Article 1

Directive 2012/27/EU is amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

The amendments set out in the Annex to this Directive shall be without prejudice to the time limit provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 28(1) of Directive 2012/27/EU.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force subject to and as from the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Croatia.

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 May 2013.

For the Council

The President

S. Coveney