This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall also apply to cross-border payments made in the currency of another Member State when the latter notifies the Commission of its decision to extend the Regulation's application to its currency. The notification shall be published in the Official Journal by the Commission. The extension shall take effect 14 days after the said publication.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.