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Article 1U.K.

Directive 2012/9/EU is amended as follows:

(1)

in Article 2(1) ‘28 March 2014’ is replaced by ‘28 March 2016’;

(2)

in Article 3 ‘28 March 2016’ is replaced by ‘28 March 2018’.

Article 2U.K.

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 3U.K.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 12 March 2014.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso