14 Amendments of Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY related to 2018/0012(COD)
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Directive 2008/98/EC lays down waste prevention measures that Member States should take in order to prevent waste generation. These measures should include the aim to halt the generation of marine litter to contribute towards the UN Sustainable Development Goal to prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The ‘Green Ship’ concept should be further developed in relation to waste management, so that an effective reward system can be implemented for those vessels that reduce their waste on board through environmentally sustainable waste management.
Amendment 66 #
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 or during loading, unloading and, cleaning and ship repair operations, or waste that is collected in nets during fishing operations, and which falls under the scope of Annexes I, II, IV, V and VI to MARPOL;
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ‘cargo residues’ means the remnants of any cargo material on board which remain on the deck or, in holds or tanks following loading and unloading, including loading and unloading excess or spillage, whether in wet or dry condition or entrained in wash-water, excluding cargo dust remaining on the deck after sweeping or dust of the external surfaces of the ship;
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) ‘ballast water management’ means mechanical, physical, chemical or biological processes to remove, render harmless or avoid the uptake or discharge of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens within ballast water (water with its suspended matter taken on board a ship to control trim, list, draught, stability or stresses of the ship) and sediments (matter settled out of ballast water within a ship);
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point l
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point l
(l) ‘sufficient storage capacity’ means enough capacity to store the wastededicated capacity for each type of waste to be stored on board from the moment of departure until the next port of call, including the waste that is likely to be generated during the voyage;
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) The ports and terminals where cleaning or repair of ballast tanks occurs have adequate port reception facilities for the reception of sediments;
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure that the following information from the waste reception and handling plans on the availability of adequate reception facilities in their ports and the associatedstructure of the costs shall be clearly communicated to the ship operators and made publicly available and easily accessible, also in English, either via the website of the ports or in printed form:
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. The master of a ship calling at a Union port shall, before leaving the port, deliver all the waste carried on board of the ship to a port reception facility in accordance with the relevant discharge norms laid down in the MARPOL Convention. That requirement shall also apply to ballast water management, in accordance with the International Convention of 13 February 2004 of the IMO for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments (Ballast Water Management Convention).
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The master of a fishing vessel calling at a Union port shall report within 24 hours to the competent authority of its flag Member State any loss of fishing gear in accordance with Article 48 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 19 to supplement this Directive by determining the format for reporting.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 7
Article 7 – paragraph 7
7. If, on the next port of call is located outside the Union, or there are good reasons to believebasis of the available information, including information electronically available in the information, monitoring and enforcement system referred to in Article 14 of this Directive or in GISIS, it cannot be established that adequate facilities are not available in the next port of call, or this port is unknown, the Member State shall require the ship to deliver all its waste before departure.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) information on loss of fishing gear.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission shall, on the basis of the data reported to it in accordance with point (da) of paragraph 2, publish, by 31 December 2022 and every two years thereafter, a synthesis report on the loss of fishing gear.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall, no later than ... [12 months after the adoption of this Directive] and every two years thereafter report to the Commission their best practices regarding sustainable waste management on board ships and in their ports. Six months after each reporting deadline, the Commission shall prepare a report on these best practices to provide guidance for progressing towards the objectives of this Directive.