22.7.2006 Official Journal of the European Union L 200/11 COUNCIL DECISION of 17 July 2006 amending Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (2006/512[EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the third indent of Article 202 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (%), Whereas: The Council adopted Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (3). That Decision provided for a limited number of procedures for the exercise of such powers. That Decision should be amended in order to introduce a new type of procedure for the exercise of implementing powers, the regulatory procedure with scrutiny, which allows the legislator to oppose the adoption of draft measures where it indicates that the draft exceeds the implementing powers provided for in the basic instrument, or that the draft is incompatible with the aim or the content of that instrument or fails to respect the principles of subsidiarity or proportionality. It is necessary to follow the new regulatory procedure with scrutiny for measures of general scope designed to amend non-essential elements of a basic instrument adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty, including by deleting some of those elements or by supplementing the instrument by the addition of new non-essential elements. In this same framework, it should be ensured that the European Parliament receives better information on the work of committees, (") Not yet published in the Official Journal. () O] L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 Decision 1999/468/EC is hereby amended as follows: 1. at the end of recital 5, the following shall be added: ‘with the exception of those governing the regulatory procedure with scrutiny’; 2. after recital (7), the following recital shall be inserted: ‘(7a) It is necessary to follow the regulatory procedure with scrutiny as regards measures of general scope which seek 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 by the addition of new nonessential elements. This procedure should enable the two arms of the legislative authority to scrutinise such measures before they are adopted. The essential elements of a legislative act may only be amended by the legislator on the basis of the Treatys;’; 3. recital (10) shall be replaced by the following: ‘(10) The third purpose of this Decision is to improve information to the FEuropean Parliament by providing that the Commission should inform it on a regular basis of committee proceedings, that the Commission should transmit to it documents related to activities of committees and inform it whenever the Commission transmits to the Council measures or proposals for measures to be taken; particular attention will be paid to the provision of information to the European Parliament on the proceedings of committees in the framework of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny, so as to ensure that the European Parliament takes a decision within the stipulated deadline.’; 4. in Article 1: ‘5a’ shall be inserted between ‘5’ and ‘and 6’ in the last line;