Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/778 of 12 June 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/773 as regards the dates of application following the extension of the transposition deadline of Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/773 is amended as follows: (1) in Article 6, the fifth subparagraph is replaced by the following: ‘Section 4.2.2.5 and Appendix D1 of the Annex to this Regulation shall apply from 16 June 2020 in the Member States that have notified the Agency and the Commission in accordance with Article 57(2) of Directive (EU) 2016/797 and that have not notified the Agency and the Commission in accordance with Article 57(2a) of Directive (EU) 2016/797. Section 4.2.2.5 and Appendix D1 of the Annex to this Regulation shall apply from 31 October 2020 in the Member States that have notified the Agency and the Commission in accordance with Article 57(2a) of Directive (EU) 2016/797.’; (2) in point 4.2.2.1.3.2 of the Annex, in the subparagraph after ‘Reports:’, the date ‘30 September 2020’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2020’; (3) in point 4.2.2.1.3.2 of the Annex, in the subparagraph after ‘Phasing out:’, the date ‘31 March 2021’ is replaced by ‘30 June 2021’.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.