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28 . 2. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 52/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 486/90

of 27 February 1990

opening individual sales by invitation to tender for the export of vinous alcohol held by intervention agencies

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by the Spanish, French and Italian intervention agencies. Each sale shall Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European involve a quantity of 400 000 hectolitres of alcohol at Economic Community, 100 % vol.

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 2. The alcohol offered for sale : 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) — shall be for export outside the European Economic No 388/90 (2), Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/88 — must be imported into and dehydrated in one of the of 12 December 1988 laying down general rules for the following third countries : disposal of alcohol obtained from the distillation operations referred to in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of — Guatemala, Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by intervention — Belize, agencies ('), — Honduras, including the Swan Islands, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1780/89 (4), — El Salvador, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 141 /90 (^ lays — Costa Rica, down detailed rules for the disposal of alcohol obtained from distillation as provided for in Articles 35, 36 and 39 — St Christopher and Nevis, of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by intervention — Haiti, agencies ; — Bahamas, Whereas, in view of the cost of storing alcohol, individual — Dominican Republic, sales by invitation to tender should be opened for vinous — Antigua and Barbuda, alcohol obtained from distillation as provided for in — Dominica, Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by the Spanish, French and Italian intervention — British Virgin Islands and Montserrat, agencies ; — Jamaica, Whereas individual sales by invitation to tender should be — St Lucia, organized for the export of alcohol to certain third — St Vincent, including the Northern Grenadines, countries for end use as motor fuel ; — Barbados, Whereas the invitations to tender opened by this — Trinidad and Tobago, Regulation relate to certain third countries where there is some guarantee that exports of vinous alcohol will not — Grenada, including the Southern Grenadines,

disturb their markets in alcohol and spirituous beverages ; — Aruba, whereas the amount and detailed rules for the release of — Netherlands Antilles : Curaçao, Bonaire, St the performance security may be adapted accordingly ; Eustace, Saba and the southern part of St Martin,

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are — Guyana, in accordance with the opinion of the Management — must be used only as motor fuel. Committee for Wine,

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The location and reference numbers of the vats Article 1 concerned, the quantity of alcohol contained in each vat, 1 . Six individual sales by invitation to tender Nos 14 to the alcoholic strength and the characteristics of the 1 9 /90 shall be held of a total quantity of 2 400 000 alcohol shall be specified in the notices of individual hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol obtained from distil­ invitation to tender Nos 14 to 19/90. lation as provided for in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of

Article 3 (') OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 42, 16. 2. 1990, p. 9. The sales shall take place in accordance with Regulation (3) OJ No L 346, 15. 12. 1988, p. 7. (4) OJ No L 178, 24. 6. 1989, p. 1 . (EEC) No 1780/89, and in particular Articles 10 to 17 and V) OJ No L 16, 20. 1 . 1990, p. 23. 29 to 38 thereof.

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The specific conditions applying to the six individual — one-third of the performance security shall be released sales by invitation to tender and the names and addresses by the intervention agency holding the alcohol on of the intervention agencies concerned shall be given in removal of the quantity concerned from the agency's the notices of individual invitation to tender Nos 14 to stores when the successful tenderer furnishes proof 19/90 published in the 'C' series of the Official Journal that that quantity has been placed under customs of the European Communities, supervision in the territory of one of the third countries listed in Article 1 (2), Article 5 — the remainder of the performance security shall be The deadline for the submission of tenders at the address released in accordance with Article 33 (4) of given in the notices of invitation to tender shall be 12 Regulation (EEC) No 1780/89. noon (Brussels time) on 20 March 1990 .

In addition , to be admissible, tenders must indicate the Article 6 place where end use of the alcohol awarded is to take place and must include an undertaking by the tenderer to This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its the effect that the alcohol will be sent to that destination publication in the Official Journal of the European and used for that purpose. Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 February 1990.

For the Commission

Ray MAC SHARRY

Member of the Commission