CHAPTER IV

FINAL PROVISIONS

More favourable provisions
Article 13
1
This Directive shall apply without prejudice to more favourable provisions of:
a
Union law, including bilateral and multilateral agreements between the Union, or the Union and its Member States, on the one hand and one or more third countries on the other; and
b
bilateral or multilateral agreements between one or more Member States and one or more third countries.
2
This Directive shall be without prejudice to the right of Member States to adopt or maintain provisions that are more favourable to the persons to whom it applies.

Information to the general public
Article 14
Each Member State shall make available to the general public a regularly updated set of information concerning the conditions of third-country nationals’ admission to and residence in its territory in order to work there.

Reporting
Article 15
1
Periodically, and for the first time by 25 December 2016, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Directive in the Member States and shall propose amendments it deems necessary.
2
Annually, and for the first time by 25 December 2014, Member States shall communicate to the Commission statistics on the volumes of third-country nationals who have been granted a single permit during the previous calendar year, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection .

Transposition
Article 16
1
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 25 December 2013. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by 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.

Entry into force
Article 17
This Directive shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Addressees
Article 18
This Directive is addressed to the Member States in accordance with the Treaties.
OJ L 199, 31.7.2007, p. 23.