Division 5.13 Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 November 2003 on smoke flavourings used or intended for use in or on foods

As regards Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003, the Commission should be empowered in particular to adopt amendments to the Annexes. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003, 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 2065/2003 is hereby amended as follows:

1. 1..

   Article 17(3) shall be replaced by the following:

   ‘3.

   If necessary, the Commission shall, after requesting scientific and technical assistance from the Authority, adopt quality criteria for validated analytical methods proposed in accordance with point 4 of Annex II, including substances to be measured.

   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

   Article 18

   1.

   Amendments to the Annexes shall be adopted by the Commission following a request to the Authority for scientific and/or technical assistance. 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.

   Amendments to the list referred to in Article 6(1) shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 19(2) following a request to the Authority for scientific and/or technical assistance.’;

3. 3..

   Article 19(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.’.