# 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 4.1: Council Directive 76/160/EEC of 8 December 1975 concerning the quality of bathing water

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

As regards Directive 76/160/EEC, the Commission should be empowered to adapt to technical progress the G and I values for the parameters and the methods of analysis set out in the Annex thereto. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Directive 76/160/EEC, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.
Accordingly, Directive 76/160/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1.. Article 9 shall be replaced by the following:
‘Article 9 The Commission shall adopt such amendments as are necessary to adapt to technical progress the G and I values for the parameters and the methods of analysis set out in the Annex to this Directive.
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 11(2).’;
2.. Article 11 shall be amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:
‘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.’;
(b) paragraph 3 shall be deleted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1137/annex/division/4/division/4.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1137/annex/division-4/division-4.1
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