Division 9.5 Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2000 on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues

As regards Directive 2000/59/EC, the Commission should be empowered to adapt the Annexes thereto, the definition set out in Article 2(b) thereof and references to Community and IMO instruments, and to adapt the Annexes in order to improve the regime established by Directive 2000/59/EC and to take account of Community or IMO measures which enter into force in the future so as to ensure their harmonised implementation. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Directive 2000/59/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 2000/59/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1. 1..

   Article 14 shall be replaced by the following:

   ‘Committee procedure

   Article 14

   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^f2.

   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. 2..

   Article 15 shall be replaced by the following:

   ‘Amendment procedure

   Article 15

   The Annexes to this Directive, the definition in Article 2(b) and references to Community and IMO instruments may be adapted by the Commission in order to bring them into line with Community or IMO measures which have entered into force, in so far as such amendments do not broaden the scope of this Directive.

   Furthermore, the Annexes to this Directive may be amended by the Commission when necessary in order to improve the regime established by this Directive, in so far as such amendments do not broaden the scope of 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 14(2).

   The amendments to the international instruments referred to in Article 2 may be excluded from the scope of this Directive pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002.’