Article 6 Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply as of its entry into force and shall continue to apply until 30 April 2007. However, Article 1(2) and (3) and Article 2 shall apply as of 1 May 2004. Any communications which were sent to the Commission between 1 May 2004 and the entry into force of this Regulation in accordance with the last subparagraph of Article 4(7) and Article 5(4) of Section A of the Annex to the MAFAs and Article 5(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2222/2000, shall be construed as having been sent in accordance with Article 2 of this Regulation.