
Article 1 
Article 8 of Directive 2009/81/EC is amended as follows:

((1)) in point (a), the amount ‘EUR 418 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 443 000’;
((2)) in point (b), the amount ‘EUR 5 225 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 5 548 000’.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2018.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 18 December 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER