1.Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 8 March 2006. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. They shall apply this Directive from 9 March 2006.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2.Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the main provisions of the national law that they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.