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Written by Mathias Gullentops (5th edition, updated on 18.12.2024).
On 1 June 2023, the European Commission presented a legislative package to modernise and reinforce maritime rules on safety and pollution prevention. It contains proposals to revise five legal acts, including