Article 1 Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2017/625
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 shall be amended as follows:
(1) Article 149(1) shall be replaced by the following:

‘The relevant provisions of Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC which govern matters referred to in point (b) of Article 47(2), Article 48, points (b), (c) and (d) of Article 51(1), point (a) of Article 53(1), Article 54(1) and (3), and point (a) of Article 58 of this Regulation shall apply instead of the corresponding provisions of this Regulation until 13 December 2019.
The relevant provisions of Directive 97/78/EC which govern matters referred to in point (a) of Article 47(2) of this Regulation related to composite products shall continue to apply instead of that corresponding provision until 20 April 2021.’

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(2) Article 165(2) shall be replaced by the following:

‘In relation to matters governed by Directive 2000/29/EC, Article 47(2), Article 48, points (b), (c) and (d) of Article 51(1), and point (a) of Article 58 of this Regulation shall apply from 15 December 2019 instead of the relevant provisions of that Directive, which shall cease to be applicable as of the same date.
The relevant provisions of Directive 2000/29/EC shall continue to apply in relation to the matters governed by points (a) of Article 53(1) of this Regulation instead of that latter provision until 13 December 2020.
The relevant provisions of Directive 2000/29/EC shall continue to apply in relation to the matters governed by Article 54(1) and (3) of this Regulation instead of these latter provisions until 13 December 2022.’