Article 21
Entry into force 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, 22 March 2004. For the Council The President J. Walsh (1) Opinion delivered on 16 December 2003 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ L 252, 5.9.1981, p. 26. (3) OJ L 379, 31.12.1990, p. 45. (4) OJ L 6, 10.1.1998, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999 (OJ L 341, 31.12.1999, p. 1). (5) See page 16 of this Official Journal. (6) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. (7) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.