--- title: "Article 17 — Transposition" type: regulation legal_status: in_force source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02002L0058-20091219" source_retrieved: 2026-10-01 shortTitle: "Article 17 — Transposition" instrument_type: level1_directive authority: Commission binding: true binding_character: binding mica_level2: false legal_basis: "Directive 2002/58/EC" instrument: eprivacy celex: "32002L0058" regulation: ePrivacy regulation-full: "Directive 2002/58/EC" article: 17 status: in_force object_id: eu.eprivacy.legal_text.article.17 text_version: "Consolidated version of 19 December 2009" source_url: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02002L0058-20091219" check_status: matched verified: true last_checked: 2026-10-26 --- *In force · Consolidated version of 19 December 2009 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02002L0058-20091219)* 1. Before 31 October 2003 Member States shall bring into force the provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by the Member States. 2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive and of any subsequent amendments to those provisions. *** [Chapter III — Final provisions](../chapters/iii.md) · [← Article 16](16.md) · [Article 18 →](18.md)