Division 3.5 Directive 2001/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2001 on national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants

As regards Directive 2001/81/EC, the Commission should be empowered to update the methodologies to be used in accordance with Annex III. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of that Directive, inter alia, by supplementing it with new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.

Accordingly, Directive 2001/81/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1. 1..

   Article 7(4) shall be replaced by the following:

   ‘4.

   Any updating of the methodologies to be used in accordance with Annex III shall be adopted by the Commission. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, inter alia, by supplementing it, 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.’