## REGULATION (EU) 2023/957 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

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of 10 May 2023
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amending Regulation (EU) 2015/757 in order to provide for the inclusion of maritime transport
activities in the EU Emissions Trading System and for the monitoring, reporting and verification of
emissions of additional greenhouse gases and emissions from additional ship types
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(Text with EEA relevance)
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THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
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Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 192(1) thereof,
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Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
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After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
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Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee(^1 ),
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Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions(^2 ),
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Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure(^3 ),
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Whereas:
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(1) The Paris Agreement(^4 ), adopted on 12 December 2015 under the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC) (the ‘Paris Agreement’), entered into force on 4 November 2016. The Parties to the Paris
Agreement have agreed to hold the increase in the global average temperature well below 2 °C above pre-industrial
levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1,5 °C above pre-industrial levels. That commitment
has been reinforced with the adoption under the UNFCCC of the Glasgow Climate Pact on 13 November 2021 , in
which the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement,
recognises that the impacts of climate change will be much lower at a temperature increase of 1,5 °C, compared
with 2 °C, and resolves to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1,5 °C.
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(2) The urgency of the need to keep the Paris Agreement goal of 1,5 °C alive has become more significant following the
findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in its Sixth Assessment Report that global warming can
only be limited to 1,5 °C if strong and sustained reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions within this decade are
immediately undertaken.
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(3) Tackling climate- and environmental-related challenges and reaching the objectives of the Paris Agreement are at the
core of the communication of the Commission of 11 December 2019 on ‘The European Green Deal’ (the ‘European
Green Deal’).
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(4) The European Green Deal combines a comprehensive set of mutually reinforcing measures and initiatives aimed at
achieving climate neutrality in the Union by 2050, and sets out a new growth strategy that aims to transform the
Union into a fair and prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy where
economic growth is decoupled from resource use. It also aims to protect, conserve and enhance the Union’s natural
capital, and protect the health and well-being of citizens from environment-related risks and impacts. This transition
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(^1 ) OJ C 152, 6.4.2022, p. 175.
(^2 ) OJ C 301, 5.8.2022, p. 116.
(^3 ) Position of the European Parliament of 18 April 2023 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of
25 April 2023.
(^4 ) OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 4.
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affects workers from various sectors differently. At the same time, that transition has gender equality aspects as well
as a particular impact on some disadvantaged and vulnerable groups, such as older people, persons with disabilities,
persons with a minority racial or ethnic background and low and lower-middle income individuals and households.
It also imposes greater challenges on certain regions, in particular structurally disadvantaged and peripheral regions,
as well as on islands. It must therefore be ensured that the transition is just and inclusive, leaving no one behind.
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(5) The necessity and the value of delivering on the European Green Deal have only grown in light of the very severe
effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health, the living and working conditions and the well-being of the
Union’s citizens. Those effects have shown that our society and our economy need to improve their resilience in
relation to external shocks and act early to prevent or mitigate the effects of external shocks in a manner that is just
and results in no one being left behind, including those at risk of energy poverty. European citizens continue to
express strong views that this applies in particular to climate change.
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(6) The Union committed to reducing the Union’s economy-wide net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 %
compared to 1990 levels by 2030 in the updated nationally determined contribution submitted to the UNFCCC
Secretariat on 17 December 2020.
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(7) Through the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council(^5 ), the Union
has enshrined in legislation the objective of economy-wide climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest and the aim of
achieving negative emissions thereafter. That Regulation also establishes a binding Union domestic reduction target
for net greenhouse gas emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) of at least 55 % compared to 1990 levels
by 2030, and provides that the Commission is to endeavour to align all future draft measures or legislative
proposals, including budgetary proposals, with the objectives of that Regulation and, in any case of non-alignment,
provide the reasons for such non-alignment as part of the impact assessment accompanying those proposals.
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(8) All sectors of the economy need to contribute to achieving the emission reductions established by Regulation
(EU) 2021/1119. Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(^6 )is therefore being
amended to include maritime transport activities in the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) in order to ensure
that those activities contribute their fair share to the increased climate objectives of the Union as well as to the
objectives of the Paris Agreement. It is therefore also necessary to amend Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of the
European Parliament and of the Council(^7 )to take into account the inclusion of maritime transport activities in the
EU ETS.
