Directive 79/409/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
Article 15 shall be replaced by the following:
Such amendments as are necessary for adapting Annexes I and V to technical and scientific progress and the amendments referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 6(4) shall be adopted. 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 17(2).’;
Article 17 shall be replaced by the following:
1.The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee for Adaptation to Technical and Scientific Progress.
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.’.