Article 1U.K.
Annexes II and VII to Directive 76/768/EEC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
Article 2U.K.
1.Member States shall adopt and publish, by 8 July 2009 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.
They shall apply the provisions set out in point 3 of the Annex to this Directive from 8 July 2009.
They shall apply the provisions set out in points 1 and 2 of the Annex to this Directive from 8 October 2009.
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 text of 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 20th 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, 18 December 2008.
For the Commission
Günter Verheugen
Vice-President