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Progress: Awaiting Council's 1st reading position
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | TRAN | TAX Vera ( S&D) | NOVAK Ljudmila ( EPP), KARLESKIND Pierre ( Renew), CORRAO Ignazio ( Verts/ALE), CAMPOMENOSI Marco ( ID), VAN OVERTVELDT Johan ( ECR), DALY Clare ( GUE/NGL) |
Committee Opinion | BUDG | ||
Committee Opinion | EMPL | ||
Committee Opinion | ENVI | ||
Committee Opinion | PECH | BILBAO BARANDICA Izaskun ( Renew) | Gabriel MATO ( PPE), Raffaele STANCANELLI ( ECR), Francisco GUERREIRO ( Verts/ALE), Isabel CARVALHAIS ( S&D) |
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Events
The Committee on Transport and Tourism adopted the report by Vera TAX (S&D, NL) on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/16/EC on port State control.
The committee responsible recommended that the European Parliament's position adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the proposal as follows:
Scope
The report clarified that until such time as a mandatory port State control regime for fishing vessels applies throughout the Union, as a result of the entry into force of the Cape Town Agreement and the amendment of the relevant Union legal acts, individual Member States may carry out port state control inspections of fishing vessels of above 24 metres length overall.
Complaints
The amended text stated that Member States should inform the flag State administration, with a copy to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), of complaints not manifestly unfounded and of follow-up actions taken. The Agency should be invited by Member States, in line with the EMSA regulation, to provide operational and technical support concerning safety investigations.
Refusal of access
The refusal of access order should be lifted after a period of 12 months has elapsed on condition that the owner or operator provides evidence to the satisfaction of the competent authority of the Member State where the ship was found defective, demonstrating that the ship fully complies with all applicable requirements of the Conventions.
ESMA’s involvement
In cooperation with Member States, the Commission should:
- ensure adequate support for the harmonisation of port State control practices across the Union, reporting to the European Parliament and the Council every 4 years on the level of harmonisation and standards of the inspections;
- develop a professional development and training programme for port State control inspectors. The Commission should build on the expertise of EMSA and support its activity, as the trainings it proposes contribute to the harmonisation of port State control officers’ practices;
- on a continuous basis, identify and provide new training needs to amend the curricula, syllabi and content of the professional development and training programme for inspectors, especially as regards new technologies and in relation to the additional obligations arising from the relevant instruments in order to facilitate compliance with environmental, social, public health and labour law standards and safety on-board ships calling at Union ports for both seafarers and dock workers, with a special focus on female workers.
Moreover, the Commission, with the involvement of EMSA, should produce a guidance document offering advice on how to implement international Conventions, in particular the MLC 2006, with regard to port State control. EMSA should also provide detailed information about the most frequent problems detected during port State inspections of ships under each flag.
Inspection database
Members stated that electronic certificates should be mandatory for all Members States as early as possible after the entry into force of this amending directive and in any case no later than three years thereafter. Ships flying the flag of a State that issue such electronic certificates should have this reflected in the ship risk profile (SRP) as set out in Annexes I and II until the electronic certificate becomes compulsory.
Publication of information
According to the report, the Commission should make available and maintain on a public website the information on inspections, detentions and refusals of access. Information identifying an individual ship should only be made publicly available if all legal proceedings are finalised and there is no appeal.
Review
Lastly, Members considered that the Commission should, by five years from the date of entry into force of this amending Directive, submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the progress by Member States on the ratification of international agreements containing obligations related to fisheries as well as assessing how these obligations should be transposed into Union law and, where appropriate, present a legislative proposal to this effect.
PURPOSE: to update certain provisions of Directive 2009/16/EC on port State control.
PROPOSED ACT: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council.
ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council.
BACKGROUND: Directive 2009/16/EC regulates port State control inspections at EU level. Port State control (PSC) is a system of inspection of foreign ships in ports of states other than the flag state by PSC officers to verify that the competency of the master, officers and crew on board, the condition of a ship, and its equipment comply with the requirements of international conventions – and in the European Union, with applicable EU law.
