6.12.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities L 330/23 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2172/2002 of 5 December 2002 altering the export refunds on milk and milk products THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (!), as last amended by Commission Regula- tion (EC) No 509/2002 (3, and in particular Article 31(3), last indent thereof, Whereas: (1)  The export refunds on milk and milk products were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2110/2002 (%). (2) It follows from the application of the detailed rules contained in Regulation (EC) No 2110/2002 to the information known to the Commission that the export refunds for the products listed in the Annex hereto should be altered to the amounts set out therein, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Atrticle 1 The export refunds referred to in Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 on products exported in the natural state, as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2110/2002 are hereby altered, in respect of the products set out in the Annex hereto, to the amounts set out therein. Atticle 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 December 2002. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 5 December 2002. () OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. () OJ L 79, 22.3.2002, p. 15. () OJ L 324, 29.11.2002, p. 30. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission