25.4.2003 Official Journal of the European Union L 104/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 709/2003 of 24 April 2003 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (2)  In compliance with the above criteria, the standard Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of 21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements for fruit and vegetables ("), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2002 (3, and in parti- cular Article 4(1) thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade nego- tiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the standard values for imports from third countries, in respect of the products and periods stipulated in the Annex thereto. import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the Annex to this Regulation, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regula- tion (EC) No 322394 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex hereto. Atticle 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 April 2003. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 24 April 2003. () OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66. () OJL 299, 1.11.2002, p. 17. For the Commission J. M. SILVA RODRIGUEZ Agriculture Director-General