+Article 9 Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 2978/94

Article 9 Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 2978/94

Article 9

Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 2978/94

Regulation (EC) No 2978/94 is hereby amended as follows:

1. 

Article 3(g) shall be replaced by the following:

‘(g) 

“Marpol 73/78” means the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as amended by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto, in their up-to-date versions.’

2. 

The following paragraph shall be added to Article 6:

‘The amendments to the international instruments referred to in Article 3 may be excluded from the scope of this Regulation, pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002 establishing a Committee on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (COSS) ( *3 ).

3. 

Article 7 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 7

1.  
The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (COSS) created by Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002.
2.  
Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission ( *4 ) shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.

3.  
The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.

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