# 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 9.10: Directive 2003/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 April 2003 on specific stability requirements for ro-ro passenger ships

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

As regards Directive 2003/25/EC, the Commission should be empowered to adapt the specific stability requirements and indicative guidelines for national administrations in order to take account of developments at international level and in particular in the IMO, and to improve the effectiveness of that Directive in the light of experience and technical progress. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Directive 2003/25/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 2003/25/EC is hereby amended as follows:
1.. Article 10 shall be replaced by the following:
‘Adaptations
Article 10 The Annexes to this Directive may be amended by the Commission in order to take account of developments at international level, in particular in the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), and to improve the effectiveness of this Directive in the light of experience and technical progress. 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 replaced by the following:
‘Committee procedure
Article 11 1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (COSS) set up by Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council
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/9/division/9.10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1137/annex/division-9/division-9.10
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