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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-596/annex/division-1/division-1.7",
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  "legislation": "eur/2009/596",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 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 Four",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-596",
  "path": "annex/division/1/division/1.7",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.7",
  "heading": "Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery",
  "text": "As regards Directive 2006/42/EC, the Commission should be empowered in particular to establish the conditions for updating the indicative list of safety components and for the measures regarding the restriction of the placing on the market of potentially hazardous machinery. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Directive 2006/42/EC, 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.\nAccordingly, Directive 2006/42/EC is hereby amended as follows:\n1.. Article 8 shall be replaced by the following:\n‘Specific measures\nArticle 8 1. The Commission may take any appropriate measure relating to the following:\n(a) updating the indicative list of safety components in Annex V referred to in Article 2(c);\n(b) restricting the placing on the market of machinery referred to in Article 9.\nThose measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 22(3).\n2. The Commission, acting in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 22(2), may take any appropriate measure connected with the practical application of this Directive, including measures necessary to ensure cooperation of Member States with each other and with the Commission, as provided for in Article 19(1).’;\n2.. Article 9(3) shall be replaced by the following:\n‘3. In the cases referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall consult the Member States and other interested parties, indicating the measures it intends to take in order to ensure, at Community level, a high level of protection of the health and safety of persons.\nTaking due account of the results of this consultation, it shall adopt the necessary measures.\nThose measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 22(3).’;\n3.. Article 22 shall be amended as follows:\n(a) paragraph 3 shall be replaced by the following:\n‘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.’;\n(b) paragraph 4 shall be deleted.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 157, 9.6.2006, p. 24."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "implicit repeal",
      "affecting": "eur/2015/2283",
      "affecting_title": "Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on novel foods, amending Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1852/2001 (Text with EEA relevance)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/596/annex/division/1/division/1.7",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}