Article 2
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 Luxembourg, 29 April 2004. For the Council The President M. McDowell (1) Opinion of 13 January 2004 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ L 227, 1.9.1994, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1650/2003 (OJ L 245, 29.9.2003, p. 28). (3) OJ L 213, 30.7.1998, p. 13.