.

3 . The alcohol must not be used for the manufacture HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : of alcoholic beverages intended for human consumption.

Article1¶

1 . Three individual sales by tender shall be held of a The location and reference numbers of the vats total quantity of 1,5 million hectolitres of alcohol at concerned, the volume of alcohol contained in each vat* 100% vol. obtained from the distillation operations the alcoholic strength and the characteristics of the referred to in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) alcohol shall be specified in the sale notice for each No 822/87 and held by the Spanish, French and Italian individual sale . intervention agencies. Each sale shall be of a quantity of 500 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 1 00 % vol . Article 3 (') OJ No L 84, 27. 3 . 1987, p. 1 . The sale shall take place in accordance with Regulation (2) OJ No L 128, 11 . 5. 1989, p. 31 . (') OJ No L 346, 15. 12. 1988, p. 7. (EEC) No 1780/89, and in particular Articles 10 to 17 and (4) See page 1 of this Official Journal, 29 to 38 thereof.

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Article4¶

The specific conditions applying to the three individual By way of derogation from Article 17 (2) of Regulation sales by tender and the names and addresses of the (EEC) No 1780/89, 50 % of the quantities awarded must intervention agencies concerned shall be given in the sale be covered by removal orders by 14 October 1989. notices published in the 'C' series of the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article7¶

The deadline for the submission of tenders at the address This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day given in the sale notices shall be 12 noon (Brussels time) following its publication in the Official Journal of the on ,13 July 1989 . European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 23 June 1989 .

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission