Article 5
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, 17 December 2001. For the Council The President A. Neyts-Uyttebroeck (1) Opinion delivered on 25 October 2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ L 73, 18.3.1986, p. 26. (3) For the text of the Protocol, see OJ L 296, 14.11.2001, p. 10. (4) OJ L 73, 15.3.2001, p. 8.