Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from the date of entry into force of the Treaty on European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 8 July 1996. For the Council The President R. QUINN (1) OJ No C 151, 19. 6. 1995, p. 471. (2) Opinion delivered on 16 May 1995. (3) Opinion delivered on 12 January 1995. (4) OJ No L 56, 4. 3. 1968, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (ECSC, EC, Euratom) No 3161/94 (OJ No L 335, 23. 12. 1994, p. 1). (5) OJ No L 113, 4. 5. 1994, p. 15.