No L 52/40 Official Journal of the European Communities 22, 2. 85 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 453/85 of 21 February 1985 amendmg Regulation (EEC) No 262/79 on the sale of butter at reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs, and Regulation (EEC) No 1932/81 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, ‘Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic- Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1557/84 (%), and in particular Articles 6 (7) and 12(3) thereof, | Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 262/79 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2927/84 (*), lays down terms for the sale of butter at reduced prices for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice- - cream and other foodstuffs ; Whereas Article 4(2) of that Regulation sets the maximum weight of milkfat which may be contained in formula B products ; whereas, to make this measure more effective, the minimum weight of milkfat contained should also be laid down ; Whereas Article 8 of the abovementioned Regulation stipulates a period of three months for the processing of butter into concentrated butter and an overall period of eight months for the processing of butter into finished products; whereas, in view of commer- cial practice in this sector, the sale of butter would be facilitated if these periods were extended; 4 Whereas Annex I to the Regulation in question lists the products to be incorporated into concentrated butter which is intended for processing into formula A and formula C products ; whereas, in connection with IV and V thereof, it should be stipulated that the level of milkfat derived from skimmed-milk powder may not exceed 1 % ; whereas, for reasons of processing () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. () OJ No L 150, 6. 6. 1984, p. 6. () OJ No L 41, 16. 2. 1979, p. 1 * O %) 1. 9 OJ No L 276, 19. 10. 1984, p. 14. technology, provision should be made for the option of using buttermilk powder, with the proviso that its fat content in excess of 1% is not counted as butterfat ; Whereas Article 2 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1932/81 of 13 July 1981 on the grantlng of aid for butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufac- ture of pastry products, ice-cream and other food- stuffs (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2927/84, allows the same periods as Regulation (EEC) No 262/79 for processing butter into concentrated butter and for manufacturing the finished products ; Whereas, in view of the new time limits to be set in Regulation (EEC) No 262/79 for the same processing operations, these periods should be extended; Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an oplmon within the ~ time limit set by its chairman, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 262/79 is hereby amended as follows : 1. In the second subparagraph of Article 4 (1), ‘less than 26 %’ is replaced by ‘less than 30 %’. 2. Article 4(2) is replaced by the following: ‘2. Formula B: (a) ice-cream 'falling within subheadings 18.06 B and 21.07 C of the Common Customs Tariff and containing 8 % or more by weight of milkfat but not more than 20 %, or () OJ No L 191, 14. 7. 1981, p. 6.