Article 2U.K.

1.The Member States shall adopt and publish, by 3 December 2005 at the latest, the rules, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the present Directive. They shall immediately communicate the text of those provisions to the Commission together with a correlation table those provisions and this Directive.

They shall apply those provisions from 25 November 2005.

When the Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by a reference at the time of their official publication. The Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2.The Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.