6.12.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities L 330/21 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2171/2002 of 5 December 2002 amending the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products 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 Commu- nity, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in the milk and milk products sector ('), as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 509/2002 (%), and in particular Article 31(3) thereof, Whereas: (1) The rates of the refunds applicable from 1 December 2002 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 2135/ 2002 (). 2) It follows from applying the rules and criteria contained in Regulation (EC) No 2135/2002 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: Atrticle 1 The rates of refund fixed by Regulation (EC) No 2135/2002 are hereby altered as shown in the Annex hereto. 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 325, 30.11.2002, p. 26. For the Commission Erkki LIIKANEN Member of the Commission