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

It shall apply from 1 February 2014.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 March 2013.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 187/2013 of 5 March 2013 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the conditions of approval of the active substance ethylene ANNEX