Member States shall adopt and publish, by 31 March 2007 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 the Directive.

They shall apply those provisions from 1 April 2007.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

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