In order to bring the Annexes to this Directive into line with developments in relevant international standards and to take into account technical progress, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 7a to amend the Annexes to this Directive, with the exception of Part I of Annex I, and of Annex II.
2.The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 7a supplementing this Directive by laying down rules regarding the physical, chemical, organoleptic and nutritional characteristics of the products listed in points 6(a), 6(b) and (7) of Part I of Annex I and regarding the use of the authorised processes to reduce sugars referred to in point 3 of Part II of that Annex.
3.The Commission may adopt implementing acts laying down the methods of analysis, taking into account international standards and technical progress, to verify whether the products listed in points 1(a), 1(b), 2, 6(a), 6(b) and 7 of Part I of Annex I are compliant with this Directive.
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 7b(2).
Until the adoption of the relevant implementing acts, Member States shall, whenever possible, use internationally recognised validated methods of analysis such as those approved by the Codex Alimentarius to verify compliance with this Directive.