Monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport

2013/0224(COD)

The Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety adopted the recommendation for second reading, contained in the report by José Inácio FARIA (ADLE, PT), on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport, and amending Directive 2009/16/EC.

The parliamentary committee recommended that Parliament approve the Council's first reading position.

This proposal introduces a system for monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport. It is recalled that:

  • Parliament adopted its first reading position on 16 April 2014;
  • the ENVI Committee took the decision to open inter-institutional negotiations on 24 September 2014;
  • the Parliament's and Council's negotiating teams, with the participation of the Commission, reached an informal agreement on the file on 18 November 2014;
  • the text of the agreement was approved by an overwhelming majority by the ENVI Committee on 3 December 2014;
  • Council adopted its first reading position confirming the agreement on 5 March 2015.

As Council's first reading position is in conformity with the agreement reached in the trilogues, the Committee recommends the Parliament to accept it without further amendments.