Countries and their Transposition of SE Directive 2001/86/EC

The table below shows which countries transposed Directive 2001/86/EC on time (8 October 2004) and those which have transposed it since that date.

Transposed on time (8 October 2004)

Transposed since October 2004

Denmark (April 2004)
Sweden (May 2004)
Hungary (May 2004)
Iceland (May 2004)
Austria (June 2004)
Finland (August 2004)
Slovak Republic (September 2004)
United Kingdom (September 2004)
Belgium (October 2004)

Malta (October 2004)
Czech Republic (November 2004)
Germany (December 2004)
Cyprus (December 2004)
Estonia (January 2005)
Netherlands (March 2005)
Norway (March 2005)
Poland (March 2005)
Latvia (March 2005)
Lithuania (May 2005)
France (July 2005)
Italy (August 2005)
Portugal (October 2005)
Liechtenstein (November 2005)
Slovenia (March 2006)
Greece (May 2006)
Luxembourg (August 2006)
Spain (October 2006)
Ireland (January 2007)
Romania (March 2007)
Bulgaria (July 2007)

The full text of the transposition laws and (for most countries) unofficial translations into English can be downloaded from the EU Commission website