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# Article 6 — Entry into force and application

**Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/592 · superseded — not in force · OJ L 87, 31.3.2017 · dated 1 Dec 2016 [no longer in force]**

*No longer in force · Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/592, OJ L 87, 31.3.2017 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2017/592/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.
This Regulation shall apply from 3 January 2018.
