Press Release: Ships’ CO2 emissions: MEPs approve new reporting rules

The European Parliament approved in plenary on 28 April 2015 a draft law which requires ship owners using ports in the European Union to monitor and report CO2 emissions each year.

The new rules, already informally agreed with the Council of the European Union, were scheduled to be in place from 2018 on to ships over 5,000 gross tons, regardless of the country in which they are registered, as a first step towards cutting their greenhouse gas emissions.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Monitoring of CO2 emissions from ships: the Council reaches a political agreement http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-monitoring-of-co2-emissions-from-ships-the-council-reaches-a-political-agreement/

EurActiv, 10.06.15: Pollution from ships kills thousands each year http://www.euractiv.com/sections/science-policymaking/pollution-ships-kills-thousands-each-year-315253

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