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(9) Furthermore, to take into account the increased climate objectives of the Union as well as the objectives of the Paris
Agreement, the scope of Regulation (EU) 2015/757 should be amended. A robust monitoring, reporting and
verification system is a prerequisite for any market-based measure, efficiency standard or other relevant measure,
whether applied at Union level or globally. While carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions represent the large majority of
greenhouse gas emissions from maritime transport, methane (CH 4 ) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions represent a
relevant share of such emissions. The inclusion of CH 4 and N 2 O emissions in Regulation (EU) 2015/757 would be
beneficial for environmental integrity and incentivising good practices, and should apply from 2024. General cargo
ships below 5 000gross tonnage but not below 400 gross tonnage represent a significant share of greenhouse gas
emissions of all general cargo ships. To increase the environmental effectiveness of the monitoring, reporting and
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(^5 ) Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving
climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) No 2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’) (OJ L 243,
9.7.2021, p. 1).
(^6 ) Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a system for greenhouse gas
emission allowance trading within the Union and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).
(^7 ) Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on the monitoring, reporting and
verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport, and amending Directive 2009/16/EC (OJ L 123, 19.5.2015, p. 55).
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verification system, ensure a level-playing field and reduce the risk of circumvention, general cargo ships below
5 000gross tonnage but not below 400 gross tonnage should be included in Regulation (EU) 2015/757 from 2025.
Offshore ships emit a relevant share of greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, that Regulation should also apply to
offshore ships of 400 gross tonnage and above from 2025. The Commission should assess before 31 December
2024 whether additional ship types below 5 000gross tonnage but not below 400 gross tonnage should be
included in Regulation (EU) 2015/757.
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(10) Regulation (EU) 2015/757 should be amended to oblige companies to report aggregated emissions data at company
level and submit such data to the administering authority responsible and to submit for approval to that authority
their verified monitoring plans. When performing verification at company level, the verifier should not verify the
emissions reports at ship level or the reports at ship level to be submitted where there is a change of company, as
those reports at ship level will have been already verified. To ensure coherence in administration and enforcement,
the entity responsible for compliance with Regulation (EU) 2015/757 should be the same as the entity responsible
for compliance with Directive 2003/87/EC.
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(11) In order to ensure the effective functioning of the EU ETS at administrative level and to take into account the
inclusion of CH 4 and N 2 O emissions, as well as the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from offshore ships,
within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2015/757, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the
monitoring methods and rules and the reporting rules for emissions covered by Regulation (EU) 2015/757, as well
as for any other relevant information set out in that Regulation, the rules for the approval of monitoring plans, and
changes thereto, by the administering authorities responsible, the rules for the monitoring, reporting and submission
of aggregated emissions data at company level and the rules for verification of aggregated emissions data at company
level and for the issuance of verification reports in respect of aggregated emissions data at company level. It is of
particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work,
including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in
the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making(^8 ). In particular, to ensure equal
participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at
the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission
expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
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(12) Since the objectives of this Regulation, namely to provide for monitoring, reporting and verification rules that are
necessary for an extension of the EU ETS to maritime transport activities and to provide for the monitoring,
reporting and verification of emissions of additional greenhouse gases and emissions from additional ship types,
cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of its scale and effects, be better
achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out
in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality as set out in that
Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
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(13) Regulation (EU) 2015/757 should therefore be amended accordingly,
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HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
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Article 1
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Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2015/
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Regulation (EU) 2015/757 is amended as follows:
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(1) the title is replaced by the following:
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‘Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on the monitoring,
reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions from maritime transport, and amending
Directive 2009/16/EC’;
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(^8 ) OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
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(2) throughout the Regulation, except in Article 2, Article 5(2) and Article 21(5) and Annexes I and II, the term ‘CO 2 ’ is
replaced by ‘greenhouse gas’ and any necessary grammatical changes are made;
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(3) Article 1 is replaced by the following:
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‘Article 1
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Subject matter
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This Regulation lays down rules for the accurate monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions
and of other relevant information from ships arriving at, within or departing from ports under the jurisdiction of a
Member State, in order to promote the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from maritime transport in a cost
effective manner.’;
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(4) in Article 2, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
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‘1. This Regulation applies to ships of 5 000gross tonnage and above in respect of the greenhouse gas emissions
released during their voyages for transporting for commercial purposes cargo or passengers from such ships’ last
port of call to a port of call under the jurisdiction of a Member State and from a port of call under the jurisdiction of
a Member State to their next port of call, as well as within ports of call under the jurisdiction of a Member State.
