Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following 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, 17 December 2003. For the Council The President G. Alemanno (1) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1; Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1972/2002 (OJ L 305, 7.11.2002, p. 1). (2) OJ L 332, 4.12.1997, p. 1; Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 160/2002 (OJ L 26, 30.1.2002, p. 1). (3) OJ L 219, 14.8.2001, p. 1. (4) OJ L 109, 25.4.2002, p. 3. (5) OJ C 65, 14.3.2002, p. 11. (6) OJ C 39, 13.2.2002, p. 17 and OJ C 300, 4.12.2002, p. 10.