
Article 1 

1. Tendering procedure No 9/2007 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 653 380,74 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol., broken down as follows:
(a) one lot with the number 96/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(b) one lot with the number 97/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(c) one lot with the number 98/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(d) one lot with the number 99/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(e) one lot with the number 100/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(f) one lot with the number 101/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(g) one lot with the number 102/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(h) one lot with the number 103/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(i) one lot with the number 104/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(j) one lot with the number 105/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(k) one lot with the number 106/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(l) one lot with the number 107/2007 EC for a quantity of 50 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol.;
(m) one lot with the number 108/2007 EC for a quantity of 53 380,74 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 9/2007 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 2 April 2007.
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, 19 March 2007.
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 96/2007 EC Tarancon A-2 21 335 27 raw
B-9 24 685 27 raw
B-10 3 980 27 raw
 Total  50 000  
SpainLot No 97/2007 EC Tarancon C-7 24 882 30 raw
D-7 24 659 30 raw
C-8 459 30 raw
 Total  50 000  
SpainLot No 98/2007 EC Tarancon C-8 24 313 30 raw
D-8 24 867 30 raw
A-6 820 30 raw
 Total  50 000  
FranceLot No 99/2007 EC 
Viniflhor — Port-la-NouvelleM. MortefonEntrepôt d’alcoolAv. Adolphe-TurrelBp 62F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle
 8 12 550 27 raw
6 11 590 27 raw
33 6 250 27 raw
8B 1 490 28 raw
8B 2 015 30 raw
6B 8 250 30 raw
6B 1 150 30 raw
6B 555 28 raw
8B 6 150 30 raw
 Total  50 000  
FranceLot No 100/2007 EC 
Viniflhor — Port-la-NouvelleM. MortefonEntrepôt d’alcoolAv. Adolphe-TurrelBp 62F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle
 10 14 155 27 raw
13 5 200 27 raw
13B 6 220 30 raw
13B 220 30 raw
13B 645 28 raw
10B 3 920 30 raw
10B 690 30 raw
10B 2 105 28 raw
15 2 980 30 raw
15 9 210 30 raw
33 4 655 27 raw
 Total  50 000  
FranceLot No 101/2007 EC 
Viniflhor — Port-la-NouvelleM. MortefonEntrepôt d’alcoolAv. Adolphe-TurrelBp 62F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle
 26 5 790 30 raw
20B 1 080 28 raw
26B 3 485 27 raw
26 3 080 30 raw
22 7 450 30 raw
22 4 910 30 raw
33 12 855 27 raw
20 11 350 27 raw
 Total  50 000  
FranceLot No 102/2007 EC 
Viniflhor — LonguefuyeMme BretaudeauF-53200 Longuefuye
 4B 1 835 28 raw
4 18 410 27 raw
22 4 980 27 raw
9BIS 2 245 30 raw
9BIS 915 30 raw
9BIS 4 425 28 raw
9 14 900 27 raw
4B 815 30 raw
4B 1 475 30 raw
 Total  50 000  
FranceLot No 103/2007 EC 
DeulepM. CoulombBld ChanzyF-30800 Saint-Gilles-du-Gard
 73B 5 930 27 raw
501 7 510 27 raw
