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title: "Article 149 — Entry into force and application"
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*In force · Consolidated version of 9 January 2024 · Verified 9 Nov 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02023R1114-20240109)*

1. <a id="p-1"></a>This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
2. <a id="p-2"></a>This Regulation shall apply from 30 December 2024.
3. <a id="p-3"></a>By way of derogation from paragraph 2, Titles III and IV shall apply from 30 June 2024.
4. <a id="p-4"></a>By way of derogation from paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article, Articles [2](2.md)(5), [3](3.md)(2), [6](6.md)(11) and (12), [Article 14](14.md)(1), second subparagraph, Articles [17](17.md)(8), [18](18.md)(6) and (7), [19](19.md)(10) and (11), [21](21.md)(3), [22](22.md)(6) and (7), [31](31.md)(5), [32](32.md)(5), [34](34.md)(13), [35](35.md)(6), [36](36.md)(4), [38](38.md)(5), [42](42.md)(4), [43](43.md)(11), [45](45.md)(7) and (8), [46](46.md)(6), [47](47.md)(5), [51](51.md)(10) and (15), [60](60.md)(13) and (14), [61](61.md)(3), [62](62.md)(5) and (6), [63](63.md)(11), [66](66.md)(6), [68](68.md)(10), [71](71.md)(5), [72](72.md)(5), [76](76.md)(16), [81](81.md)(15), [82](82.md)(2), [84](84.md)(4), [88](88.md)(4), [92](92.md)(2) and (3), [95](95.md)(10) and (11), [96](96.md)(3), [97](97.md)(1), [103](103.md)(8), [104](104.md)(8), [105](105.md)(7), [107](107.md)(3) and (4), [109](109.md)(8) and [119](119.md)(8), [134](134.md)(10), [137](137.md)(3) and [Article 139](139.md) shall apply from 29 June 2023.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 31 May 2023.

For the European Parliament

The President

R. METSOLA

For the Council

The President

P. KULLGREN

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[Title IX — Transitional and final provisions](../titles/ix.md) · [← Article 148](148.md)
