CHAPTER XII

TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Repeal
Article 65
Directive 92/40/EEC shall be repealed as from 1 July 2007. References to Directive 92/40/EEC shall be construed as references to this Directive and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table set out in Annex XI.

Transitional provisions
Article 66
1
Contingency plans for the control of avian influenza approved in accordance with Article 17(4) of Directive 92/40/EEC and in force at 1 July 2007 shall continue to apply for the purpose of this Directive.
However, by 30 September 2007 Member States shall submit to the Commission amendments to those contingency plans, to bring them in line with this Directive.
Those amended plans shall be approved in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 64(2).
2
Pending the transposition of this Directive, further transitional provisions on the control of avian influenza may be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 64(2).

Transposition
Article 67
1
Member States shall bring into force by 1 July 2007 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
When they are adopted by Member States, these measures shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
2
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.

Entry into force
Article 68
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Addressees
Article 69
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.