Article 17
Committee 1. The Commission shall be assisted by a Committee. 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 3 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply. 3. The Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.
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Article 18
Information The competent national authorities shall cooperate to provide the general public and professional circles with information on the various systems of legal aid, in particular via the European Judicial Network, established in accordance with Decision 2001/470/EC.
Article 19
More favourable provisions This Directive shall not prevent the Member States from making provision for more favourable arrangements for legal aid applicants and recipients.
Article 20
Relation with other instruments This Directive shall, as between the Member States, and in relation to matters to which it applies, take precedence over provisions contained in bilateral and multilateral agreements concluded by Member States including: (a) the European Agreement on the transmission of applications for legal aid, signed in Strasbourg on 27 January 1977, as amended by the additional Protocol to the European Agreement on the transmission of applications for legal aid, signed in Moscow in 2001; (b) the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on International Access to Justice.
Article 21
Transposition into national law 1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive no later than 30 November 2004 with the exception of Article 3(2)(a) where the transposition of this Directive into national law shall take place no later than 30 May 2006. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such a reference shall be laid down by Member States. 2. 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.
Article 22
Entry into force This Directive shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Article 23
Addressees This Directive is addressed to the Member States in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community. Done at Brussels, 27 January 2003. For the Council The President G. Papandreou (1) OJ C 103 E, 30.4.2002, p. 368. (2) Opinion delivered on 25 September 2002 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ C 221, 17.9.2002, p. 64. (4) OJ L 174, 27.6.2001, p. 1. (5) OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31. (6) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 1. (7) OJ L 174, 27.6.2001, p. 25. (8) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. (9) OJ L 12, 16.1.2001, p. 1; Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1496/2002 (OJ L 225, 22.8.2002, p. 13).
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