Article 2 
1. Member States shall adopt and publish, not later than 28 February 2005, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between these provisions and this Directive. They shall apply these provisions from 1 March 2005. When Member States adopt these provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a 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 text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 3 
This Directive shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Article 4 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.