Division 4.13 Directive 2006/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on the quality of fresh waters needing protection or improvement in order to support fish life

As regards Directive 2006/44/EC, the Commission should be empowered to adapt the G values for the parameters, and the methods of analysis, set out in Annex I thereto to technical and scientific progress. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Directive 2006/44/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 2006/44/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1. 1..

   Article 12 shall be replaced by the following:

   ‘Article 12

   The Commission shall adopt measures necessary to adapt to technical and scientific progress the G values for the parameters, and the methods of analysis, set out in Annex I 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 13(2).’;

2. 2..

   Article 13 shall be amended as follows:

   1. (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.’;

   2. (b)

      paragraph 3 shall be deleted.