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1a. From 1 January 2025, this Regulation shall also apply to general cargo ships below 5 000gross tonnage but
not below 400 gross tonnage in respect of the greenhouse gas emissions released during their voyages for
transporting cargo for commercial purposes from their last port of call to a port of call under the jurisdiction of a
Member State and from a port of call under the jurisdiction of a Member State to their next port of call, as well as
within ports of call under the jurisdiction of a Member State, and to offshore ships below 5 000gross tonnage but
not below 400 gross tonnage in respect of the greenhouse gas emissions released during their voyages from their last
port of call to a port of call under the jurisdiction of a Member State and from a port of call under the jurisdiction of a
Member State to their next port of call, as well as within ports of call under the jurisdiction of a Member State.
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1b. From 1 January 2025 , this Regulation shall apply to offshore ships of 5 000gross tonnage and above in
respect of the greenhouse gas emissions released during their voyages from their last port of call to a port of call
under the jurisdiction of a Member State and from a port of call under the jurisdiction of a Member State to their
next port of call, as well as within ports of call under the jurisdiction of a Member State.
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1c. The greenhouse gases covered by this Regulation are:
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(a) carbon dioxide (CO 2 );
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(b)with regard to emissions released from 2024 onwards, methane (CH 4 ); and
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(c) with regard to emissions released from 2024 onwards, nitrous oxide (N 2 O).
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Where this Regulation refers to total aggregated emissions of greenhouse gases or total aggregated greenhouse gas
emitted, it shall be understood as referring to the total aggregated amounts of each gas separately.’;
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(5) Article 3 is amended as follows:
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(a) points (a) to (d) are replaced by the following:
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‘(a) “greenhouse gas emissions” means the release of the greenhouse gases covered by this Regulation in
accordance with Article 2(1c), first subparagraph, by ships;
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(b) “port of call” means a port of call as defined in Article 3, point (z), of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council (*);
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(c) “voyage” means any movement of a ship that originates from or terminates in a port of call;
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(d) “company” means the shipping company as defined in Article 3, point (w), of Directive 2003/87/EC;
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(*) Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a
system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union and amending Council
Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).’;
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(b)point (m) is replaced by the following:
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‘(m) “reporting period” means the period from 1 January until 31 December of any given year; for voyages
starting and ending in two different years, the respective data shall be accounted under the year concerned;’;
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(c) the following points are added:
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‘(p) “administering authority responsible” means the administering authority in respect of a shipping company
referred to in Article 3gf of Directive 2003/87/EC;
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(q) “aggregated emissions data at company level” means the sum of emissions of the greenhouse gases covered
by Directive 2003/87/EC in relation to maritime transport activities in accordance with Annex I to that
Directive and to be reported by a company under that Directive, in respect of all ships under its
responsibility during the reporting period.’;
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(6) in Article 4, the following paragraph is added:
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‘8. Companies shall report the aggregated emissions data at company level of the ships under their responsibility
during a reporting period pursuant to Article 11a.’;
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(7) in Article 5, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
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‘2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 of this Regulation to
amend Annexes I and II to this Regulation, in order to take into account the inclusion of CH 4 and N 2 O emissions, as
well as the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from offshore ships, within the scope of this Regulation, and
amendments to Directive 2003/87/EC, as well as to align those Annexes with the implementing acts adopted under
Article 14(1) of that Directive, with relevant international rules and with international and European standards. The
Commission is also empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 of this Regulation to amend
Annexes I and II to this Regulation in order to refine the elements of the monitoring methods set out therein, in the
light of technological and scientific developments and in order to ensure the effective operation of the EU Emissions
Trading System (EU ETS) established pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC.
