Division 9.1 Council Directive 91/672/EEC of 16 December 1991 on the reciprocal recognition of national boatmasters’ certificates for the carriage of goods and passengers by inland waterway

As regards Directive 91/672/EEC, the Commission should be empowered to adapt the list of national boatmasters’ certificates for the carriage of goods and passengers by inland waterway. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Directive 91/672/EEC, inter alia, by supplementing it with new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.

Accordingly, Directive 91/672/EEC is hereby amended as follows:

1. 1..

   Article 4 shall be replaced by the following:

   ‘Article 4

   If necessary, the Commission shall adapt the list of certificates appearing in Annex I to this Directive. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, inter alia, by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 7(2).’;

2. 2..

   Article 7 shall be replaced by the following:

   ‘Article 7

   1.

   The Commission shall be assisted by a committee.

   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.’