Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 2004. Direct access to care providers shall be guaranteed by 1 July 2004 at the latest. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Strasbourg, 31 March 2004. For the European Parliament The President P. Cox For the Council The President D. Roche (1) OJ C 32, 5.2.2004, p. 78. (2) Opinion of the European Parliament of 4 December 2003 and Decision of the Council of 4 March 2004. (3) OJ L 149, 5.7.1971, p. 2. Regulation as consolidated by Regulation (EC) No 118/97 (OJ L 28, 30.1.1997, p. 1) and last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1386/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 187, 10.7.2001, p. 1). (4) OJ L 74, 27.3.1972, p. 1. Regulation as consolidated by Regulation (EC) No 118/97 and last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1851/2003 (OJ L 271, 22.10.2003, p. 3).