11.10.2006 Official Journal of the European Union L 279/15 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1498/2006 of 10 October 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 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the market in the sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 33(2)(a) and (4) thereof, Whereas: (1) The rates of the refunds applicable from 29 September 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 1433/2006 (). 2 It follows from applying the rules and criteria contained in Regulation (EC) No 1433/2006 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 1433/2006 are hereby altered as shown in the Annex hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 October 2006. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 10 October 2006. () O L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. () O] L 270, 29.9.2006, p. 58. For the Commission Gilinter VERHEUGEN Vice-President