CHAPTER 7

TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Transposition
Article 49
1
Member States shall adopt and publish, by 28 February 2015, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Article 13. They shall forthwith communicate the text of those measures to the Commission.
They shall apply those measures from 1 June 2015.
When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. They shall also include a statement that references in existing laws, regulations and administrative provisions to Article 9 of Directive 97/23/EC shall be construed as references to Article 13 of this Directive. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made and how that statement is to be formulated.
2
Member States shall adopt and publish, by 18 July 2016, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Article 2(15) to (32), Articles 6 to 12, 14, 17 and 18, Article 19(3) to (5), Articles 20 to 43, 47 and 48 and Annexes I, II, III and IV. They shall forthwith communicate the text of those measures to the Commission.
They shall apply those measures from 19 July 2016.
When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. They shall also include a statement that references in existing laws, regulations and administrative provisions to the Directive repealed by this Directive shall be construed as references to this Directive. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made and how that statement is to be formulated.
3
Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.