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The European Union has opened a tender to sell unwanted wine in four countries for use in making bioethanol, its Official Journal said on Tuesday.
The tender would offer roughly 693,376 hectolitres of wine alcohol stored in France, Greece, Italy and Spain. The deadline for bids was Sept. 10, it said in its latest edition.
“A tendering procedure for the sale of wine alcohol for exclusive use as bioethanol in the fuel sector in the Community should be organised … with a view to reducing Community stocks of wine alcohol and ensuring continuity of supplies,” it said.
France, the world’s largest wine producer, would offer 239,995 hectolitres of wine alcohol for distillation, while Italy and Spain would offer 200,000 hectolitres apiece. The balance of roughly 53,381 hectolitres will come from Greece.
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