Article 9
Amendment to Directive 1999/35/EC Directive 1999/35/EC is hereby amended as follows: 1. in Article 2, points (b), (d), (e) and (o) shall be replaced by the following: "(b) 'High Speed Passenger Craft' shall mean a high speed craft as defined in Regulation X/1 of the 1974 Solas Convention, in its up-to-date version, which carries more than 12 passengers; (...) (d) '1974 Solas Convention' shall mean the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, together with Protocols and amendments thereto, in its up-to-date version; (e) 'High Speed Craft Code' shall mean the 'International Code for Safety of High Speed Craft' contained in IMO Maritime Safety Committee Resolution MSC 36 (63) of 20 May 1994, in its up-to-date version; (...) (o) 'company' shall mean a company operating one or more ro-ro ferries to which a document of compliance has been issued in compliance with Article 5(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 3051/95 of 8 December 1995 on the safety management of roll on roll off passenger ferries (ro-ro ferries) or a company operating high speed passenger craft, to which a document of compliance has been issued in accordance with Regulation IX/4 of the 1974 Solas Convention, in its up-to-date version"; 2. Article 16 shall be replaced by the following: "Article 16 Committee 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)(31). 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(32) 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."; 3. the following subparagraph shall be added to Article 17:"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"; 4. Annex I is hereby amended as follows: in point 7, the words "MSC Resolution... (70)" shall be replaced by the words "IMO Assembly Resolution A.893(21)".