Maritime environmental behavior regulation
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ordinance on environmentally friendly behavior in shipping |
| Short title: | Maritime environmental behavior regulation |
| Abbreviation: | SeeUmwVerhV |
| Type: | Federal Ordinance |
| Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Legal matter: | Special administrative law , environmental law |
| References : | 2129-12-3 |
| Issued on: | 13 August 2013 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1371 ) |
| Entry into force on: | August 21, 2014 |
| Last change by: |
Art. 3 VO of December 13, 2019 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 2739, 2756 ) |
| Effective date of the last change: |
December 20, 2019 (Art. 4 of December 13, 2019) |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The See Environmental Behavior Ordinance regulates requirements for environmentally friendly behavior in shipping and penalizes violations of these requirements as administrative offenses , in particular violations of regulations of the
- MARPOL Convention
- AFS Convention ,
- Ballast Water Convention .
The marine environmental behavior regulation applies to all ships on sea waterways and in the exclusive economic zone of the Federal Republic of Germany. The regulation also applies to ships flying the German flag that are not in German territorial waters, unless other regulations apply in territorial waters or in the exclusive economic zones of other countries. The requirements of Directive 2012/33 / EU (Sulfur Directive) are implemented in German law through the Marine Environmental Behavioral Ordinance.
The ordinance was issued in 2014 by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB).
