10. 1. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 5/9 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 44/92 ' of 9 January 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3398/91 on the sale by invitation to tender of skimmed-milk powder for the manufacture of compound feedingstuffs and amending Regulation (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 Regula- tion (EEC) No 1630/91 (3), and in particular Article 7 (5) thereof, Whereas Article 8 of Commission Regulation {EEC) No 3398/91 (%) provides that a minimum selling price for skimmed-milk powder shall be fixed on the basis of the tenders received under each round; whereas the price offered in those tenders may vary substantially, depending in particular on the age and location of the quantities of powder offered for sale; whereas it is therefore appro- priate to provide for the possibility of fixing different minimum prices ; ' Whereas Article 8 (2) provides for the lodging of a proces- sing security ; whereas it is appropriate to specify with which body the said security should be lodged; Whereas Article 12 specifies the rate to be used for the conversion into national currency of certain amounts expressed in ecus; whereas it is necessary to include therein the price to be paid to the tenderer; Whereas Article 14 provides for the insertion of para- graph 41 in Part II of the Annex to Commission Regula- tion (EEC) No 569/88 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3755/91 (%) ; whereas it is necessary to amend the wording of this paragraph in the light of the provi- sions concerning the lodging of the processing security ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk Products, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 3398/91 is hereby amended as follows : () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. () OJ No L 150, 15. 6. 1991, p. 19. % OJ No L 320, 22, 11. 1991, p. 16. () OJ No L 55, 1. 3. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 352, 21. 12. 1991, p. 71. 1. Article 8 is amended as follows: — in paragraph [, the following sentence is added to the first subparagraph : ‘This price may differ according to the age and location of the quantities of skimmed-milk powder offered for sale., — in paragraph 2, the following subparagraph is added : ‘This security shall be lodged in the Member State in which processing into compound feedingstuffs is to take place, with the body designated by that Member State.’; 2. Article 12 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 12 The price tendered referred to in Article 6 (2), the tendering security referred to in Article 7 (1), the minimum price referred to in Article 8 (1) and the processing security referred to in Article 8 (2) shall be converted into national currency at the agricultural conversion rate applicable on the closing date for the submission of tenders under the round in question.’ Article 2 In Part II of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 569/88, paragraph 41 is replaced by the following: : ‘41. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3398/91 of 20 November 1991 on the sale by invitation to tender of skimmed-milk powder for the manufac- ture of compound feedingstuffs (*!) : Section 44 of the SAD or the most appropriate section of the document used : 1. Para desnaturalizar o transformar [Reglamento (CEE) n° 3398/91]; til denaturering eller forarbejdning (forordning (EQF) nr. 3398/91); Zu denaturieren oder zu verarbeiten (Verord- nung (EWG) Nr. 3398/91);