Directive 80/217/EEC, as amended by the acts X1listed in Annex VIII, Part A, are hereby repealed as from 1 November 2002, subject to the transitional provisions laid down in Article 29 and without prejudice to the obligation of the Member States concerning the deadlines for transposition of the said Directives set out in X1Annex VIII, Part B.

References to the repealed Directive 80/217/EEC shall be construed as references to this Directive and shall be read in accordance with X1the correlation table set out in Annex IX.

Decision 81/859/EEC is hereby repealed.