14.3.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities L72/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 451/2002 of 12 March 2002 establishing unit values for the determination of the customs value of certain perishable goods THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 291392 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2700/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council (%), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 9932001 (*), and in particular Article 173(1) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Articles 173 to 177 of Regulation (EEC) No 245493 provide that the Commission shall periodically establish unit values for the products referred to in the classi- fication in Annex 26 to that Regulation. (2)  The result of applying the rules and criteria laid down in the abovementioned Articles to the elements communi- cated to the Commission in accordance with Article 173(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is that unit values set out in the Annex to this Regulation should be established in regard to the products in question, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The unit values provided for in Article 173(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 are hereby established as set out in the table in the Annex hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 March 2002. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 12 March 2002. () O] L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. () O] L 311, 12.12.2000, p. 17. () O] L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. () O] L 141, 28.5.2001, p. 1. For the Commission Erkki LIIKANEN Member of the Commission