Article 2

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

Points (1) to (4), (6) to (12), (15), (16), (17), (20), (21), and (27) to (30) of Article 1, and points (2), (3), (4), (5)(c), (e), (f), (g), (i), (6)(b), (10), (11), (13), (d)(i), (f) and (g) of Annex I and Annex II shall apply from 1 February 2008.

Points (24) and (26) of Article 1 and points (13)(a), (b), (c), (d)(ii), (iii) and (e) of Annex I shall apply from 1 January 2009. However, points (13)(a), (b), (c), (d)(ii), (iii) and (e) of Annex I may be applied before 1 January 2009.