
Article 

1. Seven lots of alcohol (references 35/2004 EC, 36/2004 EC, 37/2004 EC, 38/2004 EC, 39/2004 EC, 40/2004 EC and 41/2004 EC) comprising 100 000 hectolitres, 50 000 hectolitres, 50 000 hectolitres, 100 000 hectolitres, 100 000 hectolitres, 50 000 hectolitres and 30 000 hectolitres respectively at 100 % vol are hereby put up for public sale for use in the fuel sector within the Community.
2. The alcohol concerned was produced from distillation in accordance with Article 35 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and Articles 27 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and is held by the French, Spanish and Italian intervention agencies.
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 the Annex to this Regulation.
4. The lots shall be awarded to firms approved in accordance with Article 92 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000.
Article 2 
All communications concerning this public sale shall be sent to the following Commission department:
Commission of the European CommunitiesDirectorate-General for Agriculture, Unit D-4Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200B-1049 BrusselsFax (32-2) 295 92 52E-mail: agri-d4@cec.eu.int
Article 3 
The public sales shall take place in accordance with Articles 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 98, 100 and 101 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98.
Article 4 
The price of the alcohol for public sale shall be EUR 22 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.
Article 5 
The alcohol must be removed no more than eight months after the date of notification of the Commission's decision to award the sale.
Article 6 
The performance guarantee shall be EUR 30 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol. Unless a standing guarantee is provided, before removing any alcohol and by the day of issue of the removal order at the latest, the firms awarded the lots shall lodge a performance guarantee with the intervention agency concerned to ensure that the alcohol in question is used as bioethanol in the fuel sector.
Article 7 
Against payment of EUR 10 per litre and within 30 days of the publication of the notice of public sale, the firms approved in accordance with Article 92 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 may obtain samples of the alcohol put up for sale from the intervention agency concerned. After that date, samples may be obtained in accordance with Article 98(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000. Samples issued to the approved firms shall amount to not more than five litres per vat.
Article 8 
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.
The costs shall be borne by the firms to which the alcohol is sold.
Article 9 
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, 29 October 2004.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
PUBLIC SALES OF WINE ALCOHOL FOR USE AS BIOETHANOL IN THE COMMUNITY  I. 

Member State and lot number Location Vat number Quantity(hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol) Reference to Regulations (EEC) No 822/87 and (EC) No 1493/1999(Articles) Type of alcohol Firms approved pursuant to Article 92 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000
SpainLot No 35/2004 EC Tarancon A-1 24 108 27 Raw Ecocarburantes españoles SA
A-6 24 492 27 Raw
B-1 24 609 27 Raw
B-2 18 278 27 Raw
B-3 8 513 27 Raw
Total  100 000  
SpainLot No 36/2004 EC Tarancon B-3 16 102 27 Raw Bioetanol Galicia SA
B-5 24 602 27 Raw
B-6 9 296 27 Raw
Total  50 000  
FRANCELot No 37/2004 EC 
Onivins — Port la Nouvelle Entrepôt d’alcoolAv. Adolphe Turrel,BP 62,F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle
 10 11 230 27 Raw Ecocarburantes españoles SA
9 22 080 27 Raw
8 16 690 27 Raw
Total  50 000  
FRANCELot No 38/2004 EC 
Onivins — Port la Nouvelle Entrepôt d’alcoolAv. Adolphe Turrel,BP 62,F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle
 31 22 540 27 Raw Bioetanol Galicia SA
29 22 500 27 Raw
33 4 200 30 Raw
33 18 130 28 Raw
32 22 170 27 Raw
39 1 760 27 Raw
38 8 700 27 Raw
Total  100 000  
FRANCELot No 39/2004 EC 
DEULEP — PSL13230 Port Saint Louis du Rhone
 B4 45 060 27 Raw Sekab (Svensk Etanolkemi AB)
B1 4 940 27 Raw

DEULEPBld Chanzy30800 Saint Gilles du Gard
 504 7 460 30 Raw
506 6 510 27 Raw
604 2 600 27 Raw
605 9 120 30 Raw
605 30 30 Raw
606 4 590 30 Raw
606 2 030 30 Raw
607 8 530 30 Raw
608 9 130 30 Raw
Total  100 000  
ITALYLot No 40/2004 EC CAVINO — Faenza 16A 22 301,71 27 Raw Sekab (Svensk Etanolkemi AB
VILLAPANA — Faenza 9A 10 000,0 27 Raw
CIPRIANI — Chizzola di Ala (TN) 24A 4 500,07 35 Raw
D’AURIA — Ortona (CH) 3A-9A-61A 3 417,29 35 Raw
BONOLLO — Paduni (FR) 40A 9 780,93 35 Raw
Total  50 000  
ITALYLot No 41/2004 EC ENODISTIL — Alcamo 3A-11A-20A-21A 30 000,0 27/30 Raw Altia Corporation
Total  30 000  
 II. 
FEGA, Beneficencia 8, E-28004 Madrid (Tel. (34-91) 347 65 00; telex: 23427 FEGA; fax (34-91) 521 98 32).
 III. 
Onivins-Libourne, Délégation nationale, 17 avenue de la Ballastière, boîte postale 231, F-33505 Libourne Cedex (Tel. (33-5) 57 55 20 00; telex 57 20 25; fax (33-5) 57 55 20 59).
 IV. 
AGEA, via Torino 45, I-00184 Roma (Tel. (39) 06 49499 714; fax (39) 06 49499 761.
