This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 9 September 2002.
For the Commission
David Byrne
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 11, 15.1.2000, p. 17.
Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. · Read the official text ↗ · Data as of 2026-07-04
CitationArticle 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1602/2002 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)