503 5 450 27 raw
506 7 120 30 raw
504B 6 765 27 raw
501B 570 30 raw
501B 1 010 30 raw
506 1 530 30 raw
506 275 28 raw
502 9 145 27 raw
73 930 30 raw
503B 270 28 raw
503B 2 545 30 raw
503B 950 30 raw
 Total  50 000  
FranceLot No 104/2007 EC 
Deulep — PslF-13230 Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône
 D2 2 745 28 raw
D2 28 630 30 raw
D2 18 625 30 raw
 Total  50 000  
ItalyLot No 105/2007 EC Cipriani — Chizzola d’Ala (TN) 27a 4 700 27 raw
Dister — Faenza (RA) 127a 4 500 27 raw
I.C.V. — Borgoricco (PD) 6a 2 200 27 raw
Mazzari — S. Agata sul Santerno (RA) 4a-15a 10 100 30 raw
Tampieri — Faenza (RA) 6a-7a-16a 1 500 27 raw
Villapana — Faenza (RA) 4a-2a-10a 7 300 27 raw
Deta-Barberino Val d’Elsa (FI) 7a 2 200 27 raw
Caviro — Faenza (RA) 15a-6a-8a-5a 17 500 27 raw
 Total  50 000  
ItalyLot No 106/2007 EC Bonollo — Paduni (FR) 35a-37a 24 500 27/30 raw
Mazzari — S. Agata sul Santerno (RA) 4a-15a 12 100 30 raw
Di Lorenzo — Ponte Valleceppi (PG) 19a-22a 10 500 27 raw
D’Auria — Ortona (CH) 22a-62a-76a 1 000 27 raw
S.V.A. — Ortona (CH) 19a 1 900 30 raw
 Total  50 000  
ItalyLot No 107/2007 EC Balice Distill. — San Basilio Mottola (TA) 4a 1 900 27 raw
Balice S.n.c. — Valenzano (BA) 1a-13a-14a-15a-16a-45a 8 300 27 raw
De Luca — Novoli (LE) 1a-8a-9a 2 800 27 raw
Bertolino — Partinico (PA) 24a-27a 18 700 30 raw
D’Auria — Ortona (CH) 22a-62a-76a 6 000 27 raw
S.V.M. — Sciacca (AG) 2a-3a-4a-8a-21a-30a-35a-36a-37 4 200 27/30 raw
GE.DIS — Marsala (TP) 14b 8 100 30 raw
 Total  50 000  
GreeceLot No 108/2007 EC Οινοποιητικός συνεταιρισμός ΜεσσηνίαςΠύργος τριφυλίας(Oinopoiitikos Sinetairismos Messinias) 76 454,96 30 raw
77 432,94 30 raw
85 1 782,89 30 raw
86 1 684,51 30 raw
87 1 756,59 30 raw
88 1 753,86 30 raw
95 873,44 30 raw
75 444,79 30 raw
28 904,89 30 raw
80 463,46 30 raw
73 387,14 30 raw
78 27,72 30 raw
15 1 747,04 30 raw
16 1 713,67 30 raw
26 853,18 30 raw
74 427,35 30 raw
17 1 743,76 30 raw
94 887,65 30 raw
84 1 786,52 30 raw
79 439,47 30 raw
93 908,63 30 raw
83 1 795,78 30 raw
82 1 758,86 30 raw
12 1 800,87 30 raw
11 1 744,16 30 raw
18 1 707,83 30 raw
13 1 788,73 30 raw
96 827,49 30 raw
81 1 805,07 30 raw
14 1 800,04 30 raw
97 915,07 30 raw
92 908,96 30 raw
99 911,94 30 raw
25 905,06 30 raw
108 432,18 30 raw
107 432,77 30 raw
105 448,22 30 raw
106 441,22 30 raw
27 897,73 30 raw
29 579,19 30 raw
30 667,69 30 raw
19 901,65 27 raw
20 892,07 27 raw
21 900,28 27 raw
22 899,54 27 raw
23 882,32 27 raw
24 653,58 27 raw
89 847,09 27 raw
90 880,83 27 raw
91 856,22 27 raw
98 878,23 27 raw
100 745,61 27 raw
 Total  53 380,74  
ANNEX II
Viniflhor — Libourne Délégation nationale, 17 avenue de la Ballastière, BP 231, F-33505 Libourne Cedex (Tél. (33-5) 57 55 20 00; télex 57 20 25; fax (33) 557 55 20 59)
FEGA Beneficencia, 8, E-28004 Madrid (Tél. (34-91) 347 64 66; fax (34-91) 347 64 65)
AGEA Via Torino, 45, I-00184 Rome (Tél. (39) 06 49 49 97 14; fax (39) 06 49 49 97 61)
Ο.Π.Ε.Κ.Ε.Π.Ε. Αχαρνών (Aharnon) 241, 10446 Athènes, Grèce (Tél. (30-210) 212 47 99; fax (30-210) 212 47 91)
ANNEX III

European CommissionDirectorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, Unit D-2B-1049 BrusselsFax (32-2) 292 17 75E-mail: agri-market-tenders@ec.europa.eu
