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 Brussels, 3 December 2001. For the European Parliament The President N. Fontaine For the Council The President F. Vandenbroucke (1) OJ C 116 E, 26.4.2000, p. 63. (2) OJ C 103, 3.4.2001, p. 8. (3) Opinion of the European Parliament of 15 March 2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Decision of the Council of 8 November 2001. (4) OJ L 310, 30.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 995/2001 (OJ L 139, 23.5.2001, p. 3). (5) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47. (6) OJ L 59, 6.3.1991, p. 19. Decision as amended by Decision 96/174/EC (OJ L 51, 1.3.1996, p. 48).