
Article 1 
Annex III to Directive 76/768/EEC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
Article 2 

1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 15 April 2010 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.They shall apply those provisions from 15 October 2010.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 
Member States shall not prohibit the marketing of toothpaste labelled in accordance with the provisions transposing this Directive before the date set out in the second subparagraph of Article 2(1).
Article 4 
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 5 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 9 October 2009.
For the Commission
Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President
ANNEX

In column ‘f’ corresponding to reference numbers 26 to 43, 47 and 56 of Part 1 of Annex III to Directive 76/768/EEC, the text after the first sentence is replaced by the following sentences:
'For any toothpaste with compounds containing fluorine in a concentration of 0,1 to 0,15 % calculated as F unless it is already labelled as contra-indicated for children (e.g. “for adult use only”) the following labelling is obligatory:“Children of 6 years and younger: use a pea-sized amount for supervised brushing to minimise swallowing. In case of intake of fluoride from other sources consult a dentist or doctor”.'
