Article 1U.K.

Directive 67/548/EEC is amended as follows:

(1)

Annex I is amended as follows:

(a)

note K in the foreword is replaced by the text set out in Annex 1 A;

(b)

the entries corresponding to the entries set out in Annex 1B to this Directive are replaced by the text set out in that Annex;

(c)

the entries set out in Annex 1C to this Directive are inserted in accordance with the order of the entries set out in Annex I to Directive 67/548/EEC;

(d)

the entries with index numbers 604-050-00-X, 607-050-00-8, 607-171-00-6 and 613-130-00-3 are deleted;

(e)

the entry with index number 048-002-00-0 is replaced by the entries with index numbers 048-002-00-0 and 048-011-00-X set out in Annex 1D to this Directive;

(f)

the entry with index number 609-006-00-3 is replaced by the entries with index numbers 609-006-00-3 and 609-065-00-5 set out in Annex 1D to this Directive;

(g)

the entry with index number 612-039-00-6 is replaced by the entries with index numbers 612-039-00-6 and 612-207-00-9 as set out in Annex 1D.

(2)

Annex V is amended as follows:

(a)

the text set out in Annex 2A to this Directive is added as Chapter A.21;

(b)

chapter B.1bis is replaced by the text set out in Annex 2B to this Directive;

(c)

chapter B.1tris is replaced by the the text set out in Annex 2C to this Directive;

(d)

chapter B.4 is replaced by the text set out in Annex 2D to this Directive;

(e)

chapter B.5 is replaced by the text set out in Annex 2E to this Directive;

(f)

chapter B.31 is replaced by the text set out in Annex 2F to this Directive;

(g)

chapter B.35 is replaced by the text set out in Annex 2G to this Directive;

(h)

the text set out in Annex 2H to this Directive is added as Chapter B.42 and B.43;

(i)

the text set out in Annex 2I to this Directive is added as Chapter C.21 to C.24.

Article 2U.K.

1.Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 October 2005 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive. 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.

2.Member States shall communicate to the Commission the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3U.K.

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

Article 4U.K.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 April 2004.

For the Commission

Margot Wallström

Member of the Commission