Article 43–Article 46 · 4 articles
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Penalties
1. Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements by economic operators of the provisions of this Regulation. Such rules may include criminal penalties for serious infringements.
The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
Member States shall notify those rules to the Commission by 21 March 2018 and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them.
2. Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure that their rules on penalties applicable to infringements by economic operators of the provisions of this Regulation are enforced.
Transitional provisions
1. Member States shall not impede the making available on the market or the putting into service of appliances covered by Directive 2009/142/EC which are in conformity with that Directive and which were placed on the market before 21 April 2018.
2. Member States shall not impede the making available on the market of fittings covered by Directive 2009/142/EC which are in conformity with that Directive and which were placed on the market before 21 April 2018.
Repeal
Directive 2009/142/EC is repealed with effect from 21 April 2018.
References to the repealed Directive shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex VI.
Entry into force and application
1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
2. This Regulation shall apply from 21 April 2018, with the exception of:
(a)
Articles 4, 19 to 35 and 42 and Annex II, which shall apply from 21 October 2016;
(b)
Article 43(1), which shall apply from 21 March 2018
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