Division 3.2 Council Directive 86/278/EEC of 12 June 1986 on the protection of the environment, and in particular of the soil, when sewage sludge is used in agriculture

As regards Directive 86/278/EEC, the Commission should be empowered to adapt to technical and scientific progress the provisions of the Annexes. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Directive 86/278/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 86/278/EEC is hereby amended as follows:

1. 1..

   Article 13 shall be replaced by the following:

   ‘Article 13

   The Commission shall adapt to technical and scientific progress the provisions of the Annexes to the Directive, except for the parameters and values listed in Annexes I A, I B and I C, any factors likely to affect the evaluation of the values, and the parameters for analysis referred to in Annexes II A and II B.

   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 15(2).’;

2. 2..

   Article 15 shall be replaced by the following:

   ‘Article 15

   1.

   The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee.

   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.’