L 8/22 Official Journal of the European Union 13.1.2006 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 41/2006 of 12 January 2006 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, 2) It follows from applying the rules and criteria contained 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 markets in the milk and milk products sector (1), and in particular Article 31(3) thereof, Whereas: (1)  The rates of the refunds applicable from 15 December 2005 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 2053/2005 (2). in Regulation (EC) No 2053/2005 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 2053/2005 are hereby altered as shown in the Annex hereto. Atrticle 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 January 2006. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 12 January 2006. () OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1913/2005 (O] L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2). (3 OJ L 329, 16.12.2005, p. 19. For the Commission Giinter VERHEUGEN Vice-President