
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91 is hereby amended as follows:

1)) Article 8 shall be amended as follows:

((a)) The fourth subparagraph of paragraph 3 shall be replaced by the following:
'In such a case, the Commission shall notify its decision to all Member States, which shall be entitled to apply that measure. The relevant provisions of Annex III may also be amended in accordance with Article 11, so as to reflect that measure.';
((b)) The fourth subparagraph of paragraph 4 shall be replaced by the following:
'In such a case, the Commission shall notify its decision to all Member States, which shall be entitled to apply that measure. The relevant provisions of Annex III may also be amended in accordance with Article 11, so as to reflect that measure.';
2)) Article 11 shall be amended as follows:

((a)) Paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:
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1. The measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it, which are necessitated by scientific and technical progress and which amend the common technical requirements and administrative procedures listed in Annex III, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 12(3). On imperative grounds of urgency, the Commission may follow the urgency procedure referred to in Article 12(4).';
((b)) In paragraph 2, the words ‘in Article 12’ shall be replaced by ‘in Article 12(3)’;
3)) Article 12 shall be replaced by the following:
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Article 12 

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Air Safety Committee (hereinafter referred to as “the Committee”).
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 Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.
4. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1), (2), (4) and (6), and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.'.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 20 December 2006
For the European Parliament
The President
J. BORRELL FONTELLES
For the Council
The President
J. KORKEAOJA