# Regulation (EC) No 1137/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC, with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part One, Division 3.4: Directive 96/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 on certain methods for the quantitative analysis of binary textile fibre mixtures

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

As regards Directive 96/73/EC, the Commission should be empowered to adopt the measures necessary for the adaptation to technical progress of the methods of quantitative analysis provided for in Annex II thereto. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of that Directive, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.
Accordingly, Articles 5 and 6 of Directive 96/73/EC shall be replaced by the following:
‘Article 5 The Commission shall adapt to technical progress the methods of quantitative analysis provided for in Annex II. 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 6(2).
Article 6 1. The Commission shall be assisted by a Committee for Directives relating to Textile Names and Labelling.
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.’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1137/annex/division/3/division/3.4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1137/annex/division-3/division-3.4
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