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

It shall apply from 1 January 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2007.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN

Vice-President

( 1 ) OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18 . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2580/2000 ( OJ L 298, 25.11.2000, p. 5 ).

( 2 ) OJ L 355, 15.12.2006, p. 92 .

( 3 ) OJ L 355, 15.12.2006, p. 91 .

( 4 ) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1 . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 214/2007 ( OJ L 62, 1.3.2007, p. 6 ).

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1518/2007 of 19 December 2007 opening and providing for the administration of a tariff quota for vermouth