Article 2
Amendment to Directive 93/75/EEC Directive 93/75/EEC is hereby amended as follows: 1. in Article 2, points (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) shall be replaced by the following: "(e) 'Marpol 73/78' means the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as amended by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto, in their up-to-date versions; (f) 'IMDG Code' means the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code, in its up-to-date version; (g) 'IBC Code' means the IMO International Code for construction and equipment of ships carrying dangerous chemicals in bulk, in its up-to-date version; (h) 'IGC Code' means the IMO International Code for the construction and equipment of ships carrying liquefied gases in bulk, in its up-to-date version; (i) 'INF Code' means the IMO code for the safe carriage of irradiated nuclear fuel, plutonium and high-level radioactive wastes in flasks on board ships, in its up-to-date version"; 2. the following subparagraph shall be added to Article 11:"The amendments to the international instruments referred to in Article 2 may be excluded from the scope of this Directive, pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002 establishing a Committee on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (COSS)(19)."; 3. Article 12 shall be replaced by the following: "Article 12 1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (COSS) created by Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002. 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission(20) 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 two months. 3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure."