All countries in the EU are oliged to pass this law because itss a directive (http://www.europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/about/pap/pro cess_and_players2.html),
the deadline just means that the European Commision may now start a case against those countries who didn't already. But because it's a directive each country can chose for themselves who to put this into their national law and also if/what specifications, loopholes,... they put in it.
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All countries in the EU are oliged to pass this law because itss a directive (http://www.europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/about/pap/pro cess_and_players2.html),
the deadline just means that the European Commision may now start a case against those countries who didn't already. But because it's a directive each country can chose for themselves who to put this into their national law and also if/what specifications, loopholes,... they put in it.