1.Article 3(2) shall be replaced by the following:‘2.The definitions referred to in paragraph 1 may be adapted, and additional definitions needed to ensure harmonisation of statistics may be adopted by the Commission. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, inter alia, by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 11(3).’;
2.Article 4 is hereby amended as follows:
(a)paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:‘2.Annexes B and D set out simplified reporting requirements, which may be used by Member States as alternatives to the normal detailed reporting requirements set out in Annexes A and C, for undertakings for which the total volume of goods or passenger transport is less than 500 million tonne-km or 200 million passenger-km respectively. These thresholds may be adapted by the Commission. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 11(3).’;
(b)paragraph 5 shall be replaced by the following:‘5.The contents of the Annexes may be adapted by the Commission. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 11(3).’;
3.Article 10 shall be replaced by the following:‘Article 10Implementing procedures1.The arrangements for the transmission of data to Eurostat shall be made in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 11(2).2.The Commission shall adopt the following implementing measures:
(a)adaptation of the thresholds for simplified reporting (Article 4);
(b)adaptation of the definitions and adoption of additional definitions (Article 3(2));
(c)adaptation of the contents of the annexes (Article 4);
(d)specification of information to be supplied for the reports on the quality and comparability of the results (Article 8(2)).
Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, inter alia,, by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 11(3).’;
4.Article 11 shall be replaced by the following:‘Article 11Committee procedure1.The Commission shall be assisted by the Statistical Programme Committee established by Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom.2.Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC 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 three months.3.Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to (4) and (5)(a) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.’;
5.in point 5 of Annex H the words ‘according to the procedure of Article 11(2)’ shall be replaced by the words ‘in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 11(3).’
As regards Regulation (EC) No 91/2003, the Commission should be empowered to adapt the definitions and adopt additional provisions, to adapt the content of the annexes and to specify the information to be supplied for the reports on the quality and comparability of the results. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Regulation (EC) No 91/2003, inter alia, by supplementing it with new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.