8. 12. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 319/9 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3457/84 of 7 December 1984 amending Regulations (EEC) No 2268/84, (EEC) No 2956/84 and (EEC) No 1687/76 as regards sales of intervention butter 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 Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2955/84 (), and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2956/84 of 18 October 1984 on the disposal of butter at a reduced price and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 (%), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3073/84 (), allow the butter in question to be processed into anhydrous milk fat before export to take advantage of outlets on the inter- national market for butter in this form; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2268/84 limits exports of the said butter to certain destinations ; whereas it has become apparent -that other third countries are interested in buying such butter on the terms set out in the said Regulation ; whereas therefore the Annex thereto should be deleted ; Whereas the term ‘anhydrous milk fat’ is used in inter- national trade to describe a product of which the composition is not precisely the same as that of the butter in question ; whereas in this case the term ‘butteroil’ should be used instead ; whereas it is there- fore necessary to correct in this regard Regulations (EEC) No 2268/84 and (EEC) No 2956/84 and Regula- tion (EEC) No 1687/76 (), as last amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 2956/84 ; . Whereas Article 5 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2956/84 sets a period of 45 days for the packaging of normal () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. () O] No L 150, 6. 6. 1984, p. 6. () O] No L 208, 3. 8. 1984, p. 35. () O] No L 279, 23. 10. 1984, p. 1. 5 O] No L 279, 23. 10. 1984, p. 4. (9 O] No L 288, 1. 11. 1984, p. 83. () OJ No L 190, 14. 7. 1976, p. 1. butter, from either the date of removal or the date of receipt of the application for removal from store; whereas Member States should be given the possibility of extending this period, without altering thereby the final date by which the butter must be put up for direct consumption ; Whereas the purpose of Title II of Regulation (EEC) No 2956/84 is to facilitate the disposal on special conditions of butter from public stocks bought in during the 1982/83 milk year; whereas purchase applications for this butter have been such as to indi- cate that this aim has virtually been achieved ; whereas therefore Title II may be repealed; 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 Regulation (EEC) No 2268/84 is hereby amended as follows : 1. Article 1 (2) is deleted. 2. Atticle 6a is replaced by the following: Article 6a 1. Butter sold under this Regulation may be exported, in full or in part, in the form of butteroil. 2. Articles 1 to 3, 4 (1) and (2) and 6 shall apply in the case referred to in paragraph 1. Moreover, the purchase application must : ' — specify the quantities of butter to be processed into butteroil and the Member State in whose territory the processing will take place, — specify the processing undertaking or the processing undertakings which are rgistered for that purpose by the Member State in whose territory the processing is to take place, — be accompanied by a written statement by the said undertakings that they will comply with the conditions laid down in this Regulation.