This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 November 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 April 2003.
For the Commission
Franz Fischler
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.
(2) OJ L 201, 26.7.2001, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 62, 11.3.1999, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 88, 28.3.2001, p. 6.
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CitationArticle 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 629/2003 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)