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# Article 8 — Entry into force

**Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1944 · binding · OJ L 276, 26.10.2017 · dated 13 Jun 2017 [in force]**

*In force · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1944, OJ L 276, 26.10.2017 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2017/1944/oj/eng)*

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