Judgment_paragraph 38 · Lars Ivansson and Others (C-307/13)

38However, if the initial communication of Paragraph 9 of the DSF to the Commission contained the exact date of 1 May 2003 for its entry into force, the choice made by the Swedish authorities finally to apply the date of 15 April 2003 does constitute a change to the timetable, thus raising the question whether the bringing forward of the date of application of that national measure was subject to the obligation to make a new communication to the Commission as provided for in the third subparagraph of Article 8(1) of Directive 98/34.