
Article 1 
Directive 91/675/EEC is hereby amended as follows:

1.. Article 2 shall be replaced by the following:
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Article 2 
Where reference is made to this Article, Article 5a(1) to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.';
2.. the following article shall be inserted:
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Article 2a 
Where reference is made to this Article, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.
The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.'
Article 2 
This Directive shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 3 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Strasbourg, 11 March 2008.
For the European Parliament
The President
H.-G. PÖTTERING
For the Council
The President
J. LENARČIČ