This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 September 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 9 January 2002.
For the Commission
Frederik Bolkestein
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 101, 18.4.1997, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 301, 24.11.1999, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 219, 14.8.2001, p. 29.
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CitationArticle 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 31/2002 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)