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

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 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1557/84 (2), 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 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2955/84 (4), 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 (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3073/84 (6), allow the butter in question to be processed into anhydrous milk fat before export to take advantage of outlets on the international 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 international 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 therefore necessary to correct in this regard Regulations (EEC) No 2268/84 and (EEC) No 2956/84 and Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 (7), as last amended by Regulation (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 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 indicate 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,