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HomeImpact assessment of Directive 2005/35/EC on ship-source pollution
Final report
Impact assessment of Directive 2005/35/EC on ship-source pollution
Final report
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Maritime transport is a key sector for the EU economy as it embodies the main transport mode for European imports and exports to the rest of the world. Maritime transport is estimated to represent around 80% of worldwide goods transported and around 30% of intra-EU transport activity (European Commission, 2021). In 2019, 1.9 billon tonnes were transported by short sea shipping to/from the main EU ports. In addition, 418 million passengers aboard ferries and cruise vessels embarked and disembarked in EU ports in 2019. The revision of the SSP Directive comes in the context of the Commission’s Communication on a Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy (SSMS) (European Commission, 2020) which sets out the EU vision for the transport system of the future. The Strategy announced that the Commission is planning to review the SSP Directive. According to the Strategy, “efforts under the zero pollution ambition should be made to drastically reduce the broader environmental footprint from the sector […]”1. This revision should also contribute to delivering the zero pollution ambitions of the European Green Deal while the Fit-for-55 package sets an ambition for reducing Green House Gas (GHG) emissions by 55% by 2030. Moreover, the Communication on the EU Action Plan: ‘Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil’ (European Commission, 2021) underlined the need for preventing pollution from ships. The Directive contributes towards the objective of the EU citizens and Member States “to combat river and ocean pollution, including through researching and fighting microplastic pollution, and promoting of environmentally friendly shipping by using best available technologies […]” which has been underlined in the outcomes of the Conference on the Future of Europe (European Commission, 2022) and towards the general objective to ensure a uniform level of maritime safety and environmental protection underlined by several Council conclusions and in particular those from 2017 (Council of the EU, 2017) and 2020 (Council of the EU, 2020).
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- Corporate author(s): Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (European Commission) , Ricardo
- Themes: Environmental degradation , Inland-waterway and sea transport
- Subject: added value , directive (EU) , economic consequence , environmental impact , EU action , maritime transport , pollution from ships , report , smart technology , social impact , sustainable mobility
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| ISSN | ISBN 978-92-68-07331-5 | DOI 10.2832/711165 | Catalogue number MI-04-23-822-EN-N |
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