
Article 1 
In Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014, the second paragraph of Article 34 is replaced by the following:
'It shall apply from 1 January 2018'.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Strasbourg, 14 December 2016.
For the European Parliament
The President
M. SCHULZ
For the Council
The President
I. KORČOK