Professional Documents
Culture Documents
EU legislation on environmental
issues
Sergio Alda
Project Officer
Marine Environment & Port State Control
Content
Introduction
Overview of existing/expected legislation
Port Reception Facilities
Air pollution
Ship Recycling
Sanctions for ship source pollution
Greenhouse gases
Ballast Water
Role of EMSA
This is Shipping
Current developments:
Possible inclusion of MARPOL Annex V revisions and waste from
scrubbers (Annex VI and Sulphur Directive) in the Directive
Promoting harmonization on exemptions, Waste Plans, approval
and enforcement through guidelines
Developing the obligation for Electronic Reporting (SSN, June
2015)
Further guidance on the Directive provisions
(based on EMSAs cycle of monitoring and inspecting visits in all MSs)
EC undertaking and Evaluation Review of the implementation of the
Directive to identify potential areas of improvement
Potential legal revision of the Directive (TBC)
Air Pollution
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Ship Recycling
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beaching
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Criminal sanctions often apply only to pollution occurred within waters under
state jurisdiction territorial waters (as the penal code traditionally applies
to that), while administrative fines can be imposed for pollution on high seas.
This is however not in line with Directive 2009/123
Until now, no known case of sanctions for pollution in high seas (so mainly
EEZ, territorial seas and ports)
Majority of cases fines were imposed on shipowners or shipss operator
(companies) and the ship master. The few cases known of imprisonment
involved ship master, first officer and other crew
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Greenhouse Gases (GHG) stimulate climate change, sea level rise and
changing temperatures;
According to the Second IMO GHG Study 2009, international shipping
was estimated to have emitted about 2.7% of the global man-made
emissions of CO2
International shipping is the most energy efficient mode of mass
transport and only a modest contributor to overall carbon dioxide (CO2)
emissions
GHGs in Shipping are currently not regulated and fall outside the scope
of Kyoto Protocol
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Current developments:
2009 policy statement: EU CO2 emissions from maritime transport should
be reduced by 40% by 2050 compared to 2005 levels.
Proposed Regulation on Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of CO2
emissions from maritime transport: 28 June 2013
Currently being discussed in co-decision
Could serve as pilot for a possible international MRV
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Ballast Water
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Current developments
MEPC 65 agreed on a package of changes:
Sampling Trial Period 3 years after entry into force
No enforcement based on sampling alone
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Role of EMSA
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EU waters
VP Kallas & IMO SG Sekimizu
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http://www.emsa.europa.eu/implementation-tasks/environment.html
THANK YOU
sergio.alda@emsa.europa.eu