Merchant Shipping (Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Carbon Dioxide Emissions) and the Port State Control (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 825 of 2017).

These Regulations implement Regulation (EU) No. 2015/757 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport and amending Directive 2009/16/EC. The EU Regulation creates a mechanism for monitoring and reporting carbon dioxide emissions from ships and for reporting other information at national and European Union level. Compliance with the Regulation is to be demonstrated by a document of compliance which must be carried on board the ship. These Regulations create a requirement for a ship entering or leaving a UK port to carry a valid document of compliance, the failure to produce the document of compliance is a criminal offence and the ship may be detained. The Regulations also amend the Merchant Shipping (Port State Control Regulations) 2011 to make it a requirement for an inspection under those regulations to include a check that the ship is carrying a document of compliance; this will apply to inspections carried out on and after 30th June 2019.