Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/810 of 20 May 2021 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2021/808 as regards transitional provisions for certain substances listed in Annex II to Decision 2002/657/ECText with EEA relevance.

Article 7 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2021/808 is replaced by the following:

Article 7

Repeals and transitional measures

Decisions 2002/657/EC and 98/179/EC are repealed from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

However, until 10 June 2026, the requirements laid down in points 2 and 3 of Annex I to Decision 2002/657/EC shall continue to apply to methods, which have been validated before the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

For the purposes referred to in the second paragraph of Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1871, Annex II to Decision 2002/657/EC shall continue to apply until 27 November 2022.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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 Brussels, 20 May 2021.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula von der Leyen