Commission Directive 2007/71/EC of 13 December 2007 amending Annex II of Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: harbour installation, pollution from ships, vessel, waste management

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DIRECTIVES

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2007/71/EC

of 13 December 2007

amending Annex II of Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on port
reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

provisions of the Directive as regards sewage should be
seen in connection with Marpol Annex IV Regulations
which provide, under specific conditions, for the possi-
bility to discharge sewage at sea. This should apply
without
delivery
to more
requirements for ships adopted in accordance with inter-
national law.

prejudice

stringent

the European
Having regard to Directive 2000/59/EC of
Parliament and the Council of 27 November 2000 on port
reception facilities
cargo
ship-generated waste
for
residues (1), and in particular Article 15 thereof,

and

(5)

The measures provided for
in this Directive are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Safe
Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships set up
by Regulation (EC) No 2099/2002 of
the European
Parliament and the Council (2),

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Annex IV to Marpol 73/78 on the prevention of
pollution by sewage from ships entered into force on
27 September 2003 and its revised version entered
into force on 1 August 2005.

Article 16 of Directive 2000/59/EC provides that the
implementation of the Directive as regards sewage will
be suspended for 12 months after the entry into force of
Annex IV to Marpol.

The master of a ship bound for a port located in the
Community has an obligation under Article 6 of
Directive 2000/59/EC to complete the form in Annex
II of the Directive and notify the information to the
authority or body designated for this purpose by the
Member States in which the port is located.

Article 1

Annex II of Directive 2000/59/EC is replaced by the text in the
Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

Transposition

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive by 15 June 2009 at the latest. They shall forthwith
communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions
and a correlation table between those provisions and this
Directive.

(4)

Annex II does not refer to sewage and therefore should
be amended to include sewage as an additional type of
waste to be notified before entry into the port. The

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain
a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a
reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member
States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

(1) OJ L 332, 28.12.2000, p. 81. Directive as amended by Directive

2002/84/EC (OJ L 324, 29.11.2002, p. 53).

(2) OJ L 324, 29.11.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 93/2007 (OJ L 22, 31.1.2007,
p. 12).

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2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the
text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in
the field covered by this Directive.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

For the Commission

Jacques BARROT
Vice-President

Done at Brussels, 13 December 2007.

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ANNEX

INFORMATION TO BE NOTIFIED BEFORE ENTRY INTO THE PORT OF

(Port of destination as referred to in Article 6 of Directive 2000/59/EC)

1. Name, call sign and, where appropriate, IMO identification number of the ship:

2. Flag State:

3. Estimated time of arrival (ETA):

4. Estimated time of departure (ETD):

5. Previous port call:

6. Next port of call:

7. Last port and date when ship-generated waste was delivered:

8. Are you delivering (tick appropriate box):

all 

some 

none 

of your waste into a port reception facilities?

9. Type and amount of waste and residues to be delivered and/or remaining on board, and percentage of maximum

storage capacity:

If delivering all waste, complete second column as appropriate.

If delivering some or no waste, complete all columns.

Type

Waste to be
delivered
m3

Maximum dedicated
storage capacity
m3

Amount of waste
retained on board
m3

Port at which
remaining waste
will be delivered

Estimated amount
of waste to be
generated between
notification and
next port of call
m3

Waste oils

Sludge

Bilge water

Others (specify)

Garbage

Food waste

Plastic

Other

Sewage (1)

Cargo-associated
waste (2) (specify)

Cargo residues (2)
(specify)

(1) Sewage may be discharged at sea in accordance with Regulation 11 of Annex IV of Marpol 73/78. The corresponding boxes do not

need to be completed if it is the intention to make an authorised discharge at sea.

(2) May be estimates.

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Notes

1. This information may be used for port State control and other inspection purposes.

2. Member States will determine which bodies will receive copies of this notification.

3. This form is to be completed unless the ship is covered by an exemption in accordance with Article 9 of Directive

2000/59/EC.

I confirm that:
— the above details are accurate and correct, and
— there is sufficient dedicated onboard capacity to store all waste generated between notification and the next port at

which waste will be delivered.

Date ...........................................................................

Time ..........................................................................

Signature ..................................................................