Article 2Transposition
1.Member States shall adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive before 28 October 2013. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
Member States shall apply those provisions from 28 October 2013.
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.