Division 9.3 Council Directive 96/50/EC of 23 July 1996 on the harmonization of the conditions for obtaining national boatmasters’ certificates for the carriage of goods and passengers by inland waterway in the Community

As regards Directive 96/50/EC, the Commission should be empowered to adapt the form of the boatmasters’ certificate to developments regarding the professional knowledge required for the issue of the certificate. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Directive 96/50/EC, 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 96/50/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1. 1..

   Article 11 shall be replaced by the following:

   ‘Article 11

   The Commission may adapt the form of the boatmasters’ certificate set out in Annex I to developments regarding the professional knowledge required for the issue of the certificate and specified in Annex II. 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 12(2).’;

2. 2..

   Article 12 shall be replaced by the following:

   ‘Article 12

   1.

   The Commission shall be assisted by the committee set up by Article 7 of Directive 91/672/EEC.

   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.’