As regards Directive 2003/37/EC, the Commission should be empowered to adapt its Annexes, to adapt the technical provisions of the separate directives and to introduce into the separate directives provisions relating to the EC type-approval of separate technical units. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Directive 2003/37/EC, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.

Accordingly, Directive 2003/37/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1. 1.

   Article 19 shall be amended as follows:

   1. (a)

      in paragraph 1, the introductory wording shall be replaced by the following:

      1.

      The following measures designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive which are necessary for the implementation of this Directive and which relate to the subject matter referred to below shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 20(3):

   2. (b)

      paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:

      2.

      The Commission shall adapt the Annexes to this Directive if, pursuant to Decision 97/836/EC, new regulations or amendments to existing regulations which the Community has accepted are introduced. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 20(3).

2. 2.

   Article 20(3) shall be replaced by the following:

   3.

   Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5a(1) to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.