Reports
Every five years Member States shall provide a report to the Commission on the practical implementation of this Directive, indicating the points of view of the two sides of industry. It shall contain a description of best practice for preventing vibrations with a harmful effect on health and of other forms of work organisation, together with the action taken by the Member States to impart knowledge of such best practice.
On the basis of those reports, the Commission shall carry out an overall assessment of the implementation of the Directive, including implementation in the light of research and scientific information, and shall inform the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Advisory Committee on Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at Work thereof and, if necessary, propose amendments.
Transposition
1. The Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive no later than 6 July 2005. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. They shall also include a list, giving detailed reasons, of the transitional arrangements which the Member States have adopted in accordance with Article 9.
When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such 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 the provisions of national law which they adopt or have already adopted in the field covered by this Directive to the Commission.
Entry into force
This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Addressees
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Luxembourg, 25 June 2002.
For the European Parliament
The President
P. Cox
For the Council
The President
J. Matas I Palou
[1] OJ C 77, 18.3.1993, p. 12.OJ C 230, 19.8.1994, p. 3.
[2] OJ C 249, 13.9.1993, p. 28.
[3] Opinion of the European Parliament of 20 April 1994 (OJ C 128, 9.5.1994, p. 146) confirmed on 16 September 1999 (OJ C 54, 25.2.2000, p. 75), Council Common Position of 25 June 2001 (OJ C 301, 26.10.2001, p. 1) and Decision of the European Parliament of 23 October 2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal). Decision of the European Parliament of 25 April 2002 and Council Decision of 21 May 2002.
[4] OJ C 260, 15.10.1990, p. 167.
[5] OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1.
[6] OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.
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