Article 2
This Regulation shall take effect subject to and on the date of entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 April 2004. For the Commission Franz Fischler Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 16, 20.1.1989, p. 19. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2194/96 (OJ L 293, 16.11.1996, p. 3).