# Council Decision (EU) 2020/1109 of 20 July 2020 amending Directives (EU) 2017/2455 and (EU) 2019/1995 as regards the dates of transposition and application in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Article 1: Amendments to Directive (EU) 2017/2455

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Directive (EU) 2017/2455 is amended as follows:
(1) Article 2 is amended as follows:
(a) the heading is replaced by the following:
‘ Amendments to Directive 2006/112/EC with effect from 1 July 2021 ’;
(b) the introductory sentence is replaced by the following:
‘With effect from 1 July 2021, Directive 2006/112/EC is amended as follows:’;
(2) Article 3 is replaced by the following:
‘Amendment to Directive 2009/132/EC
Article 3 With effect from 1 July 2021, Title IV of Directive 2009/132/EC is deleted.’;
(3) in Article 4, paragraph 1 is amended as follows:
(a) the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘Member States shall adopt and publish, by 30 June 2021, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Articles 2 and 3 of this Directive. They shall immediately communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.’;
(b) the fourth subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘They shall apply the measures necessary to comply with Articles 2 and 3 of this Directive from 1 July 2021.’.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2020/1109/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-1109/article-1
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