Supporting study for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2015/757 on the monitoring, reporting and verification of CO2 emissions from maritime transport : deliverable 1.1 : final report

In 2013, the European Commission (EC) set out its strategy to integrate maritime transport emissions in the EU greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction policies (COM(2013) 479), which is a three-step strategy: 1. The implementation of a system that requires large ships using EU ports to monitor, report and verify their CO2 emissions; 2. The definition of greenhouse gas reduction targets for the maritime transport sector; 3. The implementation of further measures, including market-based measures. With the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2015/757 on the monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport in April 2015 (in short: EU MRV Regulation), the first step of this strategy was accomplished.