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

2013/0224(COD)

The European Parliament adopted a legislative resolution approving, unamended, 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 proposed Regulation aims in particular to create an EU-wide legal framework for monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport, as a first step of the global EU MRV system.