This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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, 26 February 2003.
For the Commission
Frederik Bolkestein
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 5, 8.1.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 132, 17.5.2002, p. 13.
(3) OJ L 290, 28.10.2002, p. 1.
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CitationArticle 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 384/2003 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)