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Article 1Amendment to Annex IV to Directive 2009/128/EC

Annex IV to Directive 2009/128/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2Transposition

1.Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 5 September 2019 at the latest.

When Member States adopt these measures, 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 provisions which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3Entry into force

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 4Addressees

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 15 May 2019.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude Juncker