
Article 1 
Directive 79/409/EEC is hereby amended as follows:

1.. Article 15 shall be replaced by the following:
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Article 15 
Such amendments as are necessary for adapting Annexes I and V to technical and scientific progress and the amendments referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 6(4) shall be adopted. 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 17(2).';
2.. Article 17 shall be replaced by the following:
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Article 17 

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee for Adaptation to Technical and Scientific Progress.
2. 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.'.
Article 2 
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 3 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Strasbourg, 19 November 2008.
For the European Parliament
The President
H.-G. PÖTTERING
For the Council
The President
J.-P. JOUYET