Since the Directive 2009/16/EC entered into force, there have been changes in the international regulatory environment (in particular in the Paris MOU and the International Maritime Organisation) and technological developments. Those changes as well as the experience gained from implementation of Directive 2009/16/EC should be taken into account.
This initiative is part of a package to modernise EU rules on maritime safety.
CONTENT: in the light of this, the Commission has prepared a proposal to amend Directive 2009/16/EC. It aims to update and align EU legislation with international rules and procedures , set by the IMO/ILO or the Paris MOU.
Purpose, definition and scope
The scope of the Directive is partially extended to bring a number of international conventions within the scope of port State control inspections. These are the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments (BWM Convention) and the International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks (Nairobi) both of which are in force and have been adopted as relevant instruments by the Paris MOU.
The scope is also amended so that fishing vessels of above 24 metres in length can be inspected under PSC by those Member States who wish to carry out these inspections. A voluntary system of control for this type of vessel should increase the level of compliance with international standards of safety and environmental protection applicable to these vessels.
Ship risk profile
The proposal also updates the way in which ships are targeted for inspection to take account of the new requirements and will attach greater importance to the environmental performance and deficiencies of ships in determining their risk profile. The proposal defines the environmental parameters that will be taken into account to establish the ship risk profile used to target ships for inspection.
Force majeure situations
The proposal addresses the issue of lack of flexibility of the PSC regime in cases of crisis or unexpected events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to make the regime more resilient, a more flexible measure is introduced allowing Member States to miss inspections in cases of force majeure, provided that the missed inspection is recorded and the reason for missing the inspection is documented.
Pre-arrival notification
The amendments intend to align the Directive to the Paris MOU changes abolishing the 72-hour reporting obligation for vessels eligible for an expanded inspection.
Expanded inspections
Due to their complexity, it is proposed that expanded inspections should be carried out by more than one port State control officer.
Refusal of access
The Directive is amended to align it to the changes adopted by the Paris MOU relating to the refusal of access (banning) procedure and the possibility to ban vessels which are on the grey or white lists of the Paris MOU (flag-blind banning) as well as provision related to jumped detention or when the detained vessel does not proceed to an agreed repair yard.
EMSA training
The proposal sets out the possibilities for EMSA to provide training to the EU Member States to better fulfil their responsibilities under the Directive, given the widened scope of PSC and improvements in the scope and type of training. A new professional development and training programme for inspectors should be developed, to be a made up of a (i) syllabus of competence and a (ii) professional development scheme. Once these aspects are in place, the Agency should identify and provide new training needs to amend the curricula, syllabi and content of the professional development and training program for inspectors, especially as regards new technologies and in relation to the additional obligations arising from new IMO conventions.
Electronic certificates
The use of electronic certificates should be encouraged. These would rely on a common template, use a common validation tool and repository at EU level, which would link the use of electronic certificates with the ship risk profile.
Implementation review
The proposal provides that the Commission will produce a review of the implementation of the amended Directive 10 years after adoption. This takes account of the time necessary for transposition and the fact that an EMSA review cycle of visits to Member States typically takes no less than 5 years.
Budgetary implications
The proposal gives raise to net present costs for the Union Budget of EUR 6.479 million over the period 2025-2050.
Documents
- Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T9-0201/2024
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading: T9-0201/2024
- Approval in committee of the text agreed at 1st reading interinstitutional negotiations: PE759.995
- Coreper letter confirming interinstitutional agreement: GEDA/A/(2024)001593
- Text agreed during interinstitutional negotiations: PE759.995
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading: A9-0419/2023
- Committee opinion: PE753.475
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE754.725
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES2988/2023
- Committee draft report: PE752.958
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: SEC(2023)0202
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: SWD(2023)0148
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: SWD(2023)0149
- Legislative proposal published: COM(2023)0271
- Legislative proposal published: EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex SEC(2023)0202
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex SWD(2023)0148
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex SWD(2023)0149
- Committee draft report: PE752.958
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES2988/2023
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE754.725
- Committee opinion: PE753.475
- Coreper letter confirming interinstitutional agreement: GEDA/A/(2024)001593
- Text agreed during interinstitutional negotiations: PE759.995
- Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T9-0201/2024
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