
Article 1 

1. For the purposes of Article 13(1)(ii) of Directive 2000/29/EC, the Member States shall accept official ‘phytosanitary certificates’ or ‘phytosanitary certificates for re-export’ (certificates) accompanying plants, plant products or other objects listed in Part B of Annex V to Directive 2000/29/EC coming from contracting third countries to the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) which are issued in accordance with the models as specified in Annex I.
2. Member States shall only accept the certificates referred to in paragraph 1 provided that they have been completed taking into account the FAO International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures No 12 on Guidelines for phytosanitary certificates.
Article 2 
The Member States shall accept certificates issued in accordance with the models as specified in Annex II, until 31 December 2009.
Article 3 

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 2004 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
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 4 
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 5 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 October 2004.
For the Commission
David BYRNE
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I




ANNEX II



