Article 13 
Decisions leading to refusal or restriction Any decision taken pursuant to this Directive which has the effect of restricting the placing on the market, transport or use or requires the withdrawal from the market or from circulation of transportable pressure equipment shall state the exact grounds on which it is based. Such Decision shall be notified forthwith to the party concerned, who shall at the same time be informed of the legal remedies available to him under the laws in the Member State concerned and of the time limits to which such remedies are subject. Article 14 Committee The amendments necessary for adapting the Annexes to this Directive shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 15. Article 15 1. Where reference is made to the procedure provided for in this Article, the Commission shall be assisted by the Committee on the transport of dangerous goods set up under Article 9 of Directive 94/55/EC, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’, composed of representatives of the Member States and chaired by a representative of the Commission. 2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148(2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the Committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote. 3. The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged if they are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee. If the measures envisaged are not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall, without delay, submit to the Council a proposal relating to the measures to be taken. The Council shall act by a qualified majority. If within three months of the date of referral to the Council the Council has not acted, the proposed measures shall be adopted by the Commission. Article 16 Adoption and publication 1. Member States shall adopt and publish the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive no later than 1 December 2000. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. When Member States adopt those measures 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 the Member States. 2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive. Article 17 Implementation 1. Member States shall adopt no later than 1 July 2001 the provisions which they have adopted to comply with this Directive to transportable pressure equipment. 2. The date referred to in paragraph 1 shall be deferred for certain transportable pressure equipment for which there are no detailed technical specifications or for which adequate reference to the relevant European standards has not been added to the Annexes to Directives 94/55/EC and 96/49/EC. The equipment concerned by any such deferral and the date on which this Directive becomes applicable to it shall be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 15. Article 18 Transitional arrangements Member States shall authorise the placing on the market and putting into service of transportable pressure equipment which complies with the regulations in force within their territory before 1 July 2001 until 24 months from that date and shall authorise the subsequent putting into service of such equipment placed on the market prior to that date. Article 19 Penalties Member States shall lay down a system of penalties for breaches of the national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall take all the measures necessary to ensure that those penalties are applied. The penalties thus provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall notify the relevant provisions to the Commission not later than 1 December 2000 and shall inform it of any subsequent changes as soon as possible. Article 20 Applicability of provisions of other Directives As from 1 July 2001 or, in the case of Article 18, within two years of the date, the only provisions of Directives 84/525/EEC, 84/526/EEC and 84/527/EEC to remain applicable shall be those of Article 1 and those of Annex I, Parts 1 to 3, of each of those Directives. The provisions of Directive 76/767/EEC ( 14 ) shall no longer apply from 1 July 2001 or, in the case of Article 18, within two years of that date, for transportable pressure equipment falling within the scope of this Directive. However, EEC pattern approval certificates for cylinders, issued pursuant to Directives 84/525/EEC, 84/526/EEC and 84/527/EEC shall be recognised as equivalent to the EC type-examination certificates provided for in this Directive. Article 21 This Directive shall enter into fore on the day of its publication on the Official Journal of the European Communities . Article 22 This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Article 14 
Committee The amendments necessary for adapting the Annexes to this Directive shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 15. Article 15 1. Where reference is made to the procedure provided for in this Article, the Commission shall be assisted by the Committee on the transport of dangerous goods set up under Article 9 of Directive 94/55/EC, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’, composed of representatives of the Member States and chaired by a representative of the Commission. 2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148(2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the Committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote. 3. The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged if they are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee. If the measures envisaged are not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall, without delay, submit to the Council a proposal relating to the measures to be taken. The Council shall act by a qualified majority. If within three months of the date of referral to the Council the Council has not acted, the proposed measures shall be adopted by the Commission. Article 16 Adoption and publication 1. Member States shall adopt and publish the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive no later than 1 December 2000. