Article 2
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 21 December 2025. They shall immediately communicate the text of those measures to the Commission. 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 of this Article, Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Article 1, point (6)(c) and (d) (as regards Article 7(7), second subparagraph, of Directive 2009/148/EC) and point (7) (as regards Article 8(2) and (3) of Directive 2009/148/EC) by 21 December 2029. They shall immediately communicate the text of those measures to the Commission. Member States shall, until they bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions pursuant to the first subparagraph, carry out fibre counting wherever possible by PCM, in accordance with the method recommended in 1997 by the World Health Organisation, or by any other method that provides equivalent or more accurate results. 3. When Member States adopt the measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, 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. 4. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main measures of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.