14. 3. 95 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 56/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 553/95 of 13 March 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (*), as amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (3, and in particular Article 23 (2) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (%), as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 150/95 (%), and in particular Article 3 (3) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3311/94 of 20 December 1994 extending by one month the applica- tion for the agrimonetary arrangements in force on 31 December 1994 and fixing the agricultural conversion rates for the new Member States (), and in particular the second paragraph of Article 1 thereof, Whereas it is necessary to specify and amend certain provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 (%) ; whereas the concept of ‘importer’ should be defined on the basis of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (7), as amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden ; whereas the list of repre- sentative markets referred to in Article 3 should be supplemented ; () OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1. () O] No L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105. () O] No L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. () OJ No L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1. % OJ No L 350, 31. 12. 1994, p. 1. () OJ No L 337, 24. 12. 1994, p. 66. () OJ No L 302, 19. 10. 1992, p. 1. Whereas the standard amount of ECU 5 referred to in Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 is expressed without taking account of the correction factor of 1,207509 which was applied to the agricultural conversion rate until 31 January 1995; whereas the derogation provided for in Regulation (EC) No 3311/94 should be applied to that standard amount as from 1 January 1995; Whereas, finally, it is necessary to provide that the figures on the basis of which the security is lodged should be the same as those shown in Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 with effect from 1 January 1995; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 is amended as follows : 1. the following paragraph is added to Article 1: ‘For the purposes of this Regulation “importer” means the declarant within the meaning of Article 4 (18) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92); 2. in Article 3 (1), the fifth and the eight indents are replaced by the following : Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Bilbao, Zaragoza, Valencia, ‘— Kingdom of Spain: -— Italian Republic : Milan, Bologna;’ 3. the following subparagraph is added to Article 4 (1) : ‘This standard amount is expressed without taking account of the correction factor of 1,207509 which was applied to the agricultural conversion rate until 31 January 1995°;