CHAPTER V

IMPLEMENTING AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Transposition
Article 21
1
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 25 October 2013. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
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. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by the 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.
3
By way of derogation from the first sentence of paragraph 1, France shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive in respect of Mayotte as an outermost region within the meaning of Article 349 TFEU by
30 June 2016
.
Inserted by Council Directive 2013/64/EU of 17 December 2013 amending Council Directives 91/271/EEC and 1999/74/EC, and Directives 2000/60/EC, 2006/7/EC, 2006/25/EC and 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, following the amendment of the status of Mayotte with regard to the European Union.