Article 15 1.

The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 18 to amend the Annexes I, II and III to this Regulation in order to adapt them to changes to the list of substances set out in the Annexes to the Convention or the Protocol, on the basis that the Union has supported the change concerned by means of a Council decision adopted in accordance with Article 218(9) TFEU, or to modify existing entries or provisions in Annexes I and II to this Regulation in order to adapt them to scientific and technical progress.