
Article 1 
Member States shall prohibit the placing on the market of flail-type cutting attachments consisting of several linked metal parts for portable hand-held brush cutters.
Article 2 
Member States shall take the necessary measures to comply with this Decision by 30 April 2012 at the latest. They shall publish those measures and forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 January 2012.
For the Commission
Antonio TAJANI
Vice-President