Division 2.4 Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2006 concerning the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register

As regards Regulation (EC) No 166/2006, the Commission should be empowered in particular to adopt measures referred to in Article 8(3); to adapt Annexes II or III to scientific or technical progress; and to adapt Annexes II and III as a result of the adoption by the Meeting of the Parties to the UNECE Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers of any amendment to the Annexes to that Protocol. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Regulation (EC) No 166/2006, 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, Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 is hereby amended as follows:

1. 1..

   Article 8(3) shall be replaced by the following:

   ‘3.

   Where the Commission determines that no data on the releases from diffuse sources exist, measures to initiate reporting on releases of relevant pollutants from one or more diffuse sources shall be taken using, where appropriate, internationally approved methodologies.

   Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 19(3).’;

2. 2..

   Article 18 shall be replaced by the following:

   ‘Amendments to the Annexes

   Article 18

   The Commission shall make any necessary amendments to the annexes for the following purposes:

   1. (a)

      the adaptation of Annexes II or III to scientific or technical progress;

   2. (b)

      the adaptation of Annexes II and III as a result of the adoption by the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol of any amendment to the Annexes to the Protocol.

   Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 19(3).’;

3. 3..

   the following paragraph shall be added to Article 19:

   ‘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.’.