1.Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 21 April 2002. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt these measures, these shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such a reference shall be laid down by Member States.
2.Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of domestic law, which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.
3.Provided that the objectives set out in this Directive are achieved, Member States may transpose the provisions set out in Articles 4(1), 5(1), 7(1), 8(1), 8(3) and 9(2) and specify the detailed rules of implementation of Article 5(4) by means of agreements between the competent authorities and the economic sectors concerned. Such agreements shall meet the following requirements
(a)agreements shall be enforceable;
(b)agreements need to specify objectives with the corresponding deadlines;
(c)agreements shall be published in the national official journal or an official document equally accessible to the public and transmitted to the Commission;
(d)the results achieved under an agreement shall be monitored regularly, reported to the competent authorities and to the Commission and made available to the public under the conditions set out in the agreement;
(e)the competent authorities shall make provisions to examine the progress reached under an agreement;
(f)in case of non-compliance with an agreement Member States must implement the relevant provisions of this Directive by legislative, regulatory or administrative measures.