On Monday 19 September, the European Commission launched a public consultation, open until 17 October, on the forthcoming update of the list of facilities authorised to carry out the environmentally sound recycling of end-of-life ships under Regulation (EU) 1257/2013.
Under this EU regulation, owners of ships sailing under the flag of an EU country are required to have them dismantled at the end of their operational life in approved yards in accordance with EU health and environmental standards.
The update concerns: - the renewal of the licence of a facility in Lithuania, which had expired in April 2022; - the addition of a facility in Bulgaria, for which the Commission has received all the necessary information; - the suspension of a non-compliant facility in Turkey; - new contact points for installations in the UK and France.
Once adopted, the draft decision, which is currently out for consultation, will amend the Commission’s implementing decision (EU 2016/23232), which established the European list of approved facilities.
In addition, Regulation (EU) 1257/2013 on ship recycling is currently being evaluated and the results are expected in the third quarter of 2023 (see EUROPE 12965/23).
Link to the public consultation: https://aeur.eu/f/35v (Original version in French by Aminata Niang)