This Regulation amends the EU rules for monitoring greenhouse gas emissions from maritime transport by including offshore ships and updating provisions for sustainable fuels. It extends monitoring requirements to a wide range of offshore vessels and establishes specific rules for zero-rating of sustainable fuels in maritime transport.The Regulation consists of two main amendments to Regulation (EU) 2015/757:
- Introduction of new Part AA in Annex I listing 31 types of offshore ships that must monitor their emissions during voyages to, from, and within EU ports
- Modification of Annex II regarding CO2 emission factors for renewable and low-carbon fuels to align with other ETS sectors
Key provisions include:
- Detailed classification of offshore vessels subject to monitoring, from anchor handling tug supply vessels to hopper dredgers
- Special rules for determining CO2 emission factors for Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin (RFNBO), Recycled Carbon Fuel (RCF), and synthetic low-carbon fuels
- Different implementation dates: January 1, 2024 for sustainable fuels provisions and January 1, 2025 for offshore ships monitoring
- Application to ships of 5,000 gross tonnage and above, with potential future extension to smaller vessels
