Division 9.6 Directive 2001/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 December 2001 establishing harmonised requirements and procedures for the safe loading and unloading of bulk carriers

As regards Directive 2001/96/EC, the Commission should be empowered to adapt certain definitions and the references to international conventions and codes, to IMO Resolutions and Circulars, to ISO standards and to Community instruments and their Annexes in order to implement the procedures laid down in the Directive and bring them into line with international and Community instruments which have been adopted, amended or brought into force after the adoption of Directive 2001/96/EC, provided that the scope of that Directive is not thereby broadened. The Commission should also be empowered to amend the procedures concerning bulk carriers and terminals and the reporting obligations. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Directive 2001/96/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 2001/96/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(1) and (2) shall be replaced by the following:

   ‘1.

   The definitions set out in points 1 to 6 and 15 to 18 of Article 3, the references to international conventions and codes and to IMO Resolutions and Circulars, the references to ISO standards and the references to Community instruments and the Annexes thereto may be amended in order to bring them into line with international and Community instruments which have been adopted, amended or brought into force after the adoption of this Directive, provided that the scope of this Directive is not thereby broadened. 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).

   2.

   The Commission may amend Article 8 and the Annexes for the implementation of the procedures laid down in this Directive, and may amend or repeal the reporting obligations referred to in Articles 11(2) and 12, provided that such provisions 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).’