EU ship recycling regulation

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Regulation (EU) No. 1257/2013

Title: Regulation (EU) No. 1257/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on the recycling of ships and amending Regulation (EC) No. 1013/2006 and Directive 2009/16 / EC
Designation:
(not official) 		EU ship recycling regulation, EU SRR
Scope: EEA
Basis: TFEU , in particular Art. 92
Date of issue: 20th November 2013
Release date: December 10, 2013
Come into effect: December 30, 2013
To be used from: December 31, 2014
Full text Consolidated version (not official)
basic version
Regulation has entered into force and is applicable.
Please note the information on the current version of legal acts of the European Union !

The EU Ship Recycling Regulation No. 1257/2013 (EU SRR) for the scrapping of ships was adopted by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union on November 20, 2013 .

Conventional scrapping

Beachen is the name given to the process on the beaches of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh in which demolished ships are beached by scrappers at full speed at extremely low tide. At most demolition companies, they are then cut apart by torches , often underpaid workers without protective clothing . The material is then sometimes manually dragged to the beach by children and sorted.

EU ship recycling regulation in support of the Hong Kong Convention

The EU ship recycling regulation concerns the recycling of ships flying the flag of member states of the European Union and contains safety and environmental requirements. The aim is the safe and environmentally friendly recycling of ships flying the flags of member states of the Union. It is intended to contribute to the 2009 Hong Kong Convention coming into force worldwide . This ship recycling agreement was adopted by the International Maritime Organization IMO and contains regulations for the environmentally friendly and safe scrapping of ocean-going vessels> 500 GT for shipping companies , building yards, suppliers and for the scrapping yards.

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  • Wrecking that can cause accidents

  • Scrapping in Chittagong

  • Workers at a scrapping yard

  • Workers with protective equipment when scrapping

  • Environmentally friendly and safe scrapping

Large commercial seagoing vessels flying the flag of an EU member state may only be recycled in safe and environmentally friendly scrapping yards that are included in the European list of scrapping yards. Before being included in this list, ship dismantling companies, regardless of their location, must meet the safety and environmental requirements contained in the technical guidelines of April 2016.

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