
Article 1 
Decision 2006/502/EC is amended as follows:

1.. In Article 2 the following paragraphs 3 and 4 are added:
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3. Member States shall ensure that only lighters which are child-resistant are supplied to consumers as of 11 March 2008.
4. Member States shall prohibit the supply of novelty lighters to consumers as of 11 March 2008.'
2.. In Article 6, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
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2. This Decision shall apply until 11 May 2008.'
Article 2 
Member States shall take the necessary measures to comply with this Decision by 11 May 2007 at the latest and shall publish those measures. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 April 2007.
For the Commission
Meglena KUNEVA
Member of the Commission