CHAPTER VIIFINAL PROVISIONS

Article 46Transposition

1

Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 30 June 2011 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on 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 text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 47Entry into force

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 48Addressees

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.