Article 1
Annexes IV and V to Directive 2004/107/EC are amended in accordance with Annex I to this Directive.
Article 2
Annexes I, III, VI and IX to Directive 2008/50/EC are amended in accordance with Annex II to this Directive.
Article 3
The provisions of this Directive should be read in conjunction with those of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council5, in particular as regards the accreditation of conformity assessment bodies, and do not introduce any derogation or exception to the above Regulation.
Article 4
1
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 2016 at the latest. 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 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 5
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 6
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 August 2015.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude Juncker