This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2008.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community.

Done at Brussels, 10 July 2007.

For the Council

The President

F. TEIXEIRA DOS SANTOS

( 1 ) OJ C 160, 13.7.2007, p. 1 .

( 2 ) OJ L 139, 11.5.1998, p. 1 . Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 835/2007 (See page 1 of this Official Journal).

( 3 ) OJ L 300, 29.11.2000, p. 2 .

( 4 ) OJ L 346, 29.12.2005, p. 1 .

( 5 ) OJ L 309, 9.11.2006, p. 2 .

( 6 ) See page 1 of this Official Journal.

( 7 ) See page 32 of this Official Journal.

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 836/2007 of 10 July 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 974/98 as regards the introduction of the euro in Malta ANNEX