As regards Directive 94/63/EC, the Commission should be empowered to revise the specifications for bottom loading equipment laid down in Annex IV thereto, and to adapt, with the exception of limit values laid down in point 2 of Annex II, the Annexes to technical progress. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Directive 94/63/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 94/63/EC is hereby amended as follows:
in Article 4(1), the sixth subparagraph shall be replaced by the following:
‘All terminals with loading facilities for road tankers shall be equipped with at least one gantry which meets the specifications for bottom loading equipment laid down in Annex IV. The Commission shall re-examine those specifications at regular intervals and, if appropriate, revise them. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 8(2).’;
Article 7 shall be replaced by the following:
Except for the limit values laid down in point 2 of Annex II, the Commission may adapt the Annexes to this Directive to technical progress. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 8(2).’;
Article 8 shall be amended as follows:
paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:
‘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.’;
paragraph 3 shall be deleted.