
Article 1 
Directive 96/74/EC is amended as follows:

1.. in Annex I the following row 45 is added:
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45 elastomultiester fibre formed by interaction of two or more chemically distinct linear macromolecules in two or more distinct phases (of which none exceeds 85 % by mass) which contains ester groups as dominant functional unit (at least 85 %) and which, after suitable treatment when stretched to one and half times its original length and released, recovers rapidly and substantially to its initial length'
2.. in Annex II the following entry 45 is added:
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45 Elastomultiester 1,5'
Article 2 

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 9 January 2007 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 3 
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 4 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 9 January 2006.
For the Commission
Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President