Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day 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, 7 November 2003. For the Commission Frederik Bolkestein Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. (2) OJ L 281, 30.10.2003, p. 1. (3) OJ L 84, 14.4.1995, p. 1. (4) Judgment of the Court of Justice of 7 November 2002 in joined cases C-260/00 - C-263/00, Lohmann GmbH & Co. KG and Medi Bayreuth Weihermüller & Voigtmann GmbH & Co. KG v. Oberfinanzdirektion Koblenz (not yet published in the ECR).