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# Article 3

**Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/377 · binding on its addressees · dated 15 Mar 2016 [in force]**

*In force · Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/377, OJ L 70, 16.3.2016 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2016/377/oj/eng)*

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