2.12.-89 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 351/21 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3620/8% of 1 December 1989 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), and in particular Article 34 thereof, Whereas Article 24 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 provides that .an :amount equivalent to the variable slaughter premium for sheep is to be charged on products referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation when those products leave the - territory . of the Member - State concerned ; Whereas it has been found that this provision could give rise to appreciable difficulties for export of the products in question from the Community; whereas it seems necessary, on a transitional basis to continue to provide that the variable slaughter premium not be recovered in respect - of sheepmeat products exported from the Community ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sheep and Goats, HAS -ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. Notwithstanding Article 24 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 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 Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2661/80 (3 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 the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall: apply from 1 January 1990 until 31 December 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 1 December 1989. () OJ No L 289, 7. 10. 1989, p. 1. X For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission () OJ No L 276, 20. 10. 1980, p. 19.