CONSOLIDATED TEXT / COMMISSION PROPOSAL                               EP TEXT                           COUNCIL TEXT                     COMPROMISE Row COM(2018)0378 FINAL                                                                                                PROPOSALS / COMMENTS proposal.                                                                   to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee, accompanied, where appropriate, by a legislative proposal.' 122  2. Member States shall provide       2. Member States shall provide the      2. Member States shall provide      Identical. the Commission with the              Commission with the information         the Commission with the information necessary for the        necessary for the preparation of that   information necessary for the preparation of that report.´         report.´                                preparation of that report.´ 123                Article 2                              Article 2                             Article 2 124  This Regulation shall enter into     This Regulation shall enter into force This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day           on the twentieth day following that    force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in of its publication in the Official     following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the          Journal of the European Union.         the Official Journal of the European Union.                                                             European Union. 125  It shall apply from […].             It shall apply from […].                It shall apply from [ … 18 months after the entry into force of the Regulation]. 126  However, point 2 of Article 1        However, point 2 of Article 1 shall     However, point 8c of Article 1      Maintain the general approach. shall apply from … [24 months        apply from … [24 months after the       regarding the new third after the entry into force].         entry into force].                      subparagraph of Article 22 shall apply [first day of the month corresponding to the month following the period of 15 months after the entry into force of this Regulation]; and 43

CONSOLIDATED TEXT / COMMISSION PROPOSAL  EP TEXT         COUNCIL TEXT                COMPROMISE Row COM(2018)0378 FINAL                                              PROPOSALS / COMMENTS point 2 of Article 1 regarding paragraphs 1–4 of Article 6 shall apply from … [the first day of the month corresponding to the month following the period of five years after the entry into force of the implementing acts referred to in Article 20b24 months after the entry into force]. 44

CONSOLIDATED TEXT / COMMISSION PROPOSAL                           EP TEXT                           COUNCIL TEXT                 COMPROMISE Row COM(2018)0378 FINAL                                                                                        PROPOSALS / COMMENTS 127  This Regulation shall be binding This Regulation shall be binding in     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly     its entirety and directly applicable in in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States  the Member States in accordance         applicable in the Member States in in accordance with the Treaties. with the Treaties.                      accordance with the Treaties. 45