COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE IMPACT ASSESSMENT Accompanying the document Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2015/757 in order to take appropriate account of the global data collection system for ship fuel oil consumption data
Date: 2019-02-04
Institutions: Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission
Subjects: International Maritime Organisation, climate change, consumption, data collection, environmental monitoring, greenhouse gas, marine fuel, maritime transport, pollution from ships, reduction of gas emissions

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 4.2.2019  SWD(2019) 11 final  COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE IMPACT ASSESSMENT  Accompanying the document Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2015/757 in order to take appropriate account of the global data collection system for ship fuel oil consumption data {COM(2019) 38 final} - {SEC(2019) 20 final} - {SWD(2019) 10 final}  
 
 
Executive Summary Sheet 

A. Need for action 

Why? What is the problem being addressed? 

Pursuant  to  Article  22  of  Regulation  (EU)  2015/757  on  the  monitoring,  reporting  and  verification  of  CO2 
emissions  from  maritime  transport  ("EU  MRV”),  the  Commission  proposes  to  amend  the  EU  MRV  to  take 
appropriate  account  of  the  global  Data  Collection  System  for  fuel  oil  consumption  of  ships  established  by  the 
IMO. 

What is this initiative expected to achieve? 
The aim is to facilitate the harmonious implementation of the two MRV systems, while preserving the objectives 
of the EU MRV, i.e. to keep the collection of robust and verified CO2 emissions data at  individual ship level to 
stimulate the up-take of energy efficiency solutions and inform future policy making decisions.  

What is the value added of action at the EU level? 
By maintaining a single set of MRV requirements at Union level, the proposed action will ensure the continued 
comparability and reliability of CO2 emissions data from ships. 

B. Solutions 

What  legislative  and  non-legislative  policy  options  have  been  considered?  Is  there  a  preferred 
choice or not? Why? 
While the alignment of “governance” and “CO2 reporting” has been discarded upfront to preserve the EU MRV 
objectives,  3  policy  options  have  been  assessed.  Option  1  reflected  what  would  happen  if  no  action  is  taken. 
Option 2 assessed different streamlining scenarios to reduce administrative burden and safeguard the objectives 
of the EU MRV. Option 3 reflected the full technical harmonisation of both systems.  

In  line  with  option  2,  the  preferred  choice  is  to  streamline  the  two  systems  in  terms  of  definitions,  monitoring 
parameters, monitoring plans and templates to reduce administrative burdens, but not to modify the governance, 
scope, verification, transparency and CO2 reporting requirements, to preserve the EU MRV objectives.  

Who supports which option? 
Option  2  is  in  line  with  the  priorities  expressed  by  most  stakeholders  that  participated  in  the  online  public 
consultation and stressed the need to align technical  aspects. At the same time, keeping the EU approach on 
verification and transparency is in line with the position of civil society, academia, citizens and Member States.  

C. Impacts of the preferred option 

What are the benefits of the preferred option (if any, otherwise main ones)?                                      
The  preferred  option  preserves  the  benefits  of  the  EU  MRV  in  terms  of  environmental,  social  and  economic 
impacts and it reduces administrative burden for companies. 

What are the costs of the preferred option (if any, otherwise main ones)?                                     
By streamlining some aspects of the two MRV systems, the preferred option reduces the administrative burden 
and associated costs for ships having to report under both MRV systems.  

How will businesses, SMEs and micro-enterprises be affected? 
While businesses subject to both MRV systems will benefit from reduced administrative burden, around 99% of 
maritime transport SMEs will continue not to be affected as ships below 5000 GT are outside the scope of the 
EU MRV. 

Will there be significant impacts on national budgets and administrations? 
There will be no significant impact on national budgets and administration, as the EU MRV system is already in 
place. It may however contribute towards the reporting obligations of flag States. 

Will there be other significant impacts? 
None have been identified. 

When will the policy be reviewed? 

D. Follow up 

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Regular monitoring is foreseen by means of information on a range of indicators to be provided by the Member 
States on two-yearly basis. 

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