Article 1Amendment to Directive 72/245/EEC
Directive 72/245/EEC is amended as follows:
In Annex I, point 2.1.14 is deleted.
Annex II A is amended as follows:
The appendix to Annex III A is amended as follows:
In Annex III C, the words ‘Stamp of administration’ including the surrounding box are deleted.
Article 2Amendment to Directive 70/156/EEC
Directive 70/156/EEC is amended as follows:
Annex I is amended as follows:
Annex III, Part I, Section A is amended as follows:
Annex IX, on side two of all models of the Certificate of Conformity (COC), is amended as follows:
Points 50.1, 50.2 and 50.3 are deleted.
Article 3Transposition
1.Member States shall adopt and publish, by 30 June 2006 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
They shall apply those provisions from 1 July 2006.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such 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 texts of the main provisions of national law, which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.
Article 4Entry into force
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 5Addressees
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 6 March 2006.
For the Commission
Günter Verheugen
Vice-President