Article 1 Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009

Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 is amended as follows:

1. (1)

   in Article 7a, paragraphs 2 and 3 are replaced by the following:

   ‘2.

   The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 7 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 3 December 2013. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.

   3.

   The delegation of power referred to in Article 7 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect on the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.’;

2. (2)

   Annex I is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.