Article 1 
1. A single classification system applicable to public procurement, known as the ‘Common Procurement Vocabulary’ or ‘CPV’ is hereby established. 2. The text of the CPV is set out in Annex I. 3. The illustrative tables showing the correspondence between the CPV and the Statistical Classification of Products by Activity in the EEC (CPA), the Provisional Central Product Classification (CPC Prov.) of the United Nations, the General Industrial Classification of Economic Activities within the European Communities (NACE Rev. 1) and the Combined Nomenclature (CN) are set out in Annexes II, III, IV and V respectively.
Article 2 
The Commission shall adopt the measures necessary for the revision of the CPV. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 3(2). On imperative grounds of urgency, the Commission may have recourse to the urgency procedure referred to in Article 3(3).
Article 3 
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee established by Council Decision 71/306/EEC ( 7 ). 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof. 3. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1), (2), (4) and (6) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 December 2003. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.