Article 2

Member States shall adopt and publish the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive before 24 February 2007. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those measures and a correlation table between those measures and this Directive.

They shall apply those measures from 24 August 2007.

When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be determined by the Member States.

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.