Article 14
Transposition 1. Member States shall adopt and publish the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 12 April 2004. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. They shall apply those measures by 12 June 2004. 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. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made. 2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the provisions of national law that they adopt in the field covered by this Directive. CHAPTER VIII FINAL PROVISIONS