21.12.2004 Official Journal of the European Union L 3737 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2183/2004 of 6 December 2004 extending to the non-participating Member States the application of Regulation (EC) No 2182/2004 concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, (2)  However, it is important that the rules concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins should be uniform throughout the Community, and the requisite provisions Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European should be adopted to that end, Community, and in particular Article 308 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (%), Article 1 The application of Regulation (EC) No 2182/2004 shall be Whereas: extended to Member States other than the participating Member States as defined in Regulation (EC) No 974/98. (1)~ When it adopted Regulation (EC) No 2182/2004 (%) the Council indicated that the Regulation should apply in the Article 2 participating Member States as defined in Council Regu- lation (EC) No 974/98 of 3 May 1998 on the intro- This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi- duction of the euro (?). cation 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 Brussels, 6 December 2004. For the Council The President H. HOOGERVORST (") Opinion of 1 April not yet published in the Official Journal. (®) See page 1 of this Official Journal. () OJ L 139, 11.5.1998, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 2596/2000 (O] L 300, 29.11.2000, p. 2).