1. The technical adaptations to be made to this Directive in the following areas shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 2:
- expansion of the content of the list referred to in Article 18 and set out in the Annex or adaptation of the terminology used in that list to take account of developments on financial markets,
- alteration of the amount of initial capital prescribed in Article 4 to take account of developments in the economic and monetary field,
- the areas in which the competent authorities must exchange information as listed in Article 7(1) of Directive 77/780/EEC,
- clarification of the definitions in order to ensure uniform application of this Directive throughout the Cominunity,
- clarification of the definitions in order to take account in the implementation of this Directive of developments on financial markets,
- the alignment of terminology on and the framing of definitions in accordance with subsequent acts on credit institutions a