# Council Directive 2014/102/EU of 7 November 2014 adapting Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia (Text with EEA relevance), Article 2

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

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 20 July 2015. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
Member States may provide that the measures referred to in the first subparagraph are first to apply to financial statements for the financial years beginning on 1 January 2016 or during the calendar year 2016.
When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main measures of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2014/102/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-102/article-2
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