Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2895 of 19 December 2023 laying down the list of islands and ports referred to in Article 12(3-d) of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and the list of transnational public service contracts or transnational public service obligations referred to in Article 12(3-c) of that Directive
Date: 2023-12-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission
Subjects: EU Emissions Trading Scheme, EU Member State, EU emission allowance, EU environmental policy, derogation from EU law, harbour installation, island, maritime transport, services of general interest








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2023/2895


22.12.2023







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2023/2895
of 19 December 2023
         
laying down the list of islands and ports referred to in Article 12(3-d) of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and the list of transnational public service contracts or transnational public service obligations referred to in Article 12(3-c) of that Directive
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to 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 (1), and in particular Article 12(3-d) and (3-c) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Directive 2003/87/EC was amended most recently by Directive (EU) 2023/959 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) to include maritime transport emissions within the system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union (the ‘EU ETS’).












(2)


In order to ensure the connectivity of certain islands, the EU ETS provides for two types of temporary derogations from the obligation to surrender allowances pursuant to Article 12(3-d) and (3-c) of Directive 2003/87/EC. As those temporary derogations both concern connectivity, the list of islands and ports and the list of transnational public service contracts and transnational public service obligations should be laid down in the same act.












(3)


In accordance with Article 12(3-d), first subparagraph, of Directive 2003/87/EC, a port to be identified as a port concerned by the temporary derogation has to be located on an island with no road or rail link with the mainland and with a population of fewer than 200 000 permanent residents. Following the requests by Denmark, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Italy, Malta and Sweden, several ports should therefore be identified as ports concerned by the temporary derogation pursuant to Article 12(3-d) of Directive 2003/87/EC.












(4)


In accordance with Article 12(3-c) of Directive 2003/87/EC, transnational public service contracts or transnational public service obligations have to connect two Member States, one of which does not have a land border with another Member State and the other Member State is the geographically closest Member State to that Member State without land border. Cyprus has no land border with another Member State and Greece is the geographically closest Member State to Cyprus. Following the joint request by Cyprus and Greece, the public service contract connecting Cyprus and Greece should therefore be identified as a transnational public service contract within the meaning of Article 12(3-c) of Directive 2003/87/EC.












(5)


To ensure the effective functioning of the EU ETS, which is to include emissions from maritime transport released from 1 January 2024, this Decision should apply from that date,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Member States shall consider the requirements set out in Article 12(3), first subparagraph, point (c), and Article 16, of Directive 2003/87/EC to be satisfied and shall take no action against shipping companies in respect of emissions released until 31 December 2030 from:






(a)


voyages performed by passenger ships, other than cruise passenger ships, and by ro-pax ships, between a port of an island as listed in Annex I to this Decision and a port under the jurisdiction of the same Member State, or from the activities, within a port, of such ships in relation to such voyages;










(b)


voyages performed by passenger or ro-pax ships in the framework of a transnational public service contract or a transnational public service obligation connecting two Member States, as listed in Annex II to this Decision, or from the activities, within a port, of such ships in relation to such voyages.






Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2024.




Done at Brussels, 19 December 2023.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2003/87/oj.

(2)  Directive (EU) 2023/959 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 amending Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union and Decision (EU) 2015/1814 concerning the establishment and operation of a market stability reserve for the Union greenhouse gas emission trading system (OJ L 130, 16.5.2023, p. 134, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2023/959/oj).




ANNEX I
List of islands and ports as referred to in Article 12(3-d), first subparagraph, of Directive 2003/87/EC







STATE


NAME OF ISLAND


NAME OF PORT




DENMARK


BORNHOLM


ROENNE




GREECE


AEGINA


AEGINA




AGIA MARINA, AEGINA




SOUVALA




AGATHONISI


AGATHONISI




AGIOS EFSTRATIOS


AGIOS EFSTRATIOS




ALONNISOS


ALONNISOS




AMORGOS


AGIALI




KATAPOLA




ANAFI


ANAFI




ANDROS


GAVRIO




ANGISTRI


ANGISTRI




ANTIKYTHIRA


POTAMOS, ANTIKYTHIRA




ANTIPAROS


ANTIPAROS




ARKI


ARKI




ASTYPALAIA


ASTYPALAIA




CHIOS


CHIOS




MESTA




DONOUSA


DONOUSA




EREIKOUSA


EREIKOUSA




FOLEGANDROS


FOLEGANDROS




FOURNI KORSEON


FOURNI KORSEON




GAVDOS


GAVDOS




HALKI


HALKI




IKARIA


EVDILOS / AGIOS KYRIKOS




INOUSSES


INOUSSES




IOS


IOS




IRAKLEIA


IRAKLEIA




ITHAKI


FRIKES




PISAETOS




KALAMOS


KALAMOS




KALYMNOS


KALYMNOS




KARPATHOS


KARPATHOS




KASOS


KASOS




KASTOS


KASTOS




KEA


KEA




KEFALLONIA


ARGOSTOLI




POROS, KEFALLONIA




SAMI




KERKYRA


LEFKIMI




KIMOLOS


KIMOLOS




KOS


KOS




MASTICHARI




KOUFONISI


KOUFONISIA, CYCLADES




KYTHIRA


AGIA PELAGIA




DIAKOFTI




KYTHNOS


KYTHNOS




LEROS


AGIA MARINA, LEROS




LAKKI, LEROS




LESVOS


MYTILINI




LIMNOS


MYRINA




LIPSI


LIPSI




MATHRAKI


MATHRAKI




MEGANISI


MEGANISI




MEGISTI


KASTELORIZO




MILOS


ADAMANTAS




MYKONOS


MYKONOS




NAXOS


NAXOS




NISYROS


NISYROS




OTHONI


OTHONI




PAROS


PAROS




PATMOS


PATMOS




PAXI


PAXI




POROS


POROS, TRIZINIA




PSARA


PSARA




RHODES


RHODES




SKALA KAMIROU, RHODES




SALAMINA


FANEROMENI




PALOUKIA




SAMOS


VATHY




KARLOVASI




PYTHAGOREIO




SAMOTHRAKI


SAMOTHRAKI




SCHINOUSSA


SCHINOUSSA




SERIFOS


SERIFOS




SIFNOS


KAMARES, SIFNOS




SIKINOS


SIKINOS




SKIATHOS


SKIATHOS




SKOPELOS


GLOSSA/AGNONTAS




SKYROS


LINARIA




SPETSES


SPETSES




SYMI


SYMI




SYROS


ERMOUPOLI




THASOS


PRINOS




THASOS




THIRA


THIRA




THYMAINA


THYMAINA




TILOS


TILOS




TINOS


TINOS




YDRA


YDRA




ZAKYNTHOS


ZAKYNTHOS




SPAIN


FORMENTERA


LA SAVINA




IBIZA


EIVISSA




SANT ANTONI DE PORTMANY




MENORCA


CIUDADELA




MAÓ




CROATIA


BIŠEVO


MEZUPORAT




PORAT




SALBUNARA




BRAČ


BOL




MILNA




SUMARTIN




SUPETAR




SUTIVAN




CRES


CRES




MARTINŠĆICA




MERAG




POROZINA




DRVENIK MALI


DRVENIK MALI




DRVENIK VELI


DRVENIK VELIKI




DUGI OTOK


BOŽAVA




BRBINJ




ZAGLAV




HVAR


HVAR




JELSA




STARI GRAD




SUĆURAJ




ILOVIK


ILOVIK




IST


KOSIRAČA




ŠIROKA




IŽ


BRŠANJ




VELI IŽ




MALI IŽ




KAPRIJE


KAPRIJE




KOLOČEP


DONJE ČELO




KORČULA


DOMINČE




KORČULA




PRIGRADICA




VELA LUKA




KRAPANJ


KRAPANJ




LASTOVO


UBLI




LOPUD


LOPUD




LOŠINJ


MALI LOŠINJ




MRTVAŠKA




MLJET


POLAČE




SOBRA




MOLAT


BRGULJE




MOLAT (LUČINA)




ZAPUNTEL




OBONJAN


OBONJAN




OLIB


OLIB




OŠLJAK


OŠLJAK




PAŠMAN


TKON




PREMUDA


KRIJAL




PRVIĆ


PRVIĆ LUKA




ŠEPURINE




RAB


LOPAR




MIŠNJAK




RAB




RAVA


MALA RAVA




RAVA




RIVANJ


RIVANJ




SESTRUNJ


SESTRUNJ




SILBA


ŽALIĆ




ŠIPAN


ŠIPANSKA LUKA




SUĐURAĐ




ŠOLTA


ROGAČ




SUSAK


SUSAK




UGLJAN


PREKO




UNIJE


UNIJE




VELE SRAKANE


SRAKANE V.




VIS


KOMIŽA




VIS




VRGADA


VRGADA




ŽIRJE


MUNA




ZLARIN


ZLARIN




ZVERINAC


ZVERINAC




 


 




ITALY


ALICUDI


ALICUDI




CAPRAIA


CAPRAIA




CAPRI


CAPRI




MARINA GRANDE




FAVIGNANA


FAVIGNANA




FILICUDI


FILICUDI




GIANNUTRI


GIANNUTRI




GORGONA


GORGONA




ISOLA ASINARA


ISOLA ASINARA




ISOLA D’ELBA


CAVO




MARCIANA MARINA




MARINA DI CAMPO




PORTO AZZURRO




PORTOFERRAIO




RIO MARINA




ISOLA DEL GIGLIO


ISOLA DEL GIGLIO




ISOLA DI ISCHIA


CASAMICCIOLA TERME




FORIO




ISCHIA




LACCO AMENO




PORTO D'ISCHIA




ISOLA DI SAN PIETRO


CARLOFORTE




ISOLA SANTO STEFANO


ISOLA SANTO STEFANO




ISOLE TREMITI


ISOLE TREMITI




ISOLOTTO FORMICA


ISOLOTTO FORMICA




LA MADDALENA


LA MADDALENA




LAMPEDUSA


LAMPEDUSA




LEVANZO


LEVANZO




LINOSA


LINOSA




LIPARI


LIPARI




MARETTIMO


MARETTIMO




PANAREA


PANAREA




PANTELLERIA


PANTELLERIA




SCAURI




PIANOSA


PIANOSA




PONZA


PONZA




PROCIDA


PROCIDA




SALINA


RINELLA




SANTA MARINA SALINA




STROMBOLI


STROMBOLI




USTICA


USTICA




VENTOTENE


VENTOTENE




VULCANO


VULCANO




MALTA


GOZO


MGARR




SWEDEN


GOTLAND


VISBY









ANNEX II
List of transnational public service contracts or transnational public service obligations as referred to in Article 12(3-c) of Directive 2003/87/EC

—   

Public service contract for the establishment of a passenger maritime link between Cyprus and Greece connecting the ports of Piraeus (Greece), Larnaca (Cyprus) and Limassol (Cyprus).





ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2023/2895/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)