1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
2. It shall apply from the date referred to in Article 48(1).
3. Articles 26, 27, 32, 45, 48(1), (2) and (4) and Article 49 shall apply as from 2 September 2008.
4. During the transitional period referred to in Article 26(4), references in this Regulation to the Management Authority shall be construed as references to the Commission.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community.
Done at Strasbourg, 9 July 2008.
For the European Parliament
The President
H.-G. PÖTTERING
For the Council
The President
J.-P. JOUYET
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(4)
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(5)
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(6)
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(7)
OJ L 239, 22.9.2000, p. 19. Convention as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 381, 28.12.2006, p. 4).
(8)
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(9)
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(10)
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(11)
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(12)
OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 31.
(13)
OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 53.
(14)
OJ L 131, 1.6.2000, p. 43.
(15)
OJ L 395, 31.12.2004, p. 70.
(16)
OJ L 64, 7.3.2002, p. 20.
(17) Decision 2004/860/EC of 25 October 2004 on the signing, on behalf of the European Community, and on the provisional application of certain provisions of the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation, concerning the Swiss Confederation's association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis (OJ L 370, 17.12.2004, p. 78).
(18) See page 129 of this Official Journal.
(19)
OJ L 64, 7.3.2003, p. 1.
(20)
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(21)
OJ L 53, 23.2.2002, p. 4.
(22)
OJ L 105, 13.4.2006, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 296/2008 (OJ L 97, 9.4.2008, p. 60).
(23)
OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1525/2007 (OJ L 343, 27.12.2007, p. 9).
(24)
OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 337/2007 (OJ L 90, 30.3.2007, p. 1).
(25)
OJ L 381, 28.12.2006, p. 4.
ANNEX
List of international organisations referred to in Article 31(2)
1.
UN organisations (such as UNHCR);
2.
International Organization for Migration (IOM);
3.
The International Committee of the Red Cross.