9.3.2007 Official Journal of the European Union L 69/23 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 253/2007 of 8 March 2007 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 23 February 2007 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 181/2007 (). 2 It follows from applying the rules and criteria contained in Regulation (EC) No 181/2007 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 181/2007 are hereby altered as shown in the Annex hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 March 2007. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 8 March 2007. (') OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1585/2006 (O] L 294, 25.10.2006, p. 19). () O] L 55, 23.2.2007, p. 24. For the Commission Gilinter VERHEUGEN Vice-President