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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 142/90
of 19 January 1990
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1781/89 issuing a standing invitation to tender for the sale, for use within the Community, of vinous alcohol 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 822/87 of 16 March 1987 on the common organization of the market in wine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1236/89 (2),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3877/88 of 12 December 1988 laying down general rules for the disposal of alcohol obtained from the distillation operations referred to in Article 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by intervention agencies (3), and in particular Article 1 (1) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1780/89 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 141/90 (5) laid down the detailed rules for the disposal of alcohol obtained from the distillation operations referred to in Articles 35, 36 and 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 822/87 and held by intervention agencies;
Whereas the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1781/89 (6) specifies the vats of alcohol offered for sale through each partial invitation to tender in accordance with Articles 3 and 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1780/89;
Whereas in view of the outcome of partial invitations to tender No 1 and No 2, it appears desirable, in order better to meet the requirements of operators and hence facilitate the disposal of Community alcohol, to choose containers which are close to the places of utilization; whereas, in view of the respective proportions of neutral and raw alcohol in each of the Member States concerned, as shown in Regulation (EEC) No 1781/89, and of the sales already carried out, the proportion of neutral alcohol available for sale through partial invitations to tender should be increased and it should be made possible, in the Member States which stock it separately, for non-rectified alcohol which is a potential substitute for raw alcohol for combustion purposes to be offered for sale;
Whereas 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
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1781/89 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 January 1990.