Updating the Union list
Article 16
1. Subject to the general requirements set out in Articles 6 and 9 and, where applicable, the specific requirements established in accordance with Article 11, and in order to take into account technical progress, scientific developments or the protection of consumers’ health, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 18, to amend the Annex, with respect to the following: (a) the addition of a substance to the Union list; (b) the removal of a substance from the Union list; (c) the addition, removal or amendment of the elements referred to in Article 15(3). 2. Where, in the case of emerging health risks, imperative grounds of urgency so require, the procedure provided for in Article 19 shall apply to delegated acts adopted pursuant to this Article.