
Article 1 
Directive 2008/121/EC is amended as follows:

((1)) in Annex I the following row 49 is added:
'
49. Polypropylene/polyamide bicomponent a bicomponent fibre composed of between 10 % and 25 % by mass of polyamide fibrils embedded in polypropylene matrix';
((2)) in Annex V the following entry 49 is added:
'
49. Polypropylene/polyamide bicomponent 1,0'.
Article 2 

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 30 July 2012 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.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, 29 July 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO