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, 18 March 2002. For the Council The President M. Arias Cañete (1) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 2581/2001 (OJ L 345, 29.12.2001, p. 1). (2) Opinion of 5 February 2002 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) Opinion of 11 July 2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (4) Opinion of 19 July 2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal).