CHAPTER 8TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 51Transitional provisions
1.
Member States shall not impede the making available on the market of explosives covered by Directive 93/15/EEC which are in conformity with that Directive and which were placed on the market before 20 April 2016.
2.
Certificates issued under Directive 93/15/EEC shall be valid under this Directive.
3.
Until replaced by the measures adopted pursuant to Article 15 of this Directive, Commission Directive 2008/43/EC of 4 April 2008 setting up, pursuant to Council Directive 93/15/EEC, a system for the identification and traceability of explosives for civil uses14 shall continue to apply.