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# Article 38 — Entry into force

**Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/389 · binding · OJ L 69, 13.3.2018 · dated 27 Nov 2017 [in force]**

*In force · Consolidated version of 12 September 2023 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02018R0389-20230912)*

1. <a id="art-38-p-1"></a>This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

2. <a id="art-38-p-2"></a>This Regulation shall apply from 14 September 2019.

3. <a id="art-38-p-3"></a>However, paragraphs 3 and 5 of Article 30 shall apply from 14 March 2019.
