Commission Regulation (EC) No 229/2002

of 7 February 2002

amending the rates of the 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 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), and in particular Article 27(5)(a) and (15) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The rates of the refunds applicable from 1 February 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 189/2002(2).

(2) It follows from applying the rules and criteria contained in Regulation (EC) No 189/2002 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:

Article 1

The rates of refund fixed by Regulation (EC) No 189/2002 are hereby altered as shown in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 February 2002.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 February 2002.

For the Commission

Erkki Liikanen

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 46.

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 7 February 2002 altering the rates of the refunds applicable to certain products in the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty

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