Article 15
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 July 2003. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
Those laws, regulations and administrative provisions shall be applied in such a way as to:
1. permit trade in products complying with this Directive, from 1 August 2003 at the latest;
2. prohibit trade in products which do not comply with the Directive, from 1 August 2005 at the latest.
When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be adopted by the Member States.