31989R2675

5 . 9 . 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 258/7

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2675/89 of 1 September 1989 opening an individual sales by tender for the export of vinous alcohol held by intervention agencies

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by the Spanish, French and Italian intervention Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European agencies. 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 a third country other than the United States of America or the countries listed below : 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) — Guatemala, No 1236/89 (2), — Belize, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/88 — Honduras, including the Swan Islands, of 12 December 1988 laying down general rules for the — El Salvador, disposal of alcohol obtained from the distillation operations referred to in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Costa Rica, Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by intervention — St Christopher and Nevis, agencies (3), — Haiti, — Bahamas, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1780/89 (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2205/89 (^ laid — Dominican Republic, down detailed rules for the disposal of alcohol obtained — Antigua and Barbuda, from the distillation operations referred to in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by — Dominica, intervention agencies ; — British Virgin Islands and Montserrat, — Jamaica, Whereas, in view of the cost of storing alcohol, individual sales by tender should be opened for vinous alcohol — St Lucia, obtained from the distillation operations referred to in — St. Vincent, including the Northern Grenadines, Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 — Barbados, and held by the Spanish, French and Italian intervention agencies ; — Trinidad and Tobago, — Grenada, including the Southern Grenadines, Whereas an individual sale by tender should be held for — Aruba, the export of alcohol from the Community for purposes — Netherlands Antilles : Curasao, Bonaire, St Eustace, other than the manufacture of alcoholic beverages intended for human consumption ; Saba and the southern part of St Martin, — Guyana, Whereas the Management Committee for Wine has not — Iceland, delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its — Sweden, chairman, — Norway, — Finland, — Switzerland, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : — Austria.;

3 . The alcohol must not be used for the manufacture Article 1 of alcoholic beverages intended for human consumption. 1 . One individual sale by tender shall be held of a total quantity of 0,5 million hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol Article 2 obtained from the distillation operations referred to in The location and reference numbers of the vats (■) OJ No L 84, 27; 3. 1987, p, 1 . concerned, the volume of alcohol contained in each vat, (2) OJ No L 128, 11 . 5. 1989, p. 31 . the alcoholic strength and the characteristics of the (3) OJ No L 346, 15. 12. 1988, p. 7. (4) OJ No L 178, 24. 6. 1989, p. 1 . alcohol shall be specified in the sale notice of individual 0 OJ No L 209, 21 . 7. 1989, p. 36. sale No 7.

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Article 3 notice No 7 published in the 'C series of the Official Journal of the European Communities. The sale shall take place in accordance with Regulation Article 5 (EEC) No 1780/89, and in particular Articles 10 to 17 and 29 to 38 thereof. The deadline for the submission of tenders at the address given in the sale notice shall be 12 noon (Brussels time) on 25 September 1989. Article 4 Article 6 The specific conditions applying to the individual sale by This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its tender and the names and addresses of the intervention publication in the Official Journal of the European agencies concerned shall be given in the individual sale Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 September 1989.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission