
Article 1 
Article 97 of Directive 2006/112/EC is replaced by the following:
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Article 97 
From 1 January 2016 until 31 December 2017, the standard rate may not be lower than 15 %.'.
Article 2 

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 1 August 2016. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main measures of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 3 
This Directive shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 4 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 May 2016.
For the Council
The President
J.R.V.A. DIJSSELBLOEM