This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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 Brussels, 7 October 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

( 1 ) OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1 . Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2004/71/EC ( OJ L 127, 29.4.2004, p. 104 ).

( 2 ) OJ L 55, 29.2.2000, p. 25 . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1044/2003 ( OJ L 151, 19.6.2003, p. 32 ).

( 3 ) OJ L 224, 21.8.2002, p. 23 . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1044/2003.

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1744/2004 of 7 October 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1490/2002 as regards the replacement of a rapporteur Member State