S.I. No. 550/2016 - European Communities (Port Reception Facilities for Ship Generated Waste and Cargo Residues) (Amendment) Regulations 2016.

1. This information may be used for port State control and other inspection purposes.

2. Member States will determine which bodies will receive copies of this notification.

3. This form is to be completed unless the ship is covered by an exemption in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 2000/59/EC.

I confirm that

— the above details are accurate and correct, and

— there is sufficient dedicated onboard capacity to store all waste generated between notification and the next port at which waste will be delivered.

Date …………………………………………..

Time ………………………………………….

Signature ………………………………………”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

21 October 2016.

SHANE ROSS,

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations amend the European Communities (Port Reception Facilities for Ship-Generated Waste and Cargo Residues) Regulations 2003 (

S.I. No. 117 of 2003

) in order to give effect to Commission Directive (EU) 2015/2087 which amends Directive 2000/59/EC which improved the availability and use of port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues, by replacing the text of Annex II in the earlier Directive with the text in the Annex to the later Directive.

1 OJ No. L302, 19.11.2015, p. 99

2 OJ No. L332, 28.12.2000, p. 81

3 OJ No. L324, 29.11.2002, p. 53

4 OJ No. L329, 14.12.2007, p. 33

4. Estimated time of departure (ETD)

5. Previous port of call

6. Next port of call

7. Last port and date when ship-generated waste was delivered, including the quantities (in m3) and the types of waste that were delivered

8. Are you delivering (tick appropriate box)

all □ some □ none □

of your waste into port reception facilities?

9. Type and amount of waste and residues to be delivered and/or remaining on board, and percentage of maximum storage capacity

If delivering all waste, complete second and last columns as appropriate.

If delivering some or no waste, complete all columns.

Type

Waste to be delivered (m

3

)

Maximum dedicated storage capacity (m

3

)

Amount of waste retained on board (m

3

)

Port at which remaining waste will be delivered

Estimated amount of waste to be generated between notification and next port of call (m

3

)

Waste that has been delivered at the last port of delivery identified under point 7 above (m

3

)

Waste oils

Oily bilge water

Oily residues (sludge)

Other (specify)

Sewage

(1)

Garbage

Plastics

Food Wastes

Domestic Wastes (e.g. paper products, rags, glass, metal, bottles, crockery, etc.)

Cooking Oil

Incinerator ashes

Operational wastes

Animal carcass(es)

Cargo residues

(2)(specify)(3)

(1) Sewage may be discharged at sea in accordance with Regulation 11 of Marpol Annex IV. The corresponding boxes do not need to be completed if it is the intention to make an authorised discharge at sea.

(2) May be estimates.

(3) Cargo residues shall be specified and categorised according to the relevant Annexes of Marpol, in particular Marpol Annexes I, II, and V.

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Notes

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

4

th November

, 2016.

I, SHANE ROSS, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 3

of the

European Communities Act 1972

(No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Directive (EU) 2015/2087 of 18 November 2015

1

, hereby make the following regulations