Article 2

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

Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, it shall apply from 1 January 2016.

The time limit set in point (a) of Article 125(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012 as amended by this Regulation shall apply from 1 January 2018.

Until 31 December 2017, the time limits set in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 152 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012 as amended by this Regulation shall be no less than 42 days for receipt of tenders and no less than 37 days for receipt of requests to participate.

The fifth subparagraph of Article 143 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012 as amended by this Regulation shall apply from 1 January 2017.