Ex-post evaluation of Directive 2009/16/EC on port State control : final report

The ex-post evaluation of Directive 2009/16/EC on Port State Control (PSC) was initiated as a part of the Maritime Fitness Check under the Commission Work Programme 2016. Hence, the evaluation forms part of the Commission's REFIT programme and pays particular attention to potential areas for administrative burden reduction and simplification. The evaluation was initiated in October 2016 and finalised in June 2017. Its purpose is to assess the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence and EU added value of the PSC regime as provided for in Directive 2009/16/EC as amended. It examines the application and impacts of the Directive from 1 January 2011, when it started to apply, until 30 June 2016 in the 23 EU Member States in which it is implemented.