Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that 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, 27 May 2002. For the European Parliament The President P. Cox For the Council The President M. Arias Cañete (1) OJ C 103 E, 30.4.2002, p. 350. (2) Opinion delivered on 20 March 2002 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) Opinion of the European Parliament of 6 February 2002 (not yet published in the Official Journal), Council Common Position of 25 March 2002 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Decision of the European Parliament of 15 May 2002. (4) OJ L 14, 22.1.1993, p. 1.