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1. The Commission shall, in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 16(2), lay down the following:
(a) detailed rules for the implementation of Article 8(1), Article 12(1)(a) and Article 12(4);
(b) guidelines for a common method for the assessment of single samples.
2. The Commission shall adopt the following measures:
(a) the specification of EN/ISO standard on the equivalence of microbiological methods for the purposes of Article 3(9);
(b) any amendments necessary in order to adapt the methods of analysis for the parameters set out in Annex I in the light of scientific and technical progress;
(c) any amendments necessary in order to adapt Annex V in the light of scientific and technical progress.
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 16(3).
3. The Commission shall present a draft of the measures to be taken in accordance with paragraph 1(a) with respect to Article 12(1)(a) by 24 March 2010 . Before doing so, it shall consult representatives of Member States, regional and local authorities, relevant tourist and consumer organisations and other interested parties. After the adoption of relevant rules, it shall publicise them via the Internet.]
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by 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.