
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 601/2006 is amended as follows:

((1)) Article 2 is replaced by the following:
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Article 2 
Member States shall use SDMX compliant data formats. The Commission (Eurostat) shall make available detailed documentation in relation to these formats and shall supply guidelines on how to implement these formats in accordance with the requirements of this Regulation.'
((2)) Article 3 is deleted.
((3)) The Annex is deleted.
Article 2 
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 June 2014.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 10 March 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO