Article 1

Directive 2006/87/EC is amended as follows:

  1. (1)

    Annex II to Directive 2006/87/EC is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Directive.

  2. (2)

    Annex VII to Directive 2006/87/EC is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Directive.

  3. (3)

    Annex IX to Directive 2006/87/EC is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Directive.

Article 2

Member States which have inland waterways as referred to in Article 1(1) of Directive 2006/87/EC shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive at the latest on 1 December 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. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

Article 3

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

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States which have inland waterways as referred to in Article 1(1) of Directive 2006/87/EC.

Done at Brussels, 10 December 2012.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso