
Article 1 
Directive 2012/9/EU is amended as follows:

((1)) in Article 2(1) ‘28 March 2014’ is replaced by ‘28 March 2016’;
((2)) in Article 3 ‘28 March 2016’ is replaced by ‘28 March 2018’.
Article 2 
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 3 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 March 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO