3.2.2006 Official Journal of the European Union L 31/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 184/2006 of 2 February 2006 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 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 27(5)(a) and (15) thereof, Whereas: (1) The rates of the refunds applicable from 20 January 2006 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 90/2006 (2). (20 It follows from applying the rules and criteria contained in Regulation (EC) No 90/2006 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 90/2006 are hereby altered as shown in the Annex hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 February 2006. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 2 February 2006. () O] L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 39/2004 (O] L 6, 10.1.2004, p. 16). (® OJ L 15, 20.1.2006, p. 32. For the Commission Gilinter VERHEUGEN Vice-President