Article 5
1.Member States shall adopt and publish the provisions necessary to comply with this Directive before 5 October 1994 and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When the Member States adopt these provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such a reference shall be laid down by the Member States.
From the date mentioned in the first subparagraph Member States may not, for reasons connected with braking, prohibit the initial entry into service of vehicles which conform to this Directive.
They shall apply the provisions referred to in the first suparagraph as from 5 April 1995.
2.Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.