Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 8 January 2004. For the Commission Pedro Solbes Mira Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 77, 14.3.1998, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2257/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 336, 23.12.2003, p. 6). (2) OJ L 34, 11.2.2003, p. 3. (3) OJ L 197, 5.8.2003, p. 13.