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:
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.