Division 3.3 Directive 94/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 1994 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to recreational craft

As regards Directive 94/25/EC, the Commission should be empowered to make amendments in the light of the progress of technical knowledge and in the light of new scientific evidence. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Directive 94/25/EC, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.

Accordingly, Directive 94/25/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1. 1..

   Article 6a shall be replaced by the following:

   ‘Article 6a

   The Commission may make amendments which are necessary in the light of the progress of technical knowledge and in the light of new scientific evidence to the requirements of Annex I.B.2 and Annex I.C.1, excluding direct or indirect modifications to exhaust or noise emission values and to the Froude and P/D ratio values. Such amendments may include reference fuels and the standards to be used for exhaust and noise emissions testing.

   Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 6b(2).’;

2. 2..

   the following Article shall be inserted:

   ‘Article 6b

   1.

   The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee set up pursuant to Article 6(3).

   2.

   Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.’