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( 1 ) OJ NO L 183 , 16 . 7 . 1980 , P . 1 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3191/80

OF 9 DECEMBER 1980

ON TRANSITIONAL MEASURES CONCERNING NON-RECOVERY OF THE VARIABLE SLAUGHTER PREMIUM FOR SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT PRODUCTS EXPORTED FROM THE COMMUNITY

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1837/80 OF 27 JUNE 1980 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 33 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 9 ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1837/80 PROVIDES THAT AN AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO THE VARIABLE SLAUGHTER PREMIUM FOR SHEEP IS TO BE CHARGED ON PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( A ) OF THAT REGULATION WHEN THOSE PRODUCTS LEAVE THE TERRITORY OF THE MEMBER STATE CONCERNED ;

WHEREAS IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT THIS PROVISION GIVES RISE TO APPRECIABLE DIFFICULTIES FOR EXPORT OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION FROM THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS IT SEEMS NECESSARY , ON A TRANSITIONAL BASIS TO PROVIDE THAT THE VARIABLE SLAUGHTER PREMIUM NOT BE RECOVERED IN RESPECT OF SHEEPMEAT PRODUCTS EXPORTED FROM THE COMMUNITY ;

WHEREAS THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR SHEEP AND GOATS HAS NOT DELIVERED AN OPINION WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT SET BY ITS CHAIRMAN ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . NOTWITHSTANDING ARTICLE 9 ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1837/80 , THE AMOUNT REFERRED TO THEREIN SHALL NOT BE CHARGED ON EXPORT OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION FROM THE COMMUNITY .

2 . FOR THE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 THE SECURITY REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2661/80 SHALL BE RELEASED WHEN PROOF THAT THESE PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN PUT ON THE MARKET IN A THIRD COUNTRY IS PRESENTED .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 10 DECEMBER 1980 .

IT SHALL APPLY UNTIL 31 MARCH 1981 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 9 DECEMBER 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT