Recital 4

(4)The Commission should be empowered to adopt the measures necessary for the implementation of Directive 2006/49/EC in order to take account, inter alia, of technical developments of financial markets and to ensure the uniform application of that Directive. Those measures are designed to clarify definitions, to adjust the provisions of that Directive through technical adaptations related to the determination of own funds, the organisation, calculation and evaluation of risks and exposures, and to the categories of investment firms which are subject to that Directive. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Directive 2006/49/EC, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.