ANNEXU.K.

1.AGRICULTUREU.K.

1.1.Directive 1999/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 February 1999 relating to coffee extracts and chicory extracts(1) U.K.

As regards Directive 1999/4/EC, the Commission should be empowered to bring it into line with the general Community provisions applicable to foodstuffs. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Directive 1999/4/EC, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.

Accordingly, Directive 1999/4/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1.

Article 4 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 4

A decision to bring this Directive into line with the general Community provisions applicable to foodstuffs shall be taken by the Commission. That measure, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 5(2).’;

2.

Article 5 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 5

1.The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, set up by Article 58 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2)

2.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.’