
Article 1 
Directive 66/401/EEC is amended as follows:

((1)) Annex IV is amended as follows:

((a)) in Section (A)(I)(a), the following point 2a is inserted:
'
2a. Officially assigned serial number.
';
((b)) in Section (A)(I)(b), the following point 3a is inserted:
'
3a. Officially assigned serial number.
';
((c)) in Section (A)(I)(c), the following point 2a is inserted:
'
2a. Officially assigned serial number.
';
((2)) Annex V is amended as follows:

((a)) in Section (A), the following indent is inserted after the first indent:
'
— officially assigned serial number,
';
((b)) in Section (C), the following indent is inserted after the first indent:
'
— officially assigned serial number,
'.
Article 2 
Directive 66/402/EEC is amended as follows:

((1)) Annex IV is amended as follows:

((a)) in Section (A)(a), the following point 2a is inserted:
'
2a. Officially assigned serial number.
';
((b)) in Section (A)(b), the following point 2a is inserted:
'
2a. Officially assigned serial number.
';
((2)) Annex V is amended as follows:

((a)) in Section (A), the following indent is inserted after the first indent:
'
— officially assigned serial number,
';
((b)) in Section (C), the following indent is inserted after the first indent:
'
— officially assigned serial number,
'.
Article 3 
Directive 2002/54/EC is amended as follows:

((1)) Annex III is amended as follows:
In Section (A)(I), the following point 2a is inserted:
'
2a. Officially assigned serial number.
';
((2)) Annex IV is amended as follows:

((a)) in Section (A), the following indent is added after the first indent:
'
— officially assigned serial number,
';
((b)) in Section (C), the following indent is added after the first indent:
'
— officially assigned serial number,
'.
Article 4 
Directive 2002/55/EC is amended as follows:

((1)) Annex IV is amended as follows:
In Section (A)(I), the following point 2a is inserted:
'
2a. Officially assigned serial number.
';
((2)) Annex V is amended as follows:

((a)) in Section (A), the following indent is inserted after the first indent:
'
— officially assigned serial number,
';
((b)) in Section (C), the following indent is inserted after the first indent:
'
— officially assigned serial number,
'.
Article 5 
In Section (A) of Annex III to Directive 2002/56/EC, the following point 2a is inserted:
'
2a. Officially assigned serial number
'.
Article 6 
Directive 2002/57/EC is amended as follows:

((1)) Annex IV is amended as follows:

((a)) in Section (A)(a), the following point 2a is inserted:
'
2a. Officially assigned serial number.
';
((b)) in Section (A)(b), the following point 3a is inserted:
'
3a. Officially assigned serial number.
';
((2)) Annex V is amended as follows:

((a)) in Section (A), the following indent is inserted after the first indent:
'
— officially assigned serial number,
';
((b)) in Section (C), the following indent is inserted after the first indent:
'
— officially assigned serial number,
'.
Article 7 

1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 31 March 2017 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 1 April 2017.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 8 
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 9 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 3 March 2016.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER