6.12.2003 Official Journal of the European Union L3213 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2136/2003 of 5 December 2003 opening tendering procedure No 47/2003 EC for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine ('), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1623/2000 of 25 July 2000 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine with regard to market mechanisms (%), and in particular Article 80 thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 16232000 lays down, inter alia, the detailed rules for disposing of stocks of alcohol arising from distillation under Articles 27, 28 and 30 of Regu- lation (EC) No 1493/1999 held by intervention agencies. (2)  Tendering procedures should be organised for the sale of wine alcohol for new industrial uses with a view to redu- cing the stocks of wine alcohol in the Community and enabling small-scale industrial projects to be carried out and such alcohol to be processed into goods intended for export for industrial uses. The wine alcohol of Com- munity origin in storage in the Member States consists of quantities produced from distillation under Articles 27,28 and 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999. (3)  Since the adoption of Council Regulation (EC) No 2799/ 98 of 15 December 1998 establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro (), the prices offered in tenders and securities must be expressed in euro and payments must be made in euro. (4)  Minimum prices should be fixed for the submission of tenders, broken down according to the type of end-use. (5)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Wine, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Tendering procedure No 47/2003 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. (") OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commis- sion Regulation (EC) No 1795/2003 (O] L 262, 14.10.2003, p. 13). () OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 45. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1710/2003 (O] L 243, 27.9.2003, p. 98). () O] L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1. 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. Atticle 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. Atticle 3 Tenders must be submitted to the intervention agency holding the alcohol concerned: Onivins-Libourne, Délégation nationale, 17 avenue de la Ballas- tiere, boite postale 231, F-33505 Libourne Cedex (tel. (33-5) 57 55 20 00; telex 57 20 25; fax (33-5) 57 55 20 59) or sent by registered mail to that address. Tenders shall be submitted in a sealed double envelope, the inside envelope marked: ‘Tender under procedure No 47/2003 EC for new industrial uses, the outer envelope bearing the address of the intervention agency concerned. Tenders must reach the intervention agency concerned not later than 12.00 Brussels time on 31.12.2003. 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. Atrticle 4 The minimum prices which may be offered are EUR 6,50 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 7,50 per hectolitre of alcohol at 100 % vol intended for other industrial uses.