Directives are directed to Member States exclusively. They do not state any rights or obligations for private and natural persons. The State is obliged to implement the requirements of directives in its national legislation; it needs to be stressed that the form of implementation is indifferent. Therefore directives do not belong to self-executing law. Directives can be applied directly only in case where the term to implement the directive has elapsed and the Member State did not implement them or the implementation is defective.