Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 is amended as follows:
(1)
In Article 2, point (q) is replaced by the following:
(q)
“competent authorities” means competent authorities as defined in point (3) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council (^{6}).
(2)
Article 22 is deleted.