3.8.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities L 210/27 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1597/2001 of 2 August 2001 amending the rates of the 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 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector ('), and in particular Article 27(5)(a) and (15) thereof, Whereas: (1) The rates of the refunds applicable from 1 August 2001 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 1561/ 2001 (3). 2 It follows from applying the rules and criteria contained in Regulation (EC) No 1561/2001 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 1561/2001 are hereby altered as shown in the Annex hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 August 2001. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 2 August 2001. () O] L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1. () O] L 208, 1.8.2001, p. 3. For the Commission Frederik BOLKESTEIN Member of the Commission