
Article 1 
Article 2 of Decision 2013/678/EU is replaced by the following:
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Article 2 
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its notification.
This Decision shall apply until the entry into force of a directive amending Articles 281 to 294 of Directive 2006/112/EC on a special scheme for small enterprises, or until 31 December 2019, whichever is the earlier.'.
Article 2 
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
Done at Brussels, 8 November 2016.
For the Council
The President
P. KAŽIMÍR