Article 28
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive with effect from 1 January 2003. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. 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 a reference shall be laid down by the Member States. 2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of domestic law they adopt in the field covered by this Directive. 3. The Member States shall be allowed to market until exhaustion stocks of forest reproductive material accumulated before 1 January 2003.