21. 5. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 128/13 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1383/88 of 20 May 1988 - laying down special detailed rules for the sale of butter from intervention stock for export to Bangladesh in the form of butteroil or ghee and amending Regulations (EEC) No '1687/76 and (EEC) No 569/88 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 1109/88 (3, and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1677/85 -of 11 June 1985 on monetary compensatory amounts in agriculture (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1889/87 (*), and in particular Article 12 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 842/88 (), provides 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 Bangladesh is experiencing a severe food shortage, a situation which is made worse by floods ; whereas help from the Community cannot consist solely of food-aid supplies, given the budget limits on such supplies; whereas a programme is currently being implemented for the disposal, at a reduced price, of butter from intervention stocks; whereas some of that butter should be earmarked for export to Bangladesh in the form of butteroil or ghee in order to meet at least part of that country’s requirements in terms of oils and fats; Whereas the butter should not be offered for sale unless it has a fat content of less than 82 % and is at least 18 months old on the day the contract of sale is concluded ; whereas it is advisablé that the butter should be processed prior to export to Bangladesh and, accordingly, that only processing undertakings recognized pursuant to this Regulation should be eligible to purchase it; " OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. %) O] No L 110, 29. 4. 1988, p. 27. OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 6. % O] No L 182, 3. 7, 1987, p. 1. Q) No L 169, 18. 7. 1968, p. 1. OJ No L 87, 31. 3. 1988, p. 4. Whereas in order to ensure that the butter is not diverted from its destination its movement should be monitored from the moment it is removed from store until it is imported into Bangladesh ; Whereas it should be pointed out that the control arrangements specified in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 ("), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1335/88 (), will apply ; whereas, moreover, in view of the particular nature of the operation, the Bangladesh authorities must undertake to ensure that the product is not re-exported ; t Whereas buyers may process the butter in a Member State other than that in which it was stored ; whereas, therefore, the monetary compensatory amounts should be adjusted according to the intervention butter's selling price ; Whereas account should be taken of the obligations arising under the International Dairy Arrangement, in particular those provided for in the decision adopted on - 22 March 1988 by the Protocol Committee concerning fat ; 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) Butter which has a fat content of less than 82 % and which was bought in pursuant to Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 shall be put up for sale at a specified price under the terms of this Regulation. The butter must not be less than 18 months old on the day the contract of sale is concluded. (2) The butter shall be sold, by the Irish and United Kingdom intervention agencies only, solely to establishments approved pursuant to Article 8 (3), and with a view to being exported, after processing into “butteroil or ghee, to Bangladesh only. OJ No L 190, 14. 7. 1976, p. 1. . OJ No L 124, 18. 5. 1988, p. 11.