No L 106/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 22. 4. 87 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1093/87 of 21 April 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2409/86 as regards the sale of intervention butter at a set price for the purpose of experimental industrial utilization THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to 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 3790/8S5 (¥, and in particular Article 7a thereof, ‘ Whereas the trend in the level of stocks is still very worrying despite the series of measures implemented to encourage their disposal; whereas it is consequently necessary to find new outlets for the non-traditional use of butter in addition to its use in food and feedingstuffs ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2409/86 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1014/87 (*), which lays down arrangements for the sale of intervention butter for incorporation in compound feedingstuffs should be amended to that end; Whereas, initially, full-scale research work must be able to be conducted ; whereas the sale of the oldest intervention butter at a reduced price for the purpose of experimental industrial denaturing represents a suitable measure in the circumstances ; whereas the butter must be sold at a price such that the cost of implementing the measure is not prohibitively high, particularly as compared with the selling price for competing oils and fats; Whereas the wide range of possible processes for utilizing the butter for the abovementioned purpose calls for - on-the-spot monitoring of the use of all the butter until the quantities purchased are irreversibly denatured ; Whereas Article 4 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 of 2 August 1978 laying down general rules for the financing of interventions by the European Agricul- tural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 801/87 (%), provides that the cost to the budget of the measure referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 2409/86 is to be spread over several financial years, whereas the special rules for such financing apply from 1 December 1986 ; whereas a reference to that provision should be intro- duced into Regulation (EEC) No 2409/86 ; () OJ No L 169, 18. 7. 1968, p. 1. () OJ No L 367, 31. 12. 1985, p. S. () OJ No L 208, 31. 7. 1986, p. 29. () OJ No L 95, 9. 4. 1987, p. 11. () OJ No L 216, 5. 8. 1978, p. 1. (9 OJ No L 79, 21. 3. 1977, p. 14. 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 2409/86 is hereby amended as follows : 1. The title of the Regulaton is amended to read as follows : ‘on the sale of intervention butter intended in parti- cular for incorporation in compound feedingstuffs’. 2. The following Title VIla is inserted : ‘TITLE VIla Sale at a set price for the purpose of experi- mental industrial utilization Article 27a Butter as referred to in Article 1 shall be sold at a set price under the conditions set out below for the purpose of experimental industrual utilization other than utilization in food and feedingstuffs. Ar_ticle 27b The butter shall be sold by the intervention agency : (@) in quantities of not less than 10 tonnes and not more than 10 000 tonnes; (b) at 70 ECU per tonne ex cold store. Article 27¢ 1. Under the terms of the purchase contract, the purchaser shall : — undertake to use in the Community the entire quantity of butter purchased in an experimental industrial project leading to the irreversible denatu- ring of the butter, — declare that he has notified the Commission of the said project, which shall be appended to the contract and shall form an integral part thereof.