Division 2.1 Council Directive 75/324/EEC of 20 May 1975 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to aerosol dispensers

As regards Directive 75/324/EEC, the Commission should be empowered to adopt the necessary technical adaptations to that Directive and the required amendments to adapt the Annex to technical progress. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Directive 75/324/EEC, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.

Accordingly, Directive 75/324/EEC is hereby amended as follows:

1. 1..

   Article 5 shall be replaced by the following:

   ‘Article 5

   The Commission shall adopt the amendments required to adapt the Annex to this Directive to technical progress. 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 7(2).’;

2. 2..

   Article 7 is hereby amended as follows:

   1. (a)

      paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:

      ‘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. (b)

      paragraph 3 shall be deleted;

3. 3..

   in Article 10, paragraph 3 shall be replaced by the following:

   ‘3.

   The Commission may adopt necessary technical adaptations 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 7(2).

   In that case, the Member State having adopted safeguard measures may maintain them until the entry into force of the adaptations.’