Article 5

Amendment to Directive 96/98/EC Directive 96/98/EC is hereby amended as follows: 1. in Article 2, points (c), (d) and (n), the words "in force on 1 January 2001" shall be replaced by "in its up-to-date version"; 2. Article 17 shall be replaced by the following: This Directive may be amended in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18(2), in order: to apply subsequent amendments of international instruments for the purposes of this Directive, to update Annex A, both by introducing new equipment and by transferring equipment from Annex A.2 to Annex A.1 and vice versa, to add the possibility of using modules B and C and module H for equipment listed in Annex A.1, and by amending the columns for the conformity assessment modules, to include other standardisation organisations in the definition of 'testing standards' in Article 2. The conventions and testing standards referred to in points (c), (d) and (n) of Article 2 shall be understood without prejudice to any measures taken in application of 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)(23)."; 3. Article 18 shall be replaced by the following: 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(24) 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 two months. 3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure."

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-10 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.