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, 4 September 2002.
For the Commission
Christopher Patten
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 9.
(2) OJ L 145, 4.6.2002, p. 14.
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CitationArticle 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2002 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)