Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Reporting Requirements

L.N. 328 of 2021

AUTHORITY FOR TRANSPORT IN MALTA ACT

(CAP. 499)

Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Reporting Requirements

(Amendment) Regulations, 2021

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 43(1) and (3)

of the Authority for Transport in Malta Act, the Minister responsible

for Transport Infrastructure and Capital Projects, after consultation

with the Authority for Transport in Malta, has made the following

regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Vessel Traffic

Monitoring and Reporting Requirements (Amendment) Regulations,

2021 and they shall be read and construed as one with the Vessel

Traffic Monitoring and Reporting Requirements Regulations,

hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

These regulations shall come into force on 28 th June, 2021.

(2)

For sub-regulation (1) of regulation 2 of the principal

regulations there shall be substituted the following

"(1) The purpose of these regulations is

(i) to establish, in accordance with the provisions

of Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of

the Council of 27 th June 2002, as subsequently amended by

Directive 2009/17/EC of the European Parliament and of

the Council of 23 rd April 2009 and Directive 2011/15/EU

of the European Commission of 23 rd February 2011,

establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and

information system with a view to enhancing the safety and

efficiency of maritime traffic, improving the response of

authorities to incidents, accidents or potentially dangerous

situations at sea, including search and rescue operations,

and contributing to a better prevention and detection of

pollution by ships;

(ii) transpose the provisions of Directive 2010/65/

EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 th

October 2010 on reporting formalities for ships arriving in

and/or departing from ports of the Member States and

repealing Directive 2002/6/EC;

(iii) transpose the provisions of Directive (EU)

2017/2109 of the European Parliament and of the Council

of 15 th November 2017 amending Council Directive 98/41/

EC on the registration of persons sailing on board

passenger ships operating to or from ports of the Member

States of the Community and Directive 2010/65/EU of the

European Parliament and of the Council on reporting

formalities for ships arriving in and/or departing from ports

of the Member States; and

(iv) transpose the provisions of Directive (EU)

2019/883 of the European Parliament and of the Council of

17 th April 2019 on port reception facilities for the delivery

of waste from ships, amending Directive 2010/65/EU and

repealing Directive 2000/59/EC.".

For sub-regulation (9) of regulation 18 of the principal Amends

regulation 18 of

regulations there shall be substituted the following

the principal

regulations.

"(9) For the purposes of this regulation and regulation 19, "legal

act of the Union" means

(a) Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament

and of the Council of 27 th June 2002 establishing a Community

vessel traffic monitoring and information system, as transposed

by these regulations and the Dangerous Cargo Ships, Marine

Terminals and Facilities and Bunkering Regulations;

(b) Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European

Parliament and of the Council of 15 th March 2006 establishing a

Community Code on the rules governing the movement of

persons across borders;

(c) Directive (EU) 2019/883 of the European Parliament

and of the Council of 17 th April 2019 on port reception facilities

for the delivery of waste from ships, amending Directive 2010/

65/EU and repealing Directive 2000/59/EC, as transposed by the

Port Reception Facilities for the Delivery of Waste from Ships L.N. 327 of

Regulations;

2021. (d) Regulation (EC) No. 725/2004 of the European

Parliament and of the Council of 31 st March 2004 on enhancing

ship and port facility security, as transposed by the Ports Security

Regulations;

(e) Regulation (EEC) No. 2913/92 of 12 th October, 1992

establishing the Community Customs Code and Regulation (EC)

450/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 rd

April 2008 laying down the Community Customs Code

(Modernised Customs Code); and

(f) Council Directive 98/41/EC of 18 th June 1998 on the

registration of persons sailing on board passenger ships

operating to or from ports of the Member States of the

Community, as transposed by the Merchant Shipping (Counting

and Registration of Persons on Board Passenger Ships)

Regulations.".

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