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1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 17 June 2011 at the latest. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.

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.

3. By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, (a) the Member States which do not have ships flying their flag and that fall within the scope of this Directive may derogate from the obligation to transpose and implement Article 6 of this Directive as long as that condition is fulfilled;

(b) the Member States which do not have ships that fall within the scope of this Directive and have closed their register for such ships may derogate from the obligation to transpose and implement this Directive for as long as that condition is fulfilled. Any Member State that intends to avail itself of one of the derogations referred to in the first subparagraph shall notify the Commission by 6 July 2027. Any subsequent change shall also be communicated to the Commission. Those Member States may not allow ships falling within the scope of this Directive to fly their flag or register such ships in their national registry until they have completely transposed and implemented this Directive.