# Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to 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 Two, 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

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

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.. 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.. 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/2009/219/annex/division/3/division/3.5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-219/annex/division-3/division-3.5
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