31.3.2009 Official Journal of the European Union L 87/109 REGULATION (EC) No 219/2009 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 March 2009 adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part Two THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 37, 44(1), 71, 80(2), 95, 152(4)(b), 175 (1), 179 and 285 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Central Bank (2), After consulting the Committee of the Regions, Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (%), Whereas: (1) Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (%) has been amended by Decision 2006/512[EC (°), which introduced the regulatory procedure with scrutiny for the adoption of measures of general scope designed to amend non-essential elements of a basic instrument adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty, inter alia, by deleting some of those elements or by supplement- ing the instrument with new non-essential elements. (2) In accordance with the statement of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission (°) concerning Decision 2006/512[EC, for the regulatory procedure with scrutiny to be applicable to instruments adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty which are already in force, those instruments must be adjusted in accordance with the applicable procedures. (3) Since the amendments made to instruments for this purpose are technical in nature and concern committee procedure only, they do not, in the case of directives, need to be transposed by the Member States, HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The instruments listed in the Annex are hereby adapted, in accordance with that Annex, to Decision 1999/468/EC, as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC. Article 2 References to provisions of the instruments listed in the Annex shall be understood to be references to those provisions as adapted by this Regulation. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th 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 Strasbourg, 11 March 2009. For the European Parliament The President H.-G. POTTERING () O] C 224, 30.8.2008, p. 35. () 0] C 117, 14.5.2008, p. 1. (*) Opinion of the European Parliament of 23 September 2008 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of 16 February 2009. () OJL 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. () OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11. For the Council The President A. VONDRA () OJ C 255, 21.10.2006, p. 1.