London, UK — On 10th of
December 2014, Defra opened a consultation on proposed measures to implement
elements of EU regulation 1257/2013 on ship recycling relating to the
authorisation of UK ship recycling facilities. The department wanted to know
what stakeholders think about proposals to change how UK ship recycling
facilities are regulated to work on EU flagged ships.
The new requirements are
detailed in the EU ship recycling regulation (1257/2013). The EU Regulation
imposes an obligation on ship recycling facilities wishing to undertake
recycling activities on ships that exceed 500 gross tonnes and flying the flag
of an EU Member State to be authorised by the competent authorities of Member
States.
Proposed
changes include:
· identifying the competent authorities in the UK
· how these authorities will permit and authorise
work
· what changes ship recycling facilities in the UK
will need to make to comply with the regulations
· how ship recycling facilities can apply to be
included on the European List of authorised facilities.
The consultation
document was issued by e-mail to thirty three relevant stakeholders and was
placed on the Gov.UK website.It was closed to 20 January 2015. Defra received
one response to the public consultation. This came from a UK ship recycling
facility, Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries Ltd, and mostly agreed with the
proposed approach.
Prior to formal
consultation, Defra wrote to all of the UK ship recycling facilities that are
either currently operational and hold the appropriate permits and approvals, or
that have previously been involved in ship recycling activities, to make them
aware of the new EU Ship Recycling Regulation and to discuss compliance with
its requirements. Five facilities responded but only three, including the respondent
to the consultation, indicated a wish to become authorised. No other facilities
have come forward in response to the public consultation.
The summary of responses
and government response can be downloaded from gov.uk.
Source: Department for
Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. 4 March 2015
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