19.3.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 76/39 DIRECTIVE 2008/ 12/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 March 2008 amending Directive 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1), After consulting the Committee of the Regions, Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (), Whereas: (1) Directive 2006/66EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (}) provides that certain measures are to be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (4. (2)  Decision 1999/468/EC has been amended by Decision 2006/512/EC, which introduced the regulatory procedure with scrutiny for the adoption of measures of general scope and designed to amend non-essential elements of a basic instrument adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty, inter alia, by deleting some of those elements or by supplementing the instrument with new non-essential elements. (3)  In accordance with the statement by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission (%) concerning Decision 2006/512/EC, for the regulatory procedure with scrutiny to be applicable to instruments () O] C 175, 27.7.2007, p. 57. (%) Opinion of the European Parliament of 24 October 2007 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of 14 February 2008. () OJ L 266, 26.9.2006, p. 1. (" O] L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (O] L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11). () O] C 255, 21.10.2006, p. 1. adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty which are already in force, those instruments must be adjusted in accordance with the applicable procedures. (4)  The Commission should be empowered to adapt Annex III and to adopt and revise detailed rules for exports and for the labelling of batteries and accumulators. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Directive 2006/66[EC, 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. (5)  Directive 2006/66/EC should therefore be amended accordingly. (6)  Since the amendments made to Directive 2006/66/EC by this Directive are technical in nature and concern committee procedure only, they do not need to be transposed by the Member States. It is therefore not necessary to lay down provisions to that effect, HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Amendments Directive 2006/66EC is hereby amended as follows: 1. Article 10(4) shall be replaced by the following: ‘4. Transitional arrangements may be laid down in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 24(2) to address difficulties faced by a Member State in satisfying the requirements of paragraph 2 as a result of specific national circumstances. A common methodology shall be established for the calcu- lation of annual sales of portable batteries and accumulators to end-users by 26 September 2007. That measure, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supple- menting it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regu- latory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 24(3).;