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# Article 2

**Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2320 · binding on its addressees · dated 13 Dec 2017 [in force]**

*In force · Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2320, OJ L 331, 14.12.2017 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 20 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2017/2320/oj/eng)*

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