1.The definitions in Article 2 may be amended in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 7(2) inIn order to take account of developments at international level, in particular,particular in the IMOInternational Maritime Organisation (IMO), and to improve the effectiveness of this Regulation in the light of experience and of technical progress, the Commission may amend the definitions in Article 2 insofar as such amendments do not broaden the scope of the Regulation. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation.Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 7(3).
2.Any amendment to the Conventions may be excluded from the scope of this Regulation, pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002.