Article 2U.K.
1.Member States shall adopt and publish, by 5 August 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 those provisions from 5 November 2009.
However, they shall apply the provisions concerning the substance toluene as set out in point 2 of the Annex under reference number 185 from 5 February 2010.
When Member States adopt the provisions referred to in the first subparagraph, 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.