1.With effect from the relevant date, references to the Directives referred to in Article 2 or to Annex II to Directive 92/118/EEC shall be construed as being made, as the context demands, to:
2.Pending the adoption of microbiological criteria and temperature control requirements in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No .../2003note, any such criteria or requirements laid down in the Directives referred to in Article 2, Annex II to Directive 92/118/EEC, or their implementing rules shall continue to apply.
3.Pending the adoption of the necessary provisions on the basis of Regulations (EC) No ... /2003note, No ... /2003note, No ... 72003note, or Directive 2002/99/EC, the following acts shall continue to apply mutatis mutandis:
(a)implementing rules adopted on the basis of the Directives referred to in Article 2;