1. The Annexes may be amended by the Commission by means of Regulations and in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 18(3) of Directive 2006/12/EC, to take account of scientific and technical progress. In addition:
(a)
Annexes I, II, III, IIIA, IV and V shall be amended to take account of changes agreed under the Basel Convention and the OECD Decision; in addition, Annex IC on specific instructions for completing the notification and movement documents shall be completed at the latest by the date of application of this Regulation having regard to the OECD instructions;
(b)
unclassified wastes may be added to Annex IIIB, IV or V on a provisional basis pending a decision on their inclusion in the relevant Annexes to the Basel Convention or to the OECD Decision;
(c)
following the submission of a request by a Member State, mixtures of two or more wastes listed in Annex III may be considered for inclusion in Annex IIIA in the cases referred to in Article 3(2) on a provisional basis pending a decision on their inclusion in the relevant Annexes to the Basel Convention or to the OECD Decision. The initial entries to be included in Annex IIIA shall be inserted, if practicable, by the date of application of this Regulation and at the latest six months after that date. Annex IIIA may contain the proviso that one or more of the entries therein shall not apply for exports to countries to which the OECD Decision does not apply;
(d)
the exceptional cases referred to in Article 3(3) shall be determined and, where necessary, such waste shall be added to Annexes IVA and V and deleted from Annex III;
(e)
Annex V shall be amended to reflect agreed changes to the list of hazardous waste adopted in accordance with Article 1(4) of Directive 91/689/EEC;
(f)
Annex VIII shall be amended to reflect relevant international conventions and agreements.
2. When amending Annex IX, the Committee established by Council Directive 91/692/EEC of 23 December 1991 standardising and rationalising reports on the implementation of certain Directives relating to the environment (22) shall be fully associated with the deliberations.
3. The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.