No L 222/42 Official Journal of the European Communities 30.7.82 COMMISSION DIRECTIVE " of 7 June 1982 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 76/890/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the suppression of radio interference with regard to fluorescent lighting luminaires fitted with starters (82/500/EEC): THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, ) Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro- pean Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 76/890/EEC of 4 November 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the suppression of radio interference with regard to fluorescent lighting luminaires fitted with starters (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof, Whereas, in view of experience gained and of the state of the art, it is now possible to match the requirements of the Annex to the abovementioned Directive more closely to actual test conditions; Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Com- mittee on the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Directives for the elimination of Technical Bar- . riers to Trade in the Sector of Apparatus Producing Radio Interference, , HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 The Annex to Directive 76/890/EEC is replaced by the Annex to this Directive. (1) OJ No L 336, 4. 12. 1976, p. 22. Article 2 The Member States shall by 1 December 1983 adopt and publish the provisions required to comply with this Directive and shall forthwith inform the Com- mission thereof. They shall apply these provisions as from the same date as regards the freedom to market and use the equipment provided for in Article 4 of Directive 76/890/EEC, and as from 1 December 1984 as regards the ban on marketing referred to in Article 2 thereof. Article 3 This Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 7 June 1982. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NARJES Member of the Commission