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By 1 October 2023 , the Commission shall adopt the delegated acts to take into account the inclusion of CH 4 and N 2 O
emissions, as well as the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from offshore ships, within the scope of this
Regulation, as referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph. The methods for monitoring CH 4 and N 2 O
emissions shall be based on the same principles as the methods for monitoring CO 2 emissions as set out in Annex I
to this Regulation, with any adjustments necessary to reflect the nature of the relevant greenhouse gas. The methods
set out in Annex I to this Regulation and the rules set out in Annex II to this Regulation shall, where appropriate, be
aligned with the methods and rules set out in a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the use
of renewable and low-carbon fuels in maritime transport and amending Directive 2009/16/EC.’;
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(8) Article 6 is amended as follows:
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(a) in paragraph 3, point (b) is replaced by the following:
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‘(b) the name of the company and the address, telephone and email details of a contact person and the IMO
unique company and registered owner identification number;’;
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(b)paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:
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‘5. Companies shall use standardised monitoring plans based on templates, and they shall submit those plans
using automated systems and data exchange formats. Those templates, including the technical rules for their
uniform application, and the technical rules for their automatic submission, shall be determined by the
Commission by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the
examination procedure referred to in Article 24(2).’;
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(c) the following paragraphs are added:
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‘6. By 1 April 2024, companies shall, for each of their ships falling within the scope of this Regulation, submit
to the administering authority responsible a monitoring plan that has been assessed as being in conformity with
this Regulation by the verifier and that reflects the inclusion of CH 4 and N 2 O emissions within the scope of this
Regulation.
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7. Notwithstanding paragraph 6, for ships falling within the scope of this Regulation for the first time after
1 January 2024 , companies shall submit a monitoring plan in conformity with the requirements of this
Regulation to the administering authority responsible without undue delay and no later than three months after
each ship’s first call in a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State.
8. By 6 June 2025 , the administering authorities responsible shall approve the monitoring plans submitted by
companies in accordance with the rules laid down in the delegated acts adopted by the Commission pursuant to
the third subparagraph of this paragraph. For ships falling within the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC for the first
time after 1 January 2024, the administering authority responsible shall approve the submitted monitoring plan
within four months of the ship’s first call in a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State, in accordance with
the rules laid down in the delegated acts adopted by the Commission pursuant to the third subparagraph of this
paragraph.

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By 1 October 2023 , the Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 to amend Articles 6
to 10 as regards the rules contained in those Articles for monitoring plans, to take into account the inclusion of
CH 4 and N 2 O emissions, as well as the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from offshore ships, within the
scope of this Regulation.
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The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 to supplement this
Regulation concerning rules for the approval of monitoring plans by the administering authorities responsible.’;
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(9) Article 7 is amended as follows:
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(a) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
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‘4. Modifications of the monitoring plan under paragraph 2, points (b), (c) and (d), of this Article shall be
subject to assessment by the verifier in accordance with Article 13(1). Following the assessment, the verifier shall
notify the company as to whether those modifications are in conformity. The company shall submit its modified
monitoring plan to the administering authority responsible once it has received a notification from the verifier
that the monitoring plan is in conformity.’;
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(b)the following paragraph is added:
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‘5. The administering authority responsible shall approve modifications of the monitoring plan under
paragraph 2, points (a) to (d), in accordance with the rules laid down in the delegated acts adopted by the
Commission pursuant to the second subparagraph of this paragraph.
