
Article 1 

1. Tendering procedure No 4/2006 EC is hereby opened for the sale of wine alcohol for use as bioethanol in the Community.The alcohol concerned has been produced from distillation under Articles 35 and 36 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and is held by the intervention agencies of the Member States.
2. The total volume put up for sale is 666 095,04 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol., broken down as follows:
(a) one lot with the number 31/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(b) one lot with the number 32/2006 EC for a quantity of 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(c) one lot with the number 33/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(d) one lot with the number 34/2006 EC for a quantity of 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(e) one lot with the number 35/2006 EC for a quantity of 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(f) one lot with the number 36/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(g) one lot with the number 37/2006 EC for a quantity of 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(h) one lot with the number 38/2006 EC for a quantity of 100 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.,
(i) one lot with the number 39/2006 EC for a quantity of 16 095,04 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.
3. The location and references of the vats making up the lots, the quantity of alcohol in each vat, the alcoholic strength and the characteristics of the alcohol are as set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
4. Only firms approved under Article 92 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 may take part in the tendering procedure.
Article 2 
The sale shall be conducted in accordance with Articles 93, 94, 94b, 94c, 94d, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100 and 101 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98.
Article 3 

1. Tenders shall be delivered to the intervention agencies holding the alcohol listed in Annex II or sent by registered mail to the address of the intervention agency.
2. Tenders shall be placed in a sealed double envelope, the inside envelope marked ‘Tender under procedure No 4/2006 EC for use as bioethanol in the Community’, the outer envelope bearing the address of the intervention agency concerned.
3. Tenders must reach the intervention agency concerned not later than 12 noon Brussels time on 1 March 2006.
Article 4 

1. To be eligible for consideration, tenders must comply with Articles 94 and 97 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000.
2. To be eligible for consideration, when they are presented, tenders must be accompanied by:
(a) proof that a tendering security of EUR 4 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol. has been lodged with the intervention agency holding the alcohol concerned;
(b) the name and address of the tenderer, the reference number of the notice of invitation to tender and the price proposed, expressed in euro per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(c) an undertaking by tenderers that they will comply with all the rules applicable to this tendering procedure;
(d) a statement by tenderers to the effect that:
((i)) they waive all claims in respect of the quality and characteristics of any alcohol awarded to them,
((ii)) they agree to submit to any checks made on the destination and use made of the alcohol,
((iii)) they accept that it is their responsibility to provide evidence that the alcohol is used as specified in the notice of invitation to tender in question.
Article 5 
The notifications provided for in Article 94a of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 relating to the tendering procedure opened by this Regulation shall be sent to the Commission at the address given in Annex III to this Regulation.
Article 6 
The formalities for sampling shall be as set out in Article 98 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000.
The intervention agency shall provide all the necessary information on the characteristics of the alcohol put up for sale.
On application to the intervention agency concerned, interested parties may obtain samples of the alcohol put up for sale, taken by a representative of the intervention agency concerned.
Article 7 

1. The intervention agencies in the Member States in which the alcohol put up for sale is stored shall carry out appropriate checks to verify the nature of the alcohol at the time of end-use. To that end, they may:
(a) apply Article 102 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 mutatis mutandis;
(b) carry out checks on samples using nuclear magnetic resonance analysis to verify the nature of the alcohol at the time of end-use.
2. The costs of the checks referred to in paragraph 1 shall be borne by the firms to which the alcohol is sold.
Article 8 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 24 January 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I

Member State and lot number Location Vat No Quantity in hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol. Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 (Article) Regulation (EC) No 822/87 (Article) Type of alcohol
SpainLot No 31/2006 EC Tarancón C-5 24 831 30  raw
C-6 25 169 30  raw
 Total  50 000   
SpainLot No 32/2006 EC Tarancón C-1 25 117 27  raw
C-2 24 998 27  
D-3 25 159 27  
D-4 24 726 27  raw
 Total  100 000   
FranceLot No 33/2006 EC 
Onivins — Longuefuye53200 Longuefuye
 10 22 420 28  raw
12 22 440 28  raw
18 5 140 28  raw
 Total  50 000   
FranceLot No 34/2006 EC 
Onivins — Port-La-NouvelleEntrepôt d’alcoolAv. Adolphe Turrel, BP 6211210 Port-La-Nouvelle
 10 7 205 27  raw
9 22 280 27  raw
26 12 370 30  raw
25 12 245 27  raw
24 12 515 27  raw
23 780 28  raw
23 11 340 30  raw
23 140 30  raw
22 11 090 28  raw
22 1 330 30  raw
36 8 705 27  raw
 Total  100 000   
FranceLot No 35/2006 EC 
Deulep — PSL13230 Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône
 B1 42 640 27  raw

