Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply as from 1 January 2005. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 23 October 2002. For the Commission Pedro Solbes Mira Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 58, 27.2.1998, p. 1. (2) OJ L 310, 30.11.1996, p. 1. (3) OJ L 58, 28.2.2002, p. 1. (4) OJ L 59, 6.3.1991, p. 19. (5) OJ L 51, 1.3.1996, p. 48.