German Emissions Trading Authority

Monitoring maritime transport emissions

Shipping companies are obliged to monitor their emissions as of 01/01/2018 in accordance with the MRV Maritime Transport Regulation. We are the competent authority for the national enforcement and punish infringements by shipping companies which have not submitted or are late in submitting an emissions report for their vessels covered by the Regulation.

Container vessel Source: © a_medvedkov / stock.adobe.com

Maritime transport

The European Union adopted the MRV Maritime Transport Regulation which entered into force on 01/07/2015. An amendment to TEHG regulated the implementation of sanctioning regulations and national responsibilities at the national level. We are responsible for the tasks related to monitoring German-flagged ships and we are also a penalising authority for the national enforcement of the MRV Maritime Transport Regulation for German- and foreign-flagged ships.

16/01/2024

Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29/04/2015 (Status 01/01/2024)

Con­sol­i­dat­ed ver­sion of the Reg­u­la­tion (EU) 2015/757 of the Eu­ro­pean Par­lia­ment and of the Coun­cil of 29/04/2015 con­cern­ing the mon­i­tor­ing, re­port­ing and ver­i­fi­ca­tion of green­house gas emissions from mar­itime trans­port and Amend­ing Di­rec­tive 2009/16/EC.

Regulation (EU) 2023/957 amending the MRV Maritime Regulation EU 2015/757 of 10/05/2023

Reg­u­la­tion (EU) 2023/957 of the Eu­ro­pean Par­lia­ment and of the Coun­cil of 10/05/2023 amend­ing Reg­u­la­tion (EU) 2015/757 in or­der to pro­vide for the in­clu­sion of mar­itime trans­port ac­tiv­i­ties in the EU Emissions Trad­ing Sys­tem and for the mon­i­tor­ing, re­port­ing and ver­i­fi­ca­tion of emissions of ad­di­tion­al green­house gas­es and emissions from ad­di­tion­al ship types.

TEHG vom 18.07.2017

Treib­haus­gas-Emis­sion­shan­dels­ge­setz - TEHG vom 18.07.2017. Ein Ser­vice des Bun­desmin­is­teri­ums der Jus­tiz in Zusam­me­nar­beit mit der ju­ris GmbH.

MRV Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 in maritime transport

Reg­u­la­tion (EU) 2015/757 of the Eu­ro­pean Par­lia­ment and of the Coun­cil of 29.04.2015 on mon­i­tor­ing, re­port­ing and ver­i­fy­ing car­bon diox­ide emissions from mar­itime trans­port and amend­ing Di­rec­tive 2009/16/EC

Regulation (22/09/2016, PDF, 293KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

Del­e­gat­ed Reg­u­la­tion (EU) 2016/2071 amend­ing Reg­u­la­tion (EU) 2015/757 of the Eu­ro­pean Par­lia­ment and of the Coun­cil as re­gards the meth­ods for mon­i­tor­ing car­bon diox­ide emissions and the rules for mon­i­tor­ing oth­er rel­e­vant in­for­ma­tion

Regulation (22/09/2016, PDF, 496KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

Del­e­gat­ed Reg­u­la­tion (EU) 2016/2072 on the ver­i­fi­ca­tion ac­tiv­i­ties and ac­cred­i­ta­tion of ver­i­fiers pur­suant to Reg­u­la­tion (EU) 2015/757 of the Eu­ro­pean Par­lia­ment and of the Coun­cil on the mon­i­tor­ing, re­port­ing and ver­i­fi­ca­tion of car­bon diox­ide emissions from mar­itime trans­port

Implementing regulation (04/11/2016, PDF, 395KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

Im­ple­ment­ing reg­u­la­tion (EU) 2016/1927 on tem­plates for mon­i­tor­ing plans, emissions re­ports and doc­u­ments of com­pli­ance pur­suant to Reg­u­la­tion (EU) 2015/757 of the Eu­ro­pean Par­lia­ment and of the Coun­cil on mon­i­tor­ing, re­port­ing and ver­i­fi­ca­tion of car­bon diox­ide emissions from mar­itime trans­port

Implementing regulation (04/11/2016, PDF, 318KB, File does not meet accessibility standards.)

Im­ple­ment­ing reg­u­la­tion (EU) 2016/1928 on de­ter­mi­na­tion of car­go car­ried for cat­e­gories of ships oth­er than pas­sen­ger, ro-ro and con­tain­er ships pur­suant to Reg­u­la­tion (EU) 2015/757 of the Eu­ro­pean Par­lia­ment and of the Coun­cil on the mon­i­tor­ing, re­port­ing and ver­i­fi­ca­tion of car­bon diox­ide emissions from mar­itime trans­port

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Tasks and obligations for shipping companies, verifiers and authorities

The MRV Maritime Transport Regulation stipulates the following tasks and obligations for shipping companies, verifiers and authorities:

Tasks and obligations for shipping companies, verifiers and authorities Compliance cycle for maritime transport Tasks according to the MRV Maritime Transport Regulation

  1. By 31/08/2017, shipping companies were required to present a monitoring plan for each of their ships (size over 5000 GT/gross tonnage, for trips from or to a port within the scope of the MRV regulation, including lay times) to an accredited, non-state verifier specifying the method by which they monitor and calculate CO2 emissions and other relevant information.
  2. The shipping companies are obliged to monitor the parameters according to the verified monitoring plan as of 01/01/2018.
  3. The ship-related emissions report is required after the end of the reporting period for verification by a verifier who will issue a Document of Compliance for the ship in the event of a positive result.
  4. The shipping company shall submit the emissions report annually by 30/04/ (starting in 2019) to the EU Commission and the authorities of the relevant flag states. For the authorities of the relevant flag states, the emissions reports of ships flying their flag are accessible in detail. For the general public, the reported data of all ships covered by MRV Maritime Transport Regulation are accessible in aggregated form after 30/06.
  5. The shipping companies must ensure that the valid Document of Compliance for the reporting period is carried on board from 30/06/ of the following year.
  6. From 30/04/, the authorities of the flag states concerned shall examine whether the verified emissions report has been received in due time (6.a) and take the necessary measures to initiate a sanction (6b) if required.
  7. If, in the case of a port state control (starting on 30/06/2019), foreign-flagged vessels without a valid document of compliance are detected (7.a), the necessary measures for initiating sanctions must also be taken (7b).

Tasks 1 to 5 are entirely in the hands of shipping companies and verifiers. The examination by the competent authorities of violations of the reporting requirements (6a and 7a) pursuant to Article 19 of the MRV Regulation is exclusively directed at the verification of the existence of a verified emission report. A substantive review of the emissions report by the competent authorities does not take place.

16/01/2024

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German- and foreign-flagged ships

German-flagged ships

Within the framework of the flag state control, we check the timely submission of the verified emission reports for ships flying the German flag. In the case of infringements, we shall initiate a penalty procedure against the shipping companies.

16/01/2024

Foreign-flagged ships

Under the framework of the port state control, we shall initiate a penalty procedure against shipping companies of ships flying a foreign flag provided that the port state authority has established that the vessels concerned did not have a Document of Compliance on board and that the emissions report has not been submitted.

16/01/2024

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