1.Without prejudice to paragraph 3, Regulation (EC) No 788/96 is hereby repealed.
2.References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation.
3.By way of derogation from the second paragraph of Article 13 of this Regulation, a Member State having been granted a transitional period in accordance with Article 7 of this Regulation shall continue to apply the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 788/96 for the duration of the transitional period granted.