31989R1783

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1783/89 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, in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by the Spanish, French and Italian intervention agencies. Each sale shall be of a quantity of 200 000 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol. Economic Community,

2. The alcohol offered for sale is intended for export Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of and must be imported into one of the third countries 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the listed below for use exclusively as motor fuel : market in wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1236/89 (2), — Guatemala, — Belize, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/88 of 12 December 1988 laying down general rules for the — Honduras, including the Swan Islands, disposal of alcohol obtained from the distillation — El Salvador, operations referred to in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of — Costa Rica, Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by intervention agencies (3), — St Christopher and Nevis, — Haiti, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1780/89 (4) — Bahamas, laid down detailed rules for the disposal of alcohol obtained from the distillation operations referred to in — Dominican Republic, Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 — Antigua and Barbuda, and held by intervention agencies ; — Dominica, Whereas, in view of the cost of storing alcohol, individual — British Virgin Islands and Montserrat, sales by tender should be opened for vinous alcohol — Jamaica, obtained from the distillation operations referred to in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 — St Lucia, and held by the Spanish, French and Italian intervention — St Vincent, including the Northern Grenadines, agencies ; — Barbados, Whereas individual sales by tender shall be held for the — Trinidad and Tobago, export of alcohol to certain third countries for final use as — Grenada, including the Southern Grenadines, motor fuel ; — Aruba, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are — Netherlands Antilles : Curasao, Bonaire, St Eustace, in accordance with the opinion of the Management Saba and the southern part of St Marin, Committee for Wine, — Guyana.

Article 2 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : The location and reference numbers of the vats concerned, the volume of alcohol contained in each vat, the alcoholic strength and the characteristics of the Article 1 alcohol shall be specified in the sale notice for each individual sale . 1 . Three individual sales by tender shall be held of a total quantity of 600 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol. obtained from the distillation operations referred to 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 . 0 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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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,

Article 7 Article 5 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