[X11. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Articles 2, 3, 4, Articles 8 to 11, Article 12(5), Article 15(3), Articles 16 to 19, Article 21(2), Article 22(3) and (7), Article 23(3), Article 24(2), Article 26(3) and Annexes II and III by 16 June 2019 . They shall immediately communicate the text of those measures to the Commission.]
2.Member States may extend the transposition period referred to in paragraph 1 by 1 year. For that purpose, by 16 December 2018, Member States which do not bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions within the transposition period referred to in paragraph 1 shall notify the Agency and the Commission thereof and present the reasons for such an extension.
[F12a. Member States that have extended the transposition period in accordance with paragraph 2 may further extend it until 31 October 2020 . Their transposition measures shall apply from that date. Those Member States shall notify the Agency and the Commission thereof by 29 May 2020 .]
3.When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall 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also include a statement that references in existing laws, regulations and administrative provisions to the Directive repealed by this Directive shall be construed as references to this Directive.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.
4.The obligation to transpose and implement this Directive shall not apply to Cyprus and Malta for as long as no rail system is established within their territories.
However, as soon as a public or private entity submits an official application to build a railway line with a view to its operation by one or more railway undertakings, the Member States concerned shall put in place measures to implement this Directive within 2 years of the receipt of the application.
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X1 Substituted by Corrigendum to Directive (EU) 2016/798 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on railway safety (Official Journal of the European Union L 138 of 26 May 2016).
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