Directive 2003/71/EC is hereby amended as follows:
1. Articles 2(4), 4(3), 5(5), 7(1), 8(4), 11(3), 13(7), 14(8) and 15(7) shall be amended as follows:
(a) the words ‘in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 24(2)’ shall be deleted;
(b) the following sentence shall be added:
‘Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 24(2a).’;
2. Article 20(3) shall be replaced by the following:
‘3. In order to ensure uniform application of this Directive, the Commission shall adopt implementing measures aimed at establishing general equivalence criteria, based on the requirements laid down in Articles 5 and 7. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 24(2a).
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