This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 1 shall apply from 1 January 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 6 April 2004.
For the Commission
Pedro Solbes Mira
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 163, 6.6.1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47.
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CitationArticle 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 642/2004 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)