Division 9.8 Directive 2002/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 March 2002 on the establishment of rules and procedures with regard to the introduction of noise-related operating restrictions at Community airports

As regards Directive 2002/30/EC, the Commission should be empowered to adapt the list of city airports set out in Annex I. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Directive 2002/30/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 2002/30/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1. 1..

   Article 2 shall be amended as follows:

   1. (a)

      in point (b), the last sentence shall be deleted;

   2. (b)

      the following subparagraph shall be added:

      ‘The Commission may adapt Annex I. These 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 13(3).’;

2. 2..

   Article 13(3) shall be replaced by the following:

   ‘3.

   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.’