
Article 1 
Tendering procedure No 54/2005 EC is hereby opened for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses. 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 French intervention agency.
The volume put up for sale is 130 000 hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol. The vat numbers, places of storage and the volume of alcohol at 100 % vol contained in each vat are detailed in the Annex hereto.
Article 2 
The sale shall be conducted in accordance with Articles 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 95, 96, 97, 100 and 101 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98.
Article 3 

1. Tenders must be submitted to the intervention agency holding the alcohol concerned:Onivins-Libourne, Délégation nationale17, avenue de la Ballastière, boîte postale 231F-33505 Libourne CedexTel. (33-5) 57 55 20 00Telex: 57 20 25Fax: (33-5) 57 55 20 59or sent by registered mail to that address.
2. Tenders shall be submitted in a sealed double envelope, the inside envelope marked: ‘Tender under procedure No 54/2005 EC for new industrial uses’, the outer envelope bearing the address of the intervention agency concerned.
3. Tenders must reach the intervention agency concerned not later than 12.00 Brussels time on 17 May 2005.
4. All tenders must be accompanied by proof that a tendering security of EUR 4 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol has been lodged with the intervention agency concerned.
Article 4 
The minimum prices which may be offered are EUR 10,30 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol intended for the manufacture of baker’s yeast, EUR 26 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol intended for the manufacture of amine- and chloral-type chemical products for export, EUR 32 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol intended for the manufacture of eau de Cologne for export and EUR 7,5 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol intended for other industrial uses.
Article 5 
The formalities for sampling shall be as set out in Article 98 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000. The price of samples shall be EUR 10 per litre.
The intervention agency shall provide all the necessary information on the characteristics of the alcohol put up for sale.
Article 6 
The performance guarantee shall be EUR 30 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.
Article 7 
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 April 2005.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
Member State Location Vat No Volume in hectolitres of alcohol at 100 % vol Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 Article Type of alcohol Alcohol strength(in % vol)
FRANCE 
Onivins-LonguefuyeF-53200 Longuefuye
 5 22 465 27 Raw + 92
6 22 545 27 Raw + 92
13 22 520 27 Raw + 92
19 19 815 27 Raw + 92
14 22 655 27 Raw + 92

Onivins-Port-la-NouvelleEntrepôt d’alcoolAv. Adolphe Turrel BP 62F-11210 Port-la-Nouvelle
 13 685 28 Raw + 92
13 6 840 30 Raw + 92
12 7 795 28 Raw + 92
12 190 30 Raw + 92
12 4 330 30 Raw + 92
12 160 27 Raw + 92
Total  130 000   