What obligations will the Regulation impose on ship owners, and by when?
The monitoring and reporting obligations will apply by calendar year.
Annual emissions and other relevant information from shipping activities will need to be
collected from 2018 onwards. This will be done according to the methodology agreed in
each ship's monitoring plan. The data will then need to be verified by an accredited verifier
and reported to the Commission and to the ship's flag State.
Verified emission reports for shipping activities in 2018 covered by the EU Regulation are
to be submitted by 30 April 2019.
By 30 June of each year, starting in 2019, ships covered by the Regulation will have to
carry on board a valid document confirming compliance in the previous year with the
monitoring and reporting obligations. Flag State and Port State authorities will check ships'
compliance through inspections.
Ship owners can choose from a list of four monitoring methods. Depending on their
choice, monitoring could be entirely based on documents and data which are already
carried on all ships today, such as bunker fuel delivery notes.
The MRV process is outlined in the figure below.
Source: European Commission Back to all F.A.Q.
Annual emissions and other relevant information from shipping activities will need to be
collected from 2018 onwards. This will be done according to the methodology agreed in
each ship's monitoring plan. The data will then need to be verified by an accredited verifier
and reported to the Commission and to the ship's flag State.
Verified emission reports for shipping activities in 2018 covered by the EU Regulation are
to be submitted by 30 April 2019.
By 30 June of each year, starting in 2019, ships covered by the Regulation will have to
carry on board a valid document confirming compliance in the previous year with the
monitoring and reporting obligations. Flag State and Port State authorities will check ships'
compliance through inspections.
Ship owners can choose from a list of four monitoring methods. Depending on their
choice, monitoring could be entirely based on documents and data which are already
carried on all ships today, such as bunker fuel delivery notes.
The MRV process is outlined in the figure below.
Source: European Commission Back to all F.A.Q.
