23. 10. 84 Official Journal of the European Cdmmunities ‘ No L 279/1 (Acts whose publimtionf is obligatory) COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2955/84 of 18 October 1984 amending Regulations (EEC) No 2268/84 and (EEC) No 1687/76 as regards special sales of intervention butter for export to various destinations 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 (3, and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof, ‘ Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2268/84 - of 31 July 1984 on special sales of intervention butter for export to various destinations and amending Regu- lation (EEC) No 1687/76 (%), as last amended by Regu- lation (EEC) No 2815/84 (*), provides that the butter  concerned must be exported without further proces- sing ; whereas that provision should be amended, to allow the butter to be processed prior to export into anhydrous milk fat, to take advantage of the outlets for that product which exist on world markets; - Whereas it is accordingly necessary to amend Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2288/84 (°); Whereas the butter’s selling price should be adjusted in order to take the development of prices of the product in question on world markets into account ; Whereas the provisions concerning the time limits for removal of the butter and the payment of the price should be made more flexible; whereas provision should be made for more frequent communications from the Member States to the Commission regarding the sale of the butter; Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. () OJ No L 150, 6. 6. 1984, p. 6. () OJ No L 208, 3. 8. 1984, p. 35. - () OJ No L 264, 5. 10. 1984, p. 16. () O () O ] No L 190, 14. 7. 1976, p. 1. J No L 210, 7. 8. 1984, p. S. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 2268/84 is hereby amended as follows : 1. In Article 1 (2), ‘without further processing’ is deleted. 2. In Article 2: (a) in paragraph 1, ‘33 ECU’ is replaced by ‘34,5 ECU (b) in paragraph 2, the second sentence is replaced by the following: ‘The purchaser shall, not later than the day the contract is concluded, lodge with the interven- tion agency concerned a security corresponding to the price specified in paragraph 1, plus 10 ECU per 100 kilograms, by way of a guarantee that the price will be paid in respect of the quantities of butter specified in the contract.” 3. In Article 4: (a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following : ‘1. The purchaser shall, before the butter has been removed, and within the time limit referred to in paragraph 2, lodge with the inter- . vention agency concerned security in accor- dance with Article 13 (1) of Regulation (EEC) - No 1687/76 in respect of each quantity he removes. The amount of the security shall be 38 ECU per 100 kilograms.; (b) in paragraph 2: — in the first éubparagraph, ‘six months’ is replaced by ‘nine months’, — the second and third subparagraphs are replaced by the following: