Article 4

1.

With effect from the relevant date, references to the Directives referred to in Article 2 or to Annex II to Directive 92/118/EEC shall be construed as being made, as the context demands, to:

(a)

Regulation (EC) No .../200333;

(b)

Regulation (EC) No ... 7200334 or

(c)

Directive 2002/99/EC.

2.

Pending the adoption of microbiological criteria and temperature control requirements in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No .../200335, any such criteria or requirements laid down in the Directives referred to in Article 2, Annex II to Directive 92/118/EEC, or their implementing rules shall continue to apply.

3.

Pending the adoption of the necessary provisions on the basis of Regulations (EC) No ... /200336, No ... /200337, No ... 7200338, or Directive 2002/99/EC, the following acts shall continue to apply mutatis mutandis:

(a)

implementing rules adopted on the basis of the Directives referred to in Article 2;

(b)

implementing rules adopted on the basis of Annex II to Directive 92/118/EEC, with the exception of Decision 94/371/EC39;

(c)

implementing rules adopted on the basis of Directive 72/462/EEC; and

(d)

provisional lists of third countries and third country establishments drawn up in accordance with Decision 95/408/EC.