Article 24Transposition

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Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 1 January 2010. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.

They shall apply those provisions from 1 January 2010.

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

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