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The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 to supplement this
Regulation concerning rules for the approval of changes in the monitoring plans by the administering authorities
responsible.’;
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(10) in Article 10, first paragraph, the following point is added:
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‘(k) total aggregated emissions of greenhouse gases covered by Directive 2003/87/EC in relation to maritime
transport activities in accordance with Annex I to that Directive and to be reported under that Directive,
together with the necessary information to justify the application of any relevant derogation from Article 12(3)
of that Directive provided for in Article 12(3-e) to (3-b) thereof.’;
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(11) Article 11 is amended as follows:
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(a) in paragraph 1, the following subparagraph is added:
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‘From 2025, by 31 March of each year, companies shall, for each ship under their responsibility, submit to the
administering authority responsible, to the authorities of the f lag States concerned for ships f lying the f lag of a
Member State and to the Commission an emissions report for the entire reporting period of the previous year,
which has been verified as satisfactory by a verifier in accordance with Article 13. The administering authority
responsible may require companies to submit their emissions reports by a date earlier than 31 March, but not earlier
than by 28 February.’;
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(b)paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
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‘2. Where there is a change of company, the previous company shall submit to the administering authority
responsible, to the authorities of the f lag States concerned for ships f lying the f lag of a Member State, to the new
company and to the Commission, as close as practicable to the day of the completion of the change and no later
than three months thereafter, a verified report covering the same elements as the emissions report referred to in
paragraph 1, but limited to the period corresponding to the activities carried out under its responsibility.’;
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(c) the following paragraph is added:
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‘4. By 1 October 2023 , the Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 to amend
Articles 11, 11a and 12 concerning the rules for reporting to take into account the inclusion of CH 4 and N 2 O
emissions, as well as the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from offshore ships, within the scope of this
Regulation.’;
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(12) the following article is inserted:
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‘Article 11a
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Reporting and submission of the aggregated emissions data at company level
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1. Companies shall determine the aggregated emissions data at company level during a reporting period, based on
the data of the emissions report and the report referred to in Article 11(2) for each ship that was under their
responsibility during the reporting period, in accordance with the rules laid down in the delegated acts adopted
pursuant to paragraph 4 of this Article.
2. From 2025, companies shall submit to the administering authority responsible by 31 March of each year the
aggregated emissions data at company level that cover the emissions in the reporting period of the previous year to
be reported under Directive 2003/87/EC in relation to maritime transport activities, in accordance with the rules laid
down in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to paragraph 4 of this Article, and that have been verified in accordance
with Chapter III of this Regulation.
3. The administering authority responsible may require companies to submit the verified aggregated emissions
data at company level referred to in paragraph 2 by a date earlier than 31 March, but not earlier than by 28 February.
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 to supplement this
Regulation with the rules for the monitoring and reporting of the aggregated emissions data at company level and
the submission of the aggregated emissions data at company level to the administering authority responsible.’;

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(13) Article 12 is amended as follows:
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(a) the title is replaced by the following:
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‘Format of the emissions report and reporting of aggregated emissions data at company level’;
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(b)paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
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‘1. The emissions report and the reporting of aggregated emissions data at company level shall be submitted
using automated systems and data exchange formats, including electronic templates.’;
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(14) Article 13 is amended as follows:
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(a) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
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‘2. The verifier shall assess the conformity of the emissions report and the report referred to in Article 11(2)
with the requirements laid down in Articles 8 to 12 and Annexes I and II.’;
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(b)the following paragraphs are added:
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‘5. The verifier shall assess the conformity of the aggregated emissions data at company level with the
requirements laid down in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to paragraph 6.
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Where the verifier concludes, with reasonable assurance, that the aggregated emissions data at company level are
free from material misstatements, the verifier shall issue a verification report stating that the aggregated emissions
data at company level have been verified as satisfactory in accordance with the rules laid down in the delegated
acts adopted pursuant to paragraph 6.
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6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 to supplement this
Regulation with the rules for the verification of the aggregated emissions data at company level, including the
verification methods and verification procedure, and the issuance of a verification report.’;

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(15) Article 14 is amended as follows:
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(a) in paragraph 2, point (d) is replaced by the following:
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‘(d) the calculations leading to the determination of the overall greenhouse gas emissions and of the total
aggregated emissions of greenhouse gases covered by Directive 2003/87/EC in relation to maritime
transport activities in accordance with Annex I to that Directive and to be reported under that Directive;’;
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(b)the following paragraph is added:
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‘4. When considering the verification of the aggregated emissions data at company level, the verifier shall
assess the completeness of the reported data and the consistency of those reported data with the information
provided by the company, including its verified emissions reports and reports referred to in Article 11(2).’;
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(16) in Article 15, the following paragraph is added:
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‘6. In respect of the verification of aggregated emissions data at company level, the verifier and the company shall
comply with the verification rules laid down in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 13(6). The verifier shall
not verify the emissions report and the report referred to in Article 11(2) of each ship under the responsibility of the
company.’;
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(17) in Article 16, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
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‘1. Verifiers that assess the monitoring plans, the emissions reports, the reports referred to in Article 11(2) of this
Regulation and the aggregated emissions data at company level, and issue the verification reports referred to in
Article 13(3) and (5) of this Regulation and documents of compliance referred to in Article 17(1) of this Regulation
shall be accredited for activities within the scope of this Regulation by a national accreditation body pursuant to
Regulation (EC) No 765/2008.’;
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(18) Article 20 is amended as follows:
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(a) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
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‘3. In the case of a ship that has failed to comply with the monitoring and reporting obligations for two or
more consecutive reporting periods, and where other enforcement measures have failed to ensure compliance,
the competent authority of the Member State of the port of entry may, after giving the opportunity to the
company concerned to submit its observations, issue an expulsion order, which shall be notified to the
Commission, the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), the other Member States and the f lag State
concerned. As a result of the issuing of such an expulsion order, every Member State, with the exception of the
Member State whose f lag the ship is flying, shall refuse entry of the ship concerned into any of its ports until the
company fulfils its monitoring and reporting obligations in accordance with Articles 11 and 18. Where such a
ship f lies the f lag of a Member State and enters or is found in one of its ports, the Member State concerned shall,
after giving the opportunity to the company concerned to submit its observations, detain the ship until the
company fulfils its monitoring and reporting obligations.
