Entry into force
Article 120
1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . 2. The EPPO shall exercise its competence with regard to any offence within its competence committed after the date on which this Regulation has entered into force. The EPPO shall assume the investigative and prosecutorial tasks conferred on it by this Regulation on a date to be determined by a decision of the Commission on a proposal of the European Chief Prosecutor once the EPPO is set up. The decision of the Commission shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union . The date to be set by the Commission shall not be earlier than 3 years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation. For those Member States which participate in enhanced cooperation by virtue of a decision adopted in accordance with the second or third subparagraph of Article 331(1) TFEU, this Regulation shall apply as from the date indicated in the decision concerned.