Article 1U.K.

Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2U.K.

Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 2011 at the latest.

Article 3U.K.

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

Article 4U.K.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 March 2011.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso