Article 2
United Kingdom
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2004.
However, point 2 of Article 1 shall apply from 1 January 2000 as far as the newly introduced second last subparagraph of Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 is concerned.