8.8.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 213/29 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 797/2008 of 7 August 2008 amending the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the market in the sugar sector(!), and in particular Article 33(2)(a) and (4) thereof, Whereas: (1) The rates of the refunds applicable from 25 July 2008 to the products listed in the Annex, exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 716/2008 (?). (2) It follows from applying the rules and criteria contained in Regulation (EC) No 716/2008 to the information at present available to the Commission that the export refunds at present applicable should be altered as shown in the Annex hereto, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The rates of refund fixed by Regulation (EC) No 716/2008 are hereby altered as shown in the Annex hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 August 2008. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 7 August 2008. () OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1260/2007 (OJ L 283, 27.10.2007, p. 1). Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 will be replaced by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as from 1 October 2008. () O] L 197, 25.7.2008, p. 52. For the Commission Heinz ZOUREK Director-General Enterprise and Industry