This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
[F1It shall apply from 16 June 2019 in the Member States that have not notified the Agency and the Commission in accordance with Article 57(2) of Directive (EU) 2016/797.
It shall apply from 16 June 2020 in the Member States that have notified the Agency and the Commission in accordance with Article 57(2) of Directive (EU) 2016/797 and have not notified the Agency and the Commission in accordance with Article 57(2a) of Directive (EU) 2016/797.
Articles 55(5a) and 55(7a) shall apply from 16 June 2020 in all Member States.
Article 55(8) shall apply from 16 June 2020 in Member States that have notified the Agency and the Commission in accordance with Article 57(2a) of Directive (EU) 2016/797.
This Regulation shall apply in all the Member States from 31 October 2020 .]
However, Article 55(1) shall apply from 16 February 2019 in all Member States. The facilitation measures provided in Article 55(2), (3), (4) and (6) shall be made available from 16 February 2019. Article 55(5) shall apply from 16 June 2019 in all Member States.
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/781 of 12 June 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/545 as regards the dates of application and certain transitional provisions following the extension of the transposition deadline of Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance).