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Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 Article 5

Article 5

Final provision 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, 5 December 2003. For the European Parliament The President P. Cox For the Council The President P. Lunardi (1) Opinion of the European Parliament of 3 September 2003 (not yet published in the Official Journal), and Council Decision of 17 November 2003. (2) OJ L 310, 30.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1267/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 180, 18.7.2003, p. 1). (3) OJ L 52, 22.2.1997, p. 1. (4) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

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