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# Article 2

**Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1073 · binding on its addressees · dated 1 Jul 2016 [in force]**

*In force · Consolidated version of 15 April 2021 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02016D1073-20210415)*

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