This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Luxembourg, 25 October 2004.

For the Council

The President

R. VERDONK

( 1 ) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1 . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 461/2004 ( OJ L 77, 13.3.2004, p. 12 ).

( 2 ) OJ L 217, 17.8.1999, p. 1 . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1674/2003 ( OJ L 238, 25.9.2003, p. 1 ).

( 3 ) OJ L 47, 18.2.2004, p. 13 . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1699/2004 ( OJ L 305, 1.10.2004, p. 25 ).

( 4 ) OJ L 305, 1.10.2004, p. 25 .

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1886/2004 of 25 October 2004 extending the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1796/1999 on imports of steel ropes and cables originating,