DeulepBld Chanzy30800 Saint-Gilles-du-Gard
 72 38 690 30  raw
72 6 890 30  raw
72 470 27  raw
73 11 310 30  raw
 Total  100 000   
ItalyLot No 36/2006 EC Bertolino — Partinico (PA) 3A-33A-34A 27 100 27 + 30  raw
Trapas — Petrosine (TP) 20A 8 500 30  raw
Enodistil 22A 2 700 30  raw
S.V.M. — Sciacca (AG) 4A-30A-32A-35A 2 200 27  raw
GE.DIS — Marsala (TP) 88-10B 9 500 30  raw
 Total  50 000   
ItalyLot No 37/2006 EC S.V.A. — Ortona (CH) 20A 2 000 27  raw
Bonollo — Paduni-Anagni (FR) 15A-35A-49A-51A 35 000 27 + 30  raw
Deta — Barberino Val d’Elsa (FI) 5A 1 500 27  raw
Balice Distill. — San Bastilio Motolla (TA) 2A 1 000 27  raw
D’Auria — Ortona (CH) 17A-19A-21A-22A-41A 12 000 27  raw
De Luca — Novoli (LE) 7A-16A 9 950,62 27  raw
Di Lorenzo — Ponte Valleceppi (PG) 26A 6 929,3 30  raw
Di Lorenzo — Pontenuovo di Torgiano (PG) 1B  27  raw
Balice S.n.c. — Valenano (BA) 11A-46A-49A-50A-51A 14 500 27  raw
D.C.A. — Ascoli Piceno (AP) 101-81-17-103-44 1 306,93  35 + 36 raw/neutral
Distill. Del Sud — Rutigliano 18 + 23 + 36 + 72 + 73 7 242,45  36 neutral
Caviro — Carapelle (FG) 5C 8 570,7 27  raw
 Total  100 000   
ItalyLot No 38/2006 EC Caviro — Faenza (RA) 3A-12A-13A-14A 25 429,3 27 + 30  raw
Di Lorenzo — Pontenuovo di Torgiano (PG) 1B 8 570,7 27  raw
Mazzari — S.Agata sul Santerno (RA) 5A-6A 34 000 27  raw
Dister — Faenza (RA) 121A-124A 7 000 27 + 30  raw
I.C.V. — Borgoricco (PD) 5A 2 000 27  raw
Tampieri — Faenza (RA) 15A-17A-18A-19A 3 000 27  raw
Villapana — Faenza (RA) 6A-8A 11 000 27  raw
Cipriani — Chizzola di Ala 2A-3A-24A-30A 9 000 27  raw
 Total  100 000   
HungaryLot No 39/2006 EC 
Miskolci Likőrgyár Rt.3527 Miskolc, Vitéz u. 13.Hrsz.: 4686/5, 4686/2
 I/3 129,11 27  raw
I/4 139,57 27  raw
I/5 136,19 27  raw
I/6 136,84 27  raw
I/7 123,37 27  raw
I/8 140,1 27  raw
I/9 136,15 27  raw
I/10 137,61 27  raw
I/11 123,42 27  raw
I/12 137,57 27  raw
III/31 129,11 27  raw
III/32 129,11 27  raw
III/33 129,11 27  raw
III/34 129,11 27  raw

Tokaj Kereskedőház Rt.3934 Tolcsva, Petőfi Sándor u. 32. Hrsz.: 142/1
 2214440 4 819,02 27  raw
2214450 3 962,76 27  raw

Tokaj Kereskedőház Rt.3943 Bodrogolaszi, Ország út 19. Hrsz.: 196-198, 200-202
 SZ/I 1 832,1 27  raw
SZ/II 1 842,46 27  raw
SZ/III 1 782,33 27  raw
 Total  16 095,04   
ANNEX II

Onivins-LibourneDélégation nationale, 17 avenue de la Ballastière, BP 231, F-33505 Libourne Cedex (Tel. (33) 557 55 20 00; telex 57 20 25; Fax (33) 557 55 20 59)FEGABeneficencia, 8, E-28004 Madrid (Tel. (34) 913 47 64 66; Fax (34) 913 47 64 65)AGEAVia Torino, 45, I-00184 Roma (Tel. (39-06) 49 49 97 14; Fax (39-06) 49 49 97 61)Mezógazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési HivatalH-1385 Budapest, 62, Pf. 867 (Tel. (36) 1-219 45 14; Fax (36) 1-219 45 11, (36) 1-219 45 12).

ANNEX III

European CommissionDirectorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, Unit D-2Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200B-1049 BrusselsFax (32-2) 298 55 28E-mail address: agri-market-tenders@cec.eu.int
