No L 165/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 21. 6. 86 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1915/86 of 20 June 1986 laying down detailed implementing rules for the disposal of alcohol obtained from the distillation operations referred to in Articles 39, 40 and 41 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 and held by intervention agencies THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 of 5 February 1979 on the common organization of the market in wine ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3805/85 (%, and in particular Articles 40a (2) and 41a (5) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 139/86 of 20 January 1986 laying down general rules for the disposal of alcohol obtained from the distillation opera- tions referred to in Articles 39, 40 and 41 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 and held by intervention agencies (%), and in particular Articles 2 and 6 (5) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (*), and in particular Article 12 (1) thereof, Whereas, under Articles 1 and 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 139/86, alcohol obtained from distillation as provided for in Articles 39 and 40 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 must first be disposed of by a sale by tender or by public auction which must be opened by the intervention agency holding the alcohol ; whereas certain rules should be laid dawn regarding such sales in order to ensure equality of treatment for all buyers; Whereas the products obtained from distillation as provided for in Articles 39 and 40 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 which could not be disposed of by the inter- vention agencies holding them, and the products obtained from distillation as provided for in Article 41 of the said Regulation, must be disposed of by sale by tender decided on in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 67 of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79; whereas specific detailed rules should be laid down in respect of such sales ; Whereas notices of invitation to tender published by the Commission must contain the information enabling the products concerned to be identified ; () OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1. () O] No L 367, 31. 12. 1985, p. 39. () O] No L 19, 25. 1. 1986, p. 1. () O] No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1. Whereas the volume of the lots offered for tender should be limited and account should be taken of the particular situation in Greece; Whereas it is easier for interested parties to submit a tender if samples are kept at their disposal to help them ascertain the quality of the products on offer; Whereas, since invitations to tender are intended to obtain the most advantageous price, the lot must be awarded to the tenderer who submits the highest bid; whereas provision should also be made for cases in which the same price is offered by several tenderers in respect of a given lot; Whereas, to help speed up disposal, provision should be made for requiring tenderers to fulfil their obligations within fairly short periods ; Whereas, where it is sold for use in engines or power stations, provision should be made for denaturing the alcohol to prevent it from being used for other purposes ; whereas, in the light of the information obtained by the Commission, denaturing should be carried out by adding petrol to the alcohol ; whereas, in order to ensure effective verifications of the use and/or destination of such alcohol, most of the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 of 30 June 1976 laying down common detailed rules for verifying the use and/or destination of products from intervention (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 142/86 (%), should be taken over; Whereas tenderers should be required to lodge a security in respect of their obligations under the terms of the invi- tation to tender ; whereas, in cases where the invitation to tender stipulates that the alcohol must be used for a parti- cular purpose, provision should be made for the lodging of a specific security to ensure that it is so used ; whereas the rules laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/8S of 22 July 1985 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of securities for agricultural products () should be referred to as regards such securities ; Whereas the minimum selling prices should be fixed in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 139/86; () OJ No L 190, 14. 7. 1976, p: 1. 9 OJ No L 19, 25. 1. 1986, p. 8. () O No L 205, 3. 8. 1985, p. 5.