No L 209/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 8. 84 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2278/84 of 31 July 1984 on the sale at a fixed price of butter to be exported to certain destinations in the form of ghee and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 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 Article 6 (7) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1223/83 of 20 May 1983 on the exchange rates to be applied in agriculture (), as last amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 855/84 (%), and in particular Article 4 thereof, Whereas Article 6 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in butter and cream (°), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3521/83 (%), provides that special conditions may be imposed on sales for export to take account of requirements specific to such sales and to guarantee that products will not be diverted from their intended use; Whereas the quantity of butter in public storage and the expected rise in this quantity are such that Community processing industries should be allowed to make the maximum use of disposal potential on the world market for butter in all presentations; whereas in a number of non-member countries there is a demand for pure butter ghee, which competes with a substitute ghee produced from vegetable fat; whereas if the price of pure butter ghee could be made more competitive additional quantities of butter could be exported in this form without affecting the price of ordinary or normal dehydrated butter ; Whereas butter in public storage should be made available as a raw material to the processing industry at 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. 150, 6. 6. 1984, p. 6. 132, 21. 5. 1983, p. 33. 90, 1. 4. 1984, p. 1. 169, 18. 7. 1968, p. 1. 352, 15. 12. 1983, p. 4. S B S S T Z ) onll ol onll onll enli o a reduced price ; whereas certain measures should be introduced to prevent any of the butter sold under this Regulation being put into free circulation in the Community and to prevent butter converted into ghee being used as dehydrated butter; Whereas the industry may purchase the butter concerned throughout the Community; whereas the monetary compensatory amounts should therefore be adjusted in line with selling prices for intervention butter ; Whereas, in order to guarantee that butter is not diverted from its intended use, some form of control must be exercised from the time that the butter leaves storage until it reaches its destination in the non- member country; whereas, for the sake of clarity, it should be recalled that the control provisions set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 ("), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2268/84 (*), are applicable ; whereas the particular nature of this opera- tion makes other control provisions necessary ; Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Butter purchased under Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 that went into storage before 1 April 1983 shall be offered for sale, under the conditions set out below, for export in the form of pure butter ghee, termed ‘ghee’ below, to the destinations listed in Annex L. Article 2 1. The butter shall be sold: (@) 1n lots of a minimum of 100 tonnes, () OJ No L 190, 19. 7. 1976, p. 1. () OJ No L 208, 3. 8. 1984, p. 35.