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. When Member States adopt those measures 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 the Member States. 2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive. Article 17 Implementation 1. Member States shall adopt no later than 1 July 2001 the provisions which they have adopted to comply with this Directive to transportable pressure equipment. 2. The date referred to in paragraph 1 shall be deferred for certain transportable pressure equipment for which there are no detailed technical specifications or for which adequate reference to the relevant European standards has not been added to the Annexes to Directives 94/55/EC and 96/49/EC. The equipment concerned by any such deferral and the date on which this Directive becomes applicable to it shall be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 15. Article 18 Transitional arrangements Member States shall authorise the placing on the market and putting into service of transportable pressure equipment which complies with the regulations in force within their territory before 1 July 2001 until 24 months from that date and shall authorise the subsequent putting into service of such equipment placed on the market prior to that date. Article 19 Penalties Member States shall lay down a system of penalties for breaches of the national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall take all the measures necessary to ensure that those penalties are applied. The penalties thus provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall notify the relevant provisions to the Commission not later than 1 December 2000 and shall inform it of any subsequent changes as soon as possible. Article 20 Applicability of provisions of other Directives As from 1 July 2001 or, in the case of Article 18, within two years of the date, the only provisions of Directives 84/525/EEC, 84/526/EEC and 84/527/EEC to remain applicable shall be those of Article 1 and those of Annex I, Parts 1 to 3, of each of those Directives. The provisions of Directive 76/767/EEC ( 14 ) shall no longer apply from 1 July 2001 or, in the case of Article 18, within two years of that date, for transportable pressure equipment falling within the scope of this Directive. However, EEC pattern approval certificates for cylinders, issued pursuant to Directives 84/525/EEC, 84/526/EEC and 84/527/EEC shall be recognised as equivalent to the EC type-examination certificates provided for in this Directive. Article 21 This Directive shall enter into fore on the day of its publication on the Official Journal of the European Communities . Article 22 This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Article 15 
1. Where reference is made to the procedure provided for in this Article, the Commission shall be assisted by the Committee on the transport of dangerous goods set up under Article 9 of Directive 94/55/EC, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’, composed of representatives of the Member States and chaired by a representative of the Commission. 2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148(2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the Committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote. 3. The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged if they are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee. If the measures envisaged are not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall, without delay, submit to the Council a proposal relating to the measures to be taken. The Council shall act by a qualified majority. If within three months of the date of referral to the Council the Council has not acted, the proposed measures shall be adopted by the Commission. Article 16 Adoption and publication 1. Member States shall adopt and publish the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive no later than 1 December 2000. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. When Member States adopt those measures 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 the Member States. 2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive. Article 17 Implementation 1. Member States shall adopt no later than 1 July 2001 the provisions which they have adopted to comply with this Directive to transportable pressure equipment. 2. The date referred to in paragraph 1 shall be deferred for certain transportable pressure equipment for which there are no detailed technical specifications or for which adequate reference to the relevant European standards has not been added to the Annexes to Directives 94/55/EC and 96/49/EC. The equipment concerned by any such deferral and the date on which this Directive becomes applicable to it shall be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 15. Article 18 Transitional arrangements Member States shall authorise the placing on the market and putting into service of transportable pressure equipment which complies with the regulations in force within their territory before 1 July 2001 until 24 months from that date and shall authorise the subsequent putting into service of such equipment placed on the market prior to that date. Article 19 Penalties Member States shall lay down a system of penalties for breaches of the national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall take all the measures necessary to ensure that those penalties are applied. The penalties thus provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall notify the relevant provisions to the Commission not later than 1 December 2000 and shall inform it of any subsequent changes as soon as possible. Article 20 Applicability of provisions of other Directives As from 1 July 2001 or, in the case of Article 18, within two years of the date, the only provisions of Directives 84/525/EEC, 84/526/EEC and 84/527/EEC to remain applicable shall be those of Article 1 and those of Annex I, Parts 1 to 3, of each of those Directives. The provisions of Directive 76/767/EEC ( 14 ) shall no longer apply from 1 July 2001 or, in the case of Article 18, within two years of that date, for transportable pressure equipment falling within the scope of this Directive. However, EEC pattern approval certificates for cylinders, issued pursuant to Directives 84/525/EEC, 84/526/EEC and 84/527/EEC shall be recognised as equivalent to the EC type-examination certificates provided for in this Directive. Article 21 This Directive shall enter into fore on the day of its publication on the Official Journal of the European Communities . Article 22 This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Article 16 
Adoption and publication 1. Member States shall adopt and publish the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive no later than 1 December 2000. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. When Member States adopt those measures 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 the Member States. 2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive. Article 17 Implementation 1. Member States shall adopt no later than 1 July 2001 the provisions which they have adopted to comply with this Directive to transportable pressure equipment. 2. The date referred to in paragraph 1 shall be deferred for certain transportable pressure equipment for which there are no detailed technical specifications or for which adequate reference to the relevant European standards has not been added to the Annexes to Directives 94/55/EC and 96/49/EC. The equipment concerned by any such deferral and the date on which this Directive becomes applicable to it shall be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 15. Article 18 Transitional arrangements Member States shall authorise the placing on the market and putting into service of transportable pressure equipment which complies with the regulations in force within their territory before 1 July 2001 until 24 months from that date and shall authorise the subsequent putting into service of such equipment placed on the market prior to that date. Article 19 Penalties Member States shall lay down a system of penalties for breaches of the national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall take all the measures necessary to ensure that those penalties are applied. The penalties thus provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall notify the relevant provisions to the Commission not later than 1 December 2000 and shall inform it of any subsequent changes as soon as possible. Article 20 Applicability of provisions of other Directives As from 1 July 2001 or, in the case of Article 18, within two years of the date, the only provisions of Directives 84/525/EEC, 84/526/EEC and 84/527/EEC to remain applicable shall be those of Article 1 and those of Annex I, Parts 1 to 3, of each of those Directives. The provisions of Directive 76/767/EEC ( 14 ) shall no longer apply from 1 July 2001 or, in the case of Article 18, within two years of that date, for transportable pressure equipment falling within the scope of this Directive. However, EEC pattern approval certificates for cylinders, issued pursuant to Directives 84/525/EEC, 84/526/EEC and 84/527/EEC shall be recognised as equivalent to the EC type-examination certificates provided for in this Directive. Article 21 This Directive shall enter into fore on the day of its publication on the Official Journal of the European Communities . Article 22 This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Article 17 
Implementation 1. Member States shall adopt no later than 1 July 2001 the provisions which they have adopted to comply with this Directive to transportable pressure equipment. 2. The date referred to in paragraph 1 shall be deferred for certain transportable pressure equipment for which there are no detailed technical specifications or for which adequate reference to the relevant European standards has not been added to the Annexes to Directives 94/55/EC and 96/49/EC. The equipment concerned by any such deferral and the date on which this Directive becomes applicable to it shall be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 15. Article 18 Transitional arrangements Member States shall authorise the placing on the market and putting into service of transportable pressure equipment which complies with the regulations in force within their territory before 1 July 2001 until 24 months from that date and shall authorise the subsequent putting into service of such equipment placed on the market prior to that date. Article 19 Penalties Member States shall lay down a system of penalties for breaches of the national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall take all the measures necessary to ensure that those penalties are applied. The penalties thus provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall notify the relevant provisions to the Commission not later than 1 December 2000 and shall inform it of any subsequent changes as soon as possible. Article 20 Applicability of provisions of other Directives As from 1 July 2001 or, in the case of Article 18, within two years of the date, the only provisions of Directives 84/525/EEC, 84/526/EEC and 84/527/EEC to remain applicable shall be those of Article 1 and those of Annex I, Parts 1 to 3, of each of those Directives. The provisions of Directive 76/767/EEC ( 14 ) shall no longer apply from 1 July 2001 or, in the case of Article 18, within two years of that date, for transportable pressure equipment falling within the scope of this Directive. However, EEC pattern approval certificates for cylinders, issued pursuant to Directives 84/525/EEC, 84/526/EEC and 84/527/EEC shall be recognised as equivalent to the EC type-examination certificates provided for in this Directive. Article 21 This Directive shall enter into fore on the day of its publication on the Official Journal of the European Communities . Article 22 This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Article 18 
Transitional arrangements Member States shall authorise the placing on the market and putting into service of transportable pressure equipment which complies with the regulations in force within their territory before 1 July 2001 until 24 months from that date and shall authorise the subsequent putting into service of such equipment placed on the market prior to that date. Article 19 Penalties Member States shall lay down a system of penalties for breaches of the national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall take all the measures necessary to ensure that those penalties are applied. The penalties thus provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall notify the relevant provisions to the Commission not later than 1 December 2000 and shall inform it of any subsequent changes as soon as possible. Article 20 Applicability of provisions of other Directives As from 1 July 2001 or, in the case of Article 18, within two years of the date, the only provisions of Directives 84/525/EEC, 84/526/EEC and 84/527/EEC to remain applicable shall be those of Article 1 and those of Annex I, Parts 1 to 3, of each of those Directives. The provisions of Directive 76/767/EEC ( 14 ) shall no longer apply from 1 July 2001 or, in the case of Article 18, within two years of that date, for transportable pressure equipment falling within the scope of this Directive. However, EEC pattern approval certificates for cylinders, issued pursuant to Directives 84/525/EEC, 84/526/EEC and 84/527/EEC shall be recognised as equivalent to the EC type-examination certificates provided for in this Directive. Article 21 This Directive shall enter into fore on the day of its publication on the Official Journal of the European Communities . Article 22 This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Article 19 
Penalties Member States shall lay down a system of penalties for breaches of the national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall take all the measures necessary to ensure that those penalties are applied. The penalties thus provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall notify the relevant provisions to the Commission not later than 1 December 2000 and shall inform it of any subsequent changes as soon as possible. Article 20 Applicability of provisions of other Directives As from 1 July 2001 or, in the case of Article 18, within two years of the date, the only provisions of Directives 84/525/EEC, 84/526/EEC and 84/527/EEC to remain applicable shall be those of Article 1 and those of Annex I, Parts 1 to 3, of each of those Directives. The provisions of Directive 76/767/EEC ( 14 ) shall no longer apply from 1 July 2001 or, in the case of Article 18, within two years of that date, for transportable pressure equipment falling within the scope of this Directive. However, EEC pattern approval certificates for cylinders, issued pursuant to Directives 84/525/EEC, 84/526/EEC and 84/527/EEC shall be recognised as equivalent to the EC type-examination certificates provided for in this Directive. Article 21 This Directive shall enter into fore on the day of its publication on the Official Journal of the European Communities . Article 22 This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Article 20 
Applicability of provisions of other Directives As from 1 July 2001 or, in the case of Article 18, within two years of the date, the only provisions of Directives 84/525/EEC, 84/526/EEC and 84/527/EEC to remain applicable shall be those of Article 1 and those of Annex I, Parts 1 to 3, of each of those Directives. The provisions of Directive 76/767/EEC ( 14 ) shall no longer apply from 1 July 2001 or, in the case of Article 18, within two years of that date, for transportable pressure equipment falling within the scope of this Directive. However, EEC pattern approval certificates for cylinders, issued pursuant to Directives 84/525/EEC, 84/526/EEC and 84/527/EEC shall be recognised as equivalent to the EC type-examination certificates provided for in this Directive. Article 21 This Directive shall enter into fore on the day of its publication on the Official Journal of the European Communities . Article 22 This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Article 21 
This Directive shall enter into fore on the day of its publication on the Official Journal of the European Communities . Article 22 This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Article 22 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.