In order to take into account economic and technical trends and changes in definitions adopted at international level, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending this Regulation to raise the threshold above 1000000 tonnes for statistical coverage of inland waterways transport, to adapt definitions or provide for new ones, as well as to adapt the Annexes to this Regulation to reflect changes in coding and nomenclature at international level or in the relevant Union legislative acts.
Chun treochtaí eacnamaíocha agus teicniúla agus athruithe ar shainmhínithe arna nglacadh ar an leibhéal idirnáisiúnta a chur san áireamh, ba cheart an chumhacht chun gníomhartha a ghlacadh i gcomhréir le hAirteagal 290 den Chonradh ar Fheidhmiú an Aontais Eorpaigh a tharmligean chuig an gCoimisiún i dtaca leis an Rialachán seo a leasú chun an tairseach a ardú os cionn 1000000 tona do chumhdach staidrimh ar iompar d'uiscebhealaí intíre, chun sainmhínithe a chur in oiriúint nó chun foráil a dhéanamh do chinn nua, mar aon leis na hIarscríbhinní a ghabhann leis an Rialachán seo a oiriúnú chun athruithe sa chódú agus san ainmníocht ar an leibhéal idirnáisiúnta nó i ngníomhartha reachtacha ábhartha an Aontais a léiriú.