# Article 21 — Entry into force and application **Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2382 · binding · OJ L 340, 20.12.2017 · dated 14 Dec 2017 [in force]** *In force · Consolidated version of 7 September 2022 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02017R2382-20220907)* This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 3 January 2018.