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Transposition, application dates and transitional measures
When the Directive bites: transposition by 28 June 2022, application from 28 June 2025, and the Article 32 transitional window — service contracts may run unchanged until they expire or five years from 28 June 2025, whichever is first, and self-service terminals may serve out up to 20 years of economic life.
Article 31 — Transposition
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1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 28 June 2022, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall immediately communicate the text of those measures to the Commission.
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2 of this Article, Member States may decide to apply the measures regarding the obligations set out in Article 4(8) at the latest from 28 June 2027.
4. 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. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
5. 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.
6. Member States using the possibility provided for in Article 4(4) shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main measures of national law which they adopt to that end and shall report to the Commission on the progress made in their implementation.
Article 32 — Transitional measures
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1. Without prejudice to paragraph 2 of this Article, Member States shall provide for a transitional period ending on 28 June 2030 during which service providers may continue to provide their services using products which were lawfully used by them to provide similar services before that date.
Service contracts agreed before 28 June 2025 may continue without alteration until they expire, but no longer than five years from that date.
2. Member States may provide that self-service terminals lawfully used by service providers for the provision of services before 28 June 2025 may continue to be used in the provision of similar services until the end of their economically useful life, but no longer than 20 years after their entry into use.
Article 34
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This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 35
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This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
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