Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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 Luxembourg, 17 April 2000. For the Council The President L. Capoulas Santos (1) OJ L 208, 24.7.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1068/97 (OJ L 156, 13.6.1997, p. 10). (2) OJ L 148, 21.6.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1070/1999 (OJ L 130, 26.5.1999, p. 18).