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Penalties for ship-source pollution now effective in Europe
Last year, (19 July 2010) we issued a post on our web site informing that the European Parliament issued the Directive 2009/123/EC and mandated each Member State to bring it into force by December 2010.
IMO creates mandatory emissions reduction regime
On 15 July 2011, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) adopted mandatory measures to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from international shipping by amending the Marpol Convention Annex VI Regulations for the prevention of air pollution from ships (MARPOL Annex VI). In similar news, the European Commission announced a proposed amendment to the EU’s Sulphur Directive which will bring the EU’s regulation in line with the IMO’s sulphur regulations in MARPOL Annex VI.
Commission Urges Member States to Implement Sea Pollution Laws
The European Commission gave a series of Member States two months time to transpose EU rules laying down criminal penalties against sea pollution and other environmental offences.
Directive 2009/123/EC (amending Directive 2005/35/EC) on ship-source pollution is part of a set of EU rules to reinforce maritime safety and help prevent pollution from ships. It requires Member States to consider serious and illicit discharges of polluting substances from ships as a criminal offence. Eight states (Czech Republic, Finland, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania and Slovakia) have failed to comply with separate rules on pollution from ships. This Directive was due to be implemented by 16 November 2010. Read more »
ECM and PL Ferrari hold joint seminar on US Marpol / APPS enforcement
Herewith below the article published by the Italian Weekly Magazine Ship2Shore about our seminar “Maritime Environmental Compliance & the US Perspective” organized with P&I Brokers PL Ferrari.
Italy: Senate adoptes EP Directives 2008/99/CE and 2009/123/CE
On October 2009 the European Parliament approved Directive 2009/123/EC, also mandating each Member State to adopt it by December 2010. (See our Feb 23 news item). The Directive asks EU Member States to pass criminal penalties for discharging polluting substances detailed in the same EP document. However this Directive should not concern the application of penalties or obligations for individual cases.
