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| 9.3.2007 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 69/23 |
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9.3.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 69/23

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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). |
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(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).

| (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, |
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(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.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN

Vice-President

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(1)  
  OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1585/2006 (OJ L 294, 25.10.2006, p. 19).

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(2)  
  OJ L 55, 23.2.2007, p. 24.

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ANNEX

Rates of refunds applicable from 9 March 2007 to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty (1)

| CN code | Description | Rate of refund in EUR/100 kg |
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| In case of advance fixing of refunds | Other |
| 1701 99 10 | White sugar | 21,79 | 21,79 |

CN code

Description

Rate of refund in EUR/100 kg

In case of advance fixing of refunds

Other

1701 99 10

White sugar

21,79

21,79

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(1)  The rates set out in this Annex are not applicable to exports to Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Andorra, Gibraltar, Ceuta, Melilla, Holy See (Vatican City), Liechtenstein, the Communes of Livigno and Campione d'Italia, Heligoland, Greenland, the Faeroe Islands and to the goods listed in Tables I and II to Protocol No 2 to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972 exported to the Swiss Confederation.

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