Article 1U.K.

Directive 98/70/EC is amended as follows:

(1)

Annex I is amended as follows:

(a)

footnote 1 is replaced by the following:

‘(¹)Test methods shall be those specified in EN 228:2008. Member States may adopt the analytical method specified in replacement EN 228:2008 standard if it can be shown to give at least the same accuracy and at least the same level of precision as the analytical method it replaces.’;

(b)

footnote 6 is replaced by the following:

‘(⁶)Other mono-alcohols and ethers with a final boiling point no higher than that stated in EN 228:2008.’;

(2)

in Annex II, footnote 1 is replaced by the following:

‘(¹)Test methods shall be those specified in EN 590:2009. Member States may adopt the analytical method specified in replacement EN 590:2009 standard if it can be shown to give at least the same accuracy and at least the same level of precision as the analytical method it replaces.’;

(3)

Annex III is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2U.K.

1.Member States shall adopt and publish the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive within 12 months of its publication in the Official Journal.

They shall apply those provisions within 12 months of the publication of this Directive in the Official Journal.

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 3U.K.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 June 2011.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso

Article 1U.K.

‘(1)Test methods shall be those specified in EN 228:2008. Member States may adopt the analytical method specified in replacement EN 228:2008 standard if it can be shown to give at least the same accuracy and at least the same level of precision as the analytical method it replaces.’;

‘(6)Other mono-alcohols and ethers with a final boiling point no higher than that stated in EN 228:2008.’;

‘(1)Test methods shall be those specified in EN 590:2009. Member States may adopt the analytical method specified in replacement EN 590:2009 standard if it can be shown to give at least the same accuracy and at least the same level of precision as the analytical method it replaces.’;

Article 2U.K.

Article 3U.K.

‘(¹)Test methods shall be those specified in EN 228:2008. Member States may adopt the analytical method specified in replacement EN 228:2008 standard if it can be shown to give at least the same accuracy and at least the same level of precision as the analytical method it replaces.’;

‘(⁶)Other mono-alcohols and ethers with a final boiling point no higher than that stated in EN 228:2008.’;

‘(¹)Test methods shall be those specified in EN 590:2009. Member States may adopt the analytical method specified in replacement EN 590:2009 standard if it can be shown to give at least the same accuracy and at least the same level of precision as the analytical method it replaces.’;