As regards Directive 2003/25/EC, the Commission should be empowered to adapt the specific stability requirements and indicative guidelines for national administrations in order to take account of developments at international level and in particular in the IMO, and to improve the effectiveness of that Directive in the light of experience and technical progress. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Directive 2003/25/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 2003/25/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1. 1.

   Article 10 shall be replaced by the following:

   Article 10Adaptations

   The Annexes to this Directive may be amended by the Commission in order to take account of developments at international level, in particular in the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), and to improve the effectiveness of this Directive in the light of experience and 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 11(2).

2. 2.

   Article 11 shall be replaced by the following:

   Article 11Committee procedure

   1

   The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (COSS) set up by Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council73

   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.