This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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, 10 April 2006.

For the Council

The President

U. PLASSNIK

( 1 ) Opinion delivered on 14 February 2006 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

( 2 ) OJ C 49, 28.2.2006, p. 35 .

( 3 ) OJ L 379, 30.12.1978, p. 2 . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3066/85 ( OJ L 290, 1.11.1985, p. 95 ).

( 4 ) OJ L 200, 8.8.1979, p. 1 . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2790/82 ( OJ L 295, 21.10.1982, p. 2 ).

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 640/2006 of 10 April 2006 repealing Regulations (EEC) No 3181/78 and (EEC) No 1736/79 concerning the European Monetary System