Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 July 2009.

However, until 1 July 2010 Article 1(2), in so far as it relates to Article 4o(4) and to the data mentioned in point 4 of Annex 38d, shall apply only where those data are available in the national systems.

Article 1(2), in so far as it relates to Article 4o(1), shall apply from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

A Member State may apply Article 1(2), in so far as it relates to Article 4l, before 1 July 2009. In that case, it shall notify the date of application to the Commission. The Commission shall publish that information.