31991R3135

No L 297/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 29 . 10 . 91

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3135/91 of 24 October 1991 opening individual sales by invitation to tender for the export of vinous alcohol held by intervention agencies

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, hectolitres of alcohol obtained from distillation as provided for in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European No 822/87 and held by the Spanish and French Economic Community, intervention agencies. Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the Each of three individual invitaions to terder shall cover market in wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 75 000 hi of alcolhol at 100 % vol . No 1734/91 (2), 2. The alcohol offered for sale : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/88 of 12 December 1988 laying down general rules for the — shall be for export to outside the European Economic disposal of alcohol obtained from the distillation Community, operations referred to in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by intervention — must be imported into and dehydrated in one of the agencies (3), following third countries :

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1780/89 (4), — Guatemala, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 270/91 (0, lays — Belize, down detailed rules for the disposal of alcohol obtained — Honduras, including the Swan Islands, from distillation as provided for in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by intervention — El Salvador, agencies ; — Costa Rica, Whereas, in view of the cost of storing alcohol, individual — St Christopher and Nevis, sales by invitation to tender should be opened for vinous — Haiti, alcohol obtained from distillation as provided for in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 — Bahamas, and held by the Spanish and French intervention — Dominican Republic, agencies ; — Antigua and Barbuda, Whereas individual sales by invitation to tender should be — Dominica, organized for the export of alcohol to certain third countries for end use as motor fuel ; whereas these — British Virgin Islands and Montserrat, countries should be given an assurance of greated — Jamaica, continuity of supply ; — St Lucia, Whereas the invitations to tender opened by this — St Vincent, including the Northern Grenadines, Regulation relate to certain third countries where there is — Barbados, some guarantee that exports of vinous alcohol will not disturb their markets in alcohol and spirituous beverages ; — Trinidad and Tobago, whereas the amount of and detailed rules for the release — Grenada, including the Southern Grenadines, of the performance security may be adapted accordingly ; — Aruba, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are — Netherlands Antilles : Curaçao, Bonaire, St in accordance with the opinion of the Management Eustace, Saba and the southern part of St Martin, Committee for Wine, — Guyana, — Virgin Islands of the United States, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : — must be used only as motor fuel. Article 1 1 . Three individual sales by invitation to tender Nos Article 2 72/91 to 74/91 shall be held of a total quantity of 225 000

The location and reference numbers of the vats (') OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 1 . concerned, the quantity of alcohol contained in each vat, (2) OJ No L 163, 26. 6. 1991 , p. 6. 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 notices of individual 0 OJ No L 28, 2. 2. 1991 , p. 23 . invitation to tender Nos 72/91 to 74/91 .

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Article 3 one of these countries and to export it for use solely in the motor fuel sector. The sales shall take place in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1780/89, and in particular Articles 10 to 17 and 29 to 38 thereof. Article 4

However : — one half of the performance security shall be released The specific conditions applying to the three individual 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 72/91 to stores when the successful tenderer furnishes proof that that quantity has been placed under customs 74/91 and published in the 'C' series of the Official supervision in the territory of one of the third Journal of the European Communities. countries listed in Article 1 (2), — the remainder of the performance security shall be Article 5 released in accordance with Article 33 (3) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1780/89. The deadline for the submission of tenders, which must be sent to the address given in the notices of invitation to In addition, to be admissible, tenders must indicate the tender, shall be 12 noon (Brussels time) on 19 November place where end use of the alcohol awarded is to take 1991 . place and must include an undertaking by the tenderer to the effect that the alcohol will be sent to that destination and used for that purpose. Tenders must also include a Article 6 statement by the tenderer to the effect that he has binding commitments with an operator in the motor fuel This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its sector in one of the third countries listed in Article 1 (2) publication in the Official Journal of the European who has undertaken to dehydrate the alcohol awarded in Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 October 1991 .

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission