
Article 1 
Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC is amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.
Article 2 

1. Member States shall adopt and publish by 5 April 2020 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.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 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, 17 December 2019.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
ANNEX

In Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC, entry 14 is replaced by the following:
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14. Hexavalent chromium as an anti-corrosion agent of the carbon steel cooling system in absorption refrigerators up to 0,75 % by weight in the cooling solution:
((i)) designed to operate fully or partly with electrical heater, having an average utilised electrical power input < 75W at constant running conditions;
((ii)) designed to operate fully or partly with electrical heater, having an average utilised electrical power input ≥ 75W at constant running conditions;
((iii)) designed to fully operate with non-electrical heater. Vehicles type approved before 1 January 2020 and spare parts for these vehiclesVehicles type approved before 1 January 2026 and spare parts for these vehicles X'
