Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 644/2011 of 1 July 2011 opening tendering procedure No 1/2011 EU for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses

1 Pursuant to this Regulation, which constitutes a notice of invitation to tender within the meaning of Article 81 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000, the sale shall take place of wine alcohol for new industrial uses. The tendering procedure shall be No 01/2011 EU. The alcohol concerned has been produced from distillation pursuant to Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and is held by the Cypriot and Hungarian intervention agencies.

2 The volume put up for sale is 61834,8931 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.

The sale shall be conducted in accordance with Articles 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101 and 102 of Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000.

1 Tenders must be submitted to the intervention agencies holding the alcohol concerned: Hungarian intervention agency: Mezőgazdasági és Vidékfejlesztési Hivatal Budapest Soroksári út 22-24. 1095 HUNGARY Tel. +36 12196260 Fax +36 15771317 Postal address: 1385 Budapest 62. Pf. 867 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.mvh.gov.hu/ Cypriot intervention agency: Wine Products Council Petra Business Centre Franklin Roosevelt Street 86 3011 Limassol CYPRUS E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.wpc.org.cy/en_index.html

2 Tenders shall be submitted in a sealed double envelope, the inside envelope marked: ‘Tender under procedure No 01/2011 EU 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 the third Tuesday following the date of publication of this Regulation.

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.

The minimum prices which may be offered are EUR 5 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol. intended for use as fuel in boiler rooms and cement works and EUR 30 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol. intended for manufacturing other industrial products, particularly antifreezes and detergents.

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.

The performance guarantee shall be EUR 30 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.