3. 8. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 208/35 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 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 (%), rules that special conditions may be laid down when butter is put on sale for export, in order to take account of the special requirements for such sales and to guarantee that the product is not diverted from its destination ; Whereas the quantities of butter at present in public storage and the likely increase of these quantities in the future are such that the scope for disposal on the markets in a number of third countries should be exploited to the full; Whereas it seems desirable to make butter in public storage available to operators at a reduced price; whereas action should be taken to ensure that butter sold under this Regulation is not released into free circulation within the Community ; Whereas operators may purchase the butter in ques- tion throughout the Community ; whereas, therefore, the monetary compensatory amounts should be adjusted on the basis of the selling price of the inter- vention butter; Whereas, in order to ensure that the butter is not diverted from its destination, a system of supervision should operate from the time the butter is removed from storage until it has reached its destination in the third country concerned; whereas, for reasons of () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. () O] No L 150, 6. 6. 1984, p. 6. () O] No L 132, 21. 5. 1983, p. 33. () OJ No L 90, 1. 4. 1984, p. 1. () OJ No L.169, 18. 7. 1968, p. 1. () OJ No L 352, 15. 12. 1983, p. 4. clarity, it should be noted that the provisions on super- ~ vision laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 978/84 (%), are applicable ; whereas, moreover, in light of the specific nature of this operation, additional conditions should be introduced ; 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 1. Under the conditions laid down in this Regula- tion, intervention agencies shall sell butter purchased in accordance with Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 and at least six months old on the day the contract is concluded. 2. Butter sold pursuant to this Regulation shall be exported without further processing exclusively to one of the destinations listed in the Annex. Article 2 1. The butter shall be sold ex-cold storage plant at a price equal to the buying-in price paid by the inter- vention agency at the time at which the contract of sale is concluded, minus 33 ECU per 100 kilograms. 2. It shall be scld in quantities of 100 tonnes or more. The purchaser shall, at the latest when the contract is concluded, make a payment on account to the intervention agency of 5 ECU for the contract quantities. Article 3 1. The intervention agency shall maintain an up-dated list of cold-storage plants in which the butter released for sale is stored, together with the quantities available, and shall make this list available to the parties concerned, on application. 2. The intervention agency shall make such arran- gements as are necessary in order to ensure that the parties concerned may examine, at their own expense, samples taken from the butter released for sale before the contract of sale is concluded. () OJ No L 190, 14. 7. 1976, p. 1. () OJ No L 99, 11. 4. 1984, p. 11.