This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 16 February 2004.
For the Commission
Pascal Lamy
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 275, 8.11.1993, p. 1; Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 138/2003 (OJ L 23, 28.1.2003, p. 1).
(2) OJ L 287, 9.10.1987, p. 47.
(3) OJ L 94, 26.4.1995, p. 1.
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CitationArticle 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 271/2004 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)