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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
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As regards Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003, the Commission should be empowered in particular to adopt Community targets for the reduction of the prevalence of zoonoses and zoonotic agents, specific control methods and specific rules concerning the criteria for the evaluation of the testing methods, and to lay down the responsibilities and tasks of the reference laboratories and the rules for the implementation of Community controls. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003, inter alia, by supplementing it with new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.
Accordingly, Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 is hereby amended as follows:
Article 4 shall be amended as follows:
the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:
‘The targets, and any amendments thereto, shall be established by the Commission. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, inter alia, by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 14(3).’;
paragraph 6(a) shall be replaced by the following:
Annex I may be amended by the Commission for the purposes listed in point (b), after taking account in particular of the criteria listed in point (c). Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 14(3).’;
paragraph 7 shall be replaced by the following:
‘7.Annex III may be amended or supplemented by the Commission. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 14(3).’;
Article 5(6) shall be replaced by the following:
‘6.The requirements and minimum sampling rules laid down in Annex II may be amended, adapted or supplemented by the Commission, after taking account in particular of the criteria listed in Article 4(6)(c). Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 14(3).’;
Article 8(1) shall be amended as follows:
the introductory words shall be replaced by the following:
‘At the initiative of the Commission or at the request of a Member State:’;
the following subparagraph shall be added:
‘Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 14(3).’;
Article 9(4) shall be replaced by the following:
‘4.Without prejudice to Article 5(6), specific rules concerning the setting by Member States of the criteria referred to in Article 5(5) and in paragraph 2 of this Article may be laid down by the Commission. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 14(3).’;
Article 10(5) shall be replaced by the following:
‘5.The Member State of final destination may be authorised, in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 14(2), to require for a transitional period that the results of the testing referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article fulfil the same criteria as those laid down under its national programme, in accordance with Article 5(5). The authorisation may be withdrawn and, without prejudice to Article 5(6), specific rules concerning such criteria may be laid down by the Commission. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 14(3).’;
Article 11 shall be amended as follows:
paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:
‘2.The responsibilities and tasks of the Community reference laboratories, in particular with regard to coordination of their activities and those of the national reference laboratories, shall be laid down by the Commission. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 14(3).’;
paragraph 4 shall be replaced by the following:
‘4.Certain responsibilities and tasks of the national reference laboratories, in particular with regard to coordination of their activities and those of the relevant laboratories in the Member States designated under Article 12(1)(a), may be laid down by the Commission. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 14(3).’;
the third subparagraph of Article 12(3) shall be replaced by the following:
‘Where necessary, other methods for testing may be approved by the Commission. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 14(3).’;
Article 13 shall be replaced by the following:
Appropriate transitional or implementing measures, including the necessary amendments to the relevant health certificates, may be adopted by the Commission. Transitional measures of general scope designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, including those supplementing it with new non-essential elements, in particular further specifications of the requirements laid down in the provisions of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 14(3).
Other implementing or transitional measures may be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 14(2).’;
Article 14(3) shall be replaced by the following:
‘3.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.’;
Article 17(2) shall be replaced by the following:
‘2.Practical arrangements for the implementation of this Article, in particular those governing the procedure for cooperation with national competent authorities, shall be laid down under the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 14(2).’.
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