This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1977.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 March 1977.
For the Council
The President
D. OWEN (1)OJ No C 57, 7.3.1977, p. 61. (2)OJ No L 94, 28.4.1970, p. 13. (3)OJ No L 295, 30.12.1972, p. 1.
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