No L 260/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 10. 93. COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2839/93 of 18 October 1993 on the special sale of intervention butter for export to the Republics of the former Soviet Union - 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 Regula- tion (EEC) No 2071/92 (3), and in particular Articles 6 (7) and 28 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purpose of the common agricultural policy (}), 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 2045/91 (°), provides that, when butter is put on sale for export, special condi- tions may be laid down to take account of the special requirements for such sales and to guarantee that the product is not diverted from its destination ; Whereas on 22 June 1993 the Committee of the Protocol relating to milk fat, acting within the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), granted a derogation from Article 3 of the Protocol relating to milk fat in order to allow sales of butter to the Republics created after the dissolution of the Soviet Union at prices lower than the minimum GATT price; Whereas the quantities of butter at present in storage are such that they should be used for such sales; whereas, therefore, it seems desirable to make certain quantities of butter in public of storage available to operators, using the tendering procedure in order to fix the minimum selling price ; 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 clarity, it should be specified that the provisions on supervision laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3002/92 of 16 October () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. () OJ No L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 64. () O No L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. () OJ No L 169, 18. 7. 1968, p. 1. () OJ No L 187, 13. 7. 1991, p. 1. 1992 laying down common detailed rules for verifying the use and/or destination of products from intervention (6, as last amened by Regulation (EEC) No 1938/93() are applicable ; whereas, moreover, in view of the specific nature of this operation, additional conditions should be introduced ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1756/93 of 30 June 1993 fixing the operative events for the agricul- tural conversion rate applicable to milk and milk products (*) lays down the detailed rules for the conversion into national currencies of minimum prices and selling prices similar to those referred to in this Regulation ; whereas the same rules should be applied to the conver- sion of those prices into national currencies; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. Under the conditions laid down in this Regulation, a maximum quantity of 50 000 tonnes of butter with a fat content greater than or equal to 82 % and purchased in accordance with Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 shall be sold. The allocation by Member State of the quantities of butter sold shall be that set out in the Annex. 2. The butter sold pursuant to this Regulation shall be exported in the unaltered state to the Republics created after the dissolution of the Soviet Union (Armenia, Azer- baijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgzystan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania). Article 2 1. The butter shall be sold ex-cold storage plant by standing invitation to tender until 14 December 1993. The tendering procedure shall be organized by each inter- vention agency for the relevant quantities of butter it holds. ‘ () OJ No L 301, 17. 10. 1992, p. 17. () OJ No L 176, 20. 7. 1993, p. 12. () OJ No L 161, 2. 7. 1993, p. 48.