Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 2040/2000 shall be repealed with effect from 1 January 2007.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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, 22 October 2007. For the Council The President J. SILVA This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 22 October 2007. For the Council The President J. SILVA For the Council The President J. SILVA