Article 1Amendments to Directive 97/68/EC

Directive 97/68/EC is amended as follows:

  1. (1)

    Annex I is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Directive;

  2. (2)

    Annex II is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Directive;

  3. (3)

    Annex III is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Directive;

  4. (4)

    Annex VI is amended in accordance with Annex IV to this Directive;

  5. (5)

    Annex VII is amended in accordance with Annex V to this Directive;

  6. (6)

    Annex XI is replaced by the text set out in Annex VI to this Directive;

  7. (7)

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

Article 2Transposition

1.

Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the Directive by 21 December 2013 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.

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 3Entry into force

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

Article 4Addressees

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 6 December 2012.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso