Directive 1999/74/EC is amended as follows:
(1)((1)) Article 8 is amended as follows:
(a)((a)) paragraph 1 is deleted;
(b)((b)) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
‘2. Member States shall submit to the Commission by 31 August each year an annual report for the previous year on the inspections carried out by the competent authority to check compliance with the requirements of this Directive. The report shall be accompanied by an analysis of the most serious findings of non–compliance and a national action plan to prevent or decrease their occurrence for the forthcoming years. The Commission shall submit summaries of these reports to the Member States.’;
(c)((c)) in paragraph 3, point (a) is deleted;
(2)((2)) Article 9 is deleted.