29 Amendments of Theresa GRIFFIN related to 2018/0012(COD)
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The International Convention on the Prevention of Pollution from Ships ('MARPOL Convention') provides for general prohibitions on discharges from ships and fixed or floating platforms at sea, but also regulates the conditions under which certain types of waste can be discharged into the marine environment. The MARPOL Convention requires Member States to ensure the provision of adequate reception facilities in ports.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Although the majority of marine litter originates from land-based activities, the shipping industry, including the fishing and recreational sectors, is also an important contributor, with discharges of garbage, including plastic and derelict fishing gear, going directly into the sea. Offshore platforms, either fixed or floating, should also be required to deliver their waste to Union ports, given their significant contribution to marine litter.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) Fishing nets are particularly problematic given their high turnover and require a specific approach which should include measures to prevent accidental losses, dumping of old, derelict or unusable fishing gear, as well as measures to support the delivery of passively fished waste, which often contains lost fishing gear.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18 b (new)
Recital 18 b (new)
(18b) To encourage the delivery of passively fished waste collected during fishing operations, Member States should establish dedicated collection centres in ports and cover the costs associated with its collection and management with revenues generated by alternative income sources.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The ‘Green Ship’ concept should be further developed in relation to waste management,. Minimum requirements should be established at EU level so that an effective reward system can be implemented for those vessels that reduce their waste on board. The Commission should also encourage the exchange of good practices on the development of bottom-up schemes which evaluate 'green ships'.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) The delivery obligation should be complemented with provisions that prohibit the discharge of waste in order to provide clear signals about compliance obligations, and ensure a clear basis for civil or criminal violations.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
(24a) The large quantity of marine litter in the Union's regional seas indicates that the existing legal requirements do not prove sufficient to reach the objectives set in the strategy for a circular economy. In the interest of promoting compliance and preventing discharges of waste at sea, the present Directive should outline minimum sanctions for infringements, including minimum administrative fees and to include them in guidance issued to competent authorities undertaking inspections.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31 a (new)
Recital 31 a (new)
(31a) Good working conditions for port personnel working in port reception facilities are of paramount importance to creating a safe, efficient and socially accountable maritime sector, which is able to attract qualified workers and ensure a wide-level playing field across Europe. Initial and periodic training of staff is essential to ensure the quality of services and the protection of workers. Port and reception facilities authorities shall ensure that all personnel receive the necessary training to acquire the knowledge which is essential for their work, with specific attention for health and safety aspects pertaining to dealing with hazardous materials, and that training requirements are regularly updated to meet the challenges of technological innovation.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – title
Article 1 – title
1 Subject matter and objectives
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) 'offshore platform' means any fixed or floating platform, including drilling rigs, floating production, storage and offloading facilities used for the offshore production and storage of oil, and floating units for the offshore storage of oil produced;
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ‘waste from ships’ means all waste, including cargo residues, which is generated during the service of a ship, an offshore platform, or during loading, unloading and cleaning operations, or waste that is collected in nets during fishing operations, and falls under the scope of Annexes I, II, IV, V and VI to MARPOL;
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point m
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point m
(m) ‘scheduled traffic’ means traffic based on a published or planned list of times of departures and arrivals between identified ports or recurrent crossings that constitute a recognised schedule; the ship's schedule should be set in advance and remain stable over at least four months.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) all ships, irrespective of their flag, calling at, or operating within, a port of a Member State, with the exception of any warship, or naval auxiliary or other ship owned or operated by a State and used, for the time being, only on a government non- commercial basis;
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) all ports of the Member States normally visited by ships falling under the scope of point (a), including ports located on inland waterways.
Amendment 131 #
(e) description of the cost recovery systems, including the fees and the basis on which they have been calculated; and
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be reported electronically in the part of the information, monitoring and enforcement system, referred to in Article 14 of this Directive, in accordance with Directive 2010/65/EU and Directive 2002/59/EC and be available for relevant stakeholders including port reception facilities operators.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – title
Article 7 – title
7 Discharge and delivery of waste from ships
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. The master of a ship calling at a Union port shall, not discharge waste at sea before leaarriving to the port, and shall deliver all the waste carried on board of the ship to a Union port reception facility in accordance with the relevant discharge norms laid down in the MARPOL Convention. The master of an offshore platform shall send all waste produced on the fixed or floating platform to a port reception facility at regular intervals.
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) in order to provide for a maximum incentive for the delivery of waste as defined in Annex V to the MARPOL Convention, including the waste that has been collected in nets during fishing operations, the indirect fee to be charged shall cover all the costs of port reception facilities for this waste, in order to ensure a right of delivery without any additional direct charges; the indirect fee shall cover quantities normally delivered with respect to the category, type and size of the ship.
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. The fees may be differentiated with respect to, inter alia, the category, type and size of the ship and the type of traffic the ship is engaged in, the hazardous nature and risk of the waste, as well as with respect to services provided outside normal operating hours in the port.
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that any ship may be subject to an inspections, including random ones, in order to verify that it complies with the requirements of this Directive.
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. As regards inspections of ships falling outside the scope of Directive 2009/16/EC, Member States shall ensure that inspections are carried out of at least 205 % of the total number of the individual vessels for each category listed below:
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) information on lost fishing gear.
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15a Training of personnel Port and port reception facilities authorities shall ensure that all personnel receive the necessary training to acquire the knowledge which is essential for their work on dealing with waste, with specific attention to health and safety aspects pertaining to dealing with hazardous materials, and that training requirements are regularly updated to meet the challenges of technological innovation.
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Member States shall lay down of the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall take all the measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive and shall have regard to the seriousness of the infringement and whether a similar infringement has previously been committed by the authority, operator, agent, master or other relevant party concerned.
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall provide for the organisation of exchanges of experience between the Member States’ national authorities and experts, including those from the private sector, civil society and trade unions, on the application of this Directive in Union ports.
Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall evaluate this Directive and submit the results of the evaluation to the European Parliament and the Council no later than sevenfour years after its entry into force.
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall adopt and publish, by 31st0th of DecemberJune 2020 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – subheading 1
Annex IV – subheading 1
Categories of costs for the operation and administration of PRFport reception facilities