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Where a ship as referred to in the first subparagraph is found in one of the ports of the Member State whose flag
the ship is f lying, the Member State concerned may, after giving the opportunity to the company concerned to
submit its observations, issue a f lag State detention order until the company fulfils its monitoring and reporting
obligations. It shall inform the Commission, EMSA and the other Member States thereof.
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The fulfilment of those monitoring and reporting obligations shall be confirmed by the notification of a valid
document of compliance to the competent national authority which issued the expulsion order. This paragraph
shall be without prejudice to international maritime rules applicable in the case of ships in distress.’;
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(b)in paragraph 5, the following subparagraph is added:
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‘The possibility of derogating under the first subparagraph shall not apply to a Member State whose authority is the
administering authority responsible.’;
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(19) Article 21 is amended as follows:
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(a) in paragraph 2, point (a) is replaced by the following:
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‘(a) the identity of the ship (name, company, IMO identification number and port of registry or home port);’;
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(b)paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:
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‘5. The Commission shall every two years assess the overall impact of maritime transport activities on the
global climate, including through emissions or effects of greenhouse gases other than CO 2 and of particles with a
global warming potential not covered by this Regulation.’;
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(20) the following article is inserted:
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‘Article 22a
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Review
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The Commission shall, no later than 31 December 2024 , review this Regulation, in particular taking into account
further experience gained in its implementation, inter alia, for the purpose of including ships below 5 000gross
tonnage but not below 400 gross tonnage within the scope of this Regulation with a view to a possible subsequent
inclusion of such ships within the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC or to proposing other measures to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions from such ships. That review shall, where appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative
proposal to amend this Regulation.’;
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(21) Article 23 is amended as follows:
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(a) paragraphs 2 and 3 are replaced by the following:
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‘2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 5(2), Article 15(5) and Article 16(3) shall be
conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 1 July 2015.
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The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 6(8), Article 7(5), Article 11(4), Article 11a(4) and
Article 13(6) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 5 June 2023.
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The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before
the end of the respective five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an
identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three
months before the end of each period.
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3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 5(2), Article 6(8), Article 7(5), Article 11(4), Article 11a(4),
Article 13(6), Article 15(5) and Article 16(3) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the
Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall
take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a
later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.’;
(b)paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:
‘5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 5(2), Article 6(8), Article 7(5), Article 11(4), Article 11a(4),
Article 13(6), Article 15(5) or Article 16(3) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either
by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the
European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the
Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two
months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.

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However, the first subparagraph, last sentence, of this paragraph shall not apply to delegated acts adopted by
1 October 2023 pursuant to Article 5(2), second subparagraph, Article 6(8), second subparagraph, or
Article 11(4).’.
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Entry into force and application
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.
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It shall apply from 5 June 2023. However, Article 1, point (5)(a) and point (5)(b), of this Regulation, as regards Article 3,
points (b), (d) and (m), of Regulation (EU) 2015/757, shall apply from 1 January 2024.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
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Done at Strasbourg, 10 May 2023.
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For the European Parliament
The President
R. METSOLA
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For the Council
The President
J. ROSWALL
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