Article 3
Amendment to Directive 94/57/EC Directive 94/57/EC is hereby amended as follows: 1. in Article 2(d), the words "in force on 19 December 2001" shall be replaced by "in its up-to-date version"; 2. in Article 7, point 1 shall be replaced by the following: "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 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)(21)."; 3. the following subparagraph shall be added to Article 8(2):"The amendments to the international instruments referred to in Article 2(d) and Article 6 may be excluded from the scope of this Directive, pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002."