# 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 9.8: 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

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

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.. Article 2 shall be amended as follows:
(a) in point (b), the last sentence shall be deleted;
(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.. 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.’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1137/annex/division/9/division/9.8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1137/annex/division-9/division-9.8
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