Article 2 
No later than 3 April 2019, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and to the Council regarding the use made by Member States of this Directive including the effectiveness of the provisions enabling Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs in all or part of their territory and the smooth functioning of the internal market. That report may be accompanied by any legislative proposals the Commission considers appropriate. By the same date as referred to in the first paragraph, the Commission shall also report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the actual remediation of environmental damages that might occur due to the cultivation of GMOs, on the basis of information made available to the Commission pursuant to Articles 20 and 31 of Directive 2001/18/EC and Articles 9 and 21 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.
Article 3 
No later than 3 April 2017, the Commission shall update the Annexes to Directive 2001/18/EC in accordance with Article 27 of that Directive as regards the environmental risk assessment, with a view to incorporating and building upon the strengthened 2010 Authority guidance on the environmental risk assessment of genetically modified plants.
Article 4 
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . This Directive is addressed to the Member States.