Maritime transport: monitoring, reporting and verification and alignment with revisions of the EU Emissions Trading System

It affects shipping companies operating ships in EU waters and ports, especially larger cargo and passenger ships, certain smaller ships, and vessels supporting offshore operations. It also affects ship verifiers, accreditation bodies, and Member State authorities enforcing maritime emissions and fuel rules.

• Creates one MRV system for greenhouse-gas emissions and energy used on board.
• Requires single monitoring plans, MRV reports, and verification workflows for MRV, ETS, and FuelEU.
• Expands coverage to more ship types, including certain smaller vessels and offshore-operation ships.
• Aligns reporting, verification, accreditation, and public disclosure rules with EU ETS and IMO systems.

Takes effect

It enters into force on the twentieth day after publication and applies from 1 January 2029, with some delegated and implementing-power provisions applying from entry into force.

Transitional law

Some new powers and related provisions apply immediately, while the main substantive MRV changes are deferred until 1 January 2029.

• Regulation (EU) 2015/757 (32015R0757)
  • entire act: throughout the Regulation, replaces ‘emissions report’ with ‘MRV report’
  • art. 1: replaces subject matter and extends MRV to energy used and other relevant information
  • art. 2: expands scope to additional ship categories and offshore operations; revises exclusions
  • art. 3: adds and replaces definitions, including offshore operations, energy used on board, OPS, and verification period
  • art. 4: updates monitoring requirements to cover energy used on board and related data quality rules
  • art. 4a: inserts new administering authority responsible and attribution mechanism
  • art. 5: revises monitoring methods and delegation powers for annexes and wind power rules
  • art. 6: revises monitoring plan contents, timing, and delegated powers
  • art. 7: updates monitoring plan modification triggers and approval rules
  • art. 8: replaces monitoring of activities within a reporting period
  • art. 9: expands annual monitoring parameters, including berth time, OPS, and energy-use data
  • art. 10: revises reporting content to include aggregated energy use and supporting data
  • art. 11: revises MRV report deadlines, content and delegated powers
  • art. 11a(3): deletes paragraph 3
  • art. 13: adds automated verification reports and implementing rules for templates
  • art. 14: updates verifier obligations and evidence checks for energy use and FuelEU data
  • art. 15: revises risk assessment and verification procedures for energy-related reporting
  • art. 16: updates verifier accreditation and notification requirements
  • art. 17: renames document of compliance and adds withdrawal rules
  • art. 18: revises obligation to hold a valid document of compliance
  • art. 19: updates inspection and document-check provisions
  • art. 21: updates public disclosure content and timing; deletes paragraph 5
  • art. 22: adds third-country support for MRV systems
  • art. 23: revises delegation periods, revocation, and objection procedure
  • art. Annex I: amends Annex I monitoring methods
  • art. Annex II: updates Annex II data and calculation rules
• Regulation (EU) 2023/1805 (32023R1805)
  • entire act: throughout the Regulation, replaces ‘FuelEU report’ with ‘MRV report’
  • art. 3: revises definitions for energy used on board, company, ice class and administering State
  • art. 4: deletes paragraph 4
  • art. 7: aligns monitoring and reporting with Regulation (EU) 2015/757
  • art. 8: replaces monitoring plan submission rules and deletes redundant paragraphs
  • art. 9: updates monitoring plan modification rules and deletes redundant provisions
  • art. 10: revises default emission factor rules for reported energy use
  • art. 11: aligns verifier assessment of monitoring plans with Regulation (EU) 2015/757
  • art. 12: updates verifier obligations and deletes paragraph 3
  • art. 13: updates verification obligations and implementing powers; deletes paragraphs 2 to 4
  • art. 14: revises verifier accreditation rules and deletes paragraphs 2 to 5
  • art. 15: replaces monitoring and reporting rules for Compliance Balance report
  • art. 16: replaces verification rules for the Compliance Balance report
  • art. 17: updates documents required in the FuelEU database
  • art. 20: revises banking and borrowing of compliance balances
  • art. 21: updates pooling rules and validity conditions
  • art. 23: revises recording of verified compliance balances and penalties
  • art. 30(2): updates OPS electricity counting rule
  • art. Annex I: updates fuel mass and cross-reference rules
  • art. Annex II: repeals Annex II