Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall take effect from 15 May 1997 provided that the United States by 1 May 1997 have withdrawn their request of 13 February 1997 for the establishment of a WTO dispute settlement panel on the Community's import regime for rice and cereals. A notice relating thereto shall be published by the Commission in the Official Journal of the European Communities before 15 May 1997. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 March 1997. For the Council The President J. VAN AARTSEN (1) OJ No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (OJ No L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37).