Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the first day of the month following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 22 July 2003. For the European Parliament The President P. Cox For the Council The President G. Alemanno (1) OJ C 331 E, 31.12.2002, p. 79. (2) OJ C 285, 21.11.2002, p. 4. (3) OJ C 85, 8.4.2003, p. 64. (4) Opinion of the European Parliament of 22 October 2002 (not yet published in the Official Journal), Council Common Position of 3 June 2003 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Decision of the European Parliament of 1 July 2003. (5) OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1. (6) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1; corrigendum in OJ L 25, 30.1.2003, p. 43. (7) OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43. (8) OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72; corrigendum in OJ L 2, 7.1.2003, p. 39. (9) OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43. (10) OJ L 245, 29.9.2003, p. 4.