
Article 1 

1. Tendering procedure No 5/2006 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 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 678 571,8692 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol., broken down as follows:
(a) one lot with the number 40/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(b) one lot with the number 41/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(c) one lot with the number 42/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(d) one lot with the number 43/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(e) one lot with the number 44/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(f) one lot with the number 45/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(g) one lot with the number 46/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(h) one lot with the number 47/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(i) one lot with the number 48/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(j) one lot with the number 49/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(k) one lot with the number 50/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(l) one lot with the number 51/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(m) one lot with the number 52/2006 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(n) one lot with the number 53/2006 EC for a quantity of 28 571,8692 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 5/2006 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 3 May 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, 12 April 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) Type of alcohol
SpainLot No 40/2006 EC Tarancón A-5 24 943 30 raw
A-6 15 367 30 raw
D-1 9 690 30 raw
 Total  50 000  
SpainLot No 41/2006 EC Tarancón B-2 12 384 30 raw
B-8 22 838 30 raw
D-1 14 778 30 raw
 Total  50 000  
SpainLot No 42/2006 EC Tarancón B-5 24 754 27 + 28 raw
B-6 24 170 27 raw
C-1 1 076 27 raw
 Total  50 000  
SpainLot No 43/2006 EC Tomelloso 1 46 476 27 raw
5 3 524 27 raw
 Total  50 000  
SpainLot No 44/2006 EC Tomelloso 5 50 000 27 raw
 Total  50 000  
FranceLot No 45/2006 EC 
Deulep — PSLF-13230 Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône
 B2 43 430 27 raw
B2B 810 27 raw

DeulepBld ChanzyF-30800 Saint-Gilles-du-Gard
 506 5 760 30 raw
 Total  50 000  
FranceLot No 46/2006 EC 
Viniflhor — Port-La-NouvelleEntrepôt d’alcoolAv. Adolphe Turrel, BP 62F-11210 Port-La-Nouvelle
 7 1 435 28 raw
1 48 565 27 raw
 Total  50 000  
FranceLot No 47/2006 EC 
Viniflhor — LonguefuyeF-53200 Longuefuye
 1 9 755 28 raw
2 22 700 27 raw
1 12 780 30 raw
21 4 765 28 raw
 Total  50 000  
FranceLot No 48/2006 EC 
Viniflhor — Port-La-NouvelleEntrepôt d’alcoolAv. Adolphe Turrel, BP 62F-11210 Port-La-Nouvelle
 10 8 060 27 raw
7 2 705 28 raw
7 17 155 30 raw
8 22 080 27 raw
 Total  50 000  
ItalyLot No 49/2006 EC Bertoliono — Partinico (PA) 34A-33A-15A-22A 26 080 27 + 30 raw
Trapas — Petrosino (TP) 7A-8A-24A 9 255 30 raw
Enodistil — Alcamo (TP) 22A 3 100 30 raw
S.V.M. — Sciacca (AG) 35A-36A-38A-39A-40A-44A 1 690 27 raw
GE.DIS — Marsala (TP) 17A-18A-10B-12B 9 875 27 + 30 raw
 Total  50 000  
ItalyLot No 50/2006 EC Bonollo — Paduni-Anagni (FR) 16A-31A 21 024,23 27 + 30 raw
Bonollo — Torrita di Siena (SI) 5C-6C-7C-8C-14C-15C-18C-25C-27C 4 155,77 27 + 30 raw
Deta — Barberino Val d’Elsa (FI) 8A 1 900 27 raw
Mazzari — S. Agata sul Santerno (RA) 1A-6A 22 920 27 raw
 Total  50 000  
ItalyLot No 51/2006 EC S.V.A. — Ortona (CH) 14A-20A 2 500 27 raw
D’Auria — Ortona (CH) 66A-67A-74A-79A 8 000 27 raw
Balice — San Basilio Mottola (TA) 2A 1 800 27 raw
Balice S.n.c. — Valenzano (BA) 34A-55A 9 500 27 raw
De Luca — Novoli (LE) 15A 6 500 27 raw
Caviro — Carapelle (FG) 2C 7 200 30 raw
Di Lorenzo — Ponte Nuovo di Torgiano (PG) 1B-2B-7B-3B 14 500 27 + 30 raw
 Total  50 000  
ItalyLot No 52/2006 EC Caviro — Faenza (RA) 4A-10A-12A-18A-15A 18 000 27 + 30 raw
Mazzari — S. Agata sul Santerno (RA) 1A-6A 3 080 27 raw
Dister — Faenza (RA) 121A-122A 7 436,58 27 + 30 raw
I.C.V. — Borgoricco (PD) 5A 2 183,42 27 raw
Tampieri — Faenza (RA) 4A-9A-10A 1 300 27 raw
Villapana — Faenza (RA) 7A-8A 12 000 27 raw
Cipriani — Chizzola di Ala (TN) 23A-33A 6 000 27 raw
 Total  50 000  
HungaryLot No 53/2006 EC 
Arany Kapu Rt.Kunfehértó, IV.Körzet 6.H-6413
 E-3 1 340,7515 27 raw
E-4 1 352,1015 27 raw
S-44 1 982,2883 27 raw

Miskolci Likőrgyár Rt.3527 Miskolc, Vitéz u. 13.Hrsz.: 4686/5, 4686/2
 I/3 127,3955 27 raw
I/4 133,534 27 raw
I/5 133,7691 27 raw
I/6 136,0673 27 raw
I/7 133,8871 27 raw
I/8 133,4023 27 raw
I/9 128,8093 27 raw
I/10 136,2838 27 raw
I/11 123,9665 27 raw
I/12 136,2838 27 raw
III/31 117,0742 27 raw
III/32 134,0073 27 raw
III/33 131,8566 27 raw
III/34 133,4854 27 raw

Tokaj Kereskedőház Rt.3934 Tolcsva, Petőfi Sándor u. 32. Hrsz.: 142/1
 2214440 4 802,7446 27 raw
2214450 4 909,3598 27 raw

Tokaj Kereskedőház Rt.3943 Bodrogolaszi, Ország út 19. Hrsz.: 196-198, 200-202
 SZ/I 1 826,5187 27 raw
SZ/II 1 837,4081 27 raw
SZ/III 1 777,434 27 raw

Tartalékgazdálkodási Kht.5130 Jászapáti, TanyaHrsz.: 266
 007 4 760,3785 27 raw
008 2 143,062 27 raw
 Total  28 571,8692  
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)Mezőgazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési HivatalSoroksári út 22-24, 6th floor, room 630 — H-1095 Budapest, (Tel. (36) 1-219 45 14; fax (36) 1-219 62 59)

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
