This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 July 1973.
For the Commission
The President
François-Xavier ORTOLI
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CitationArticle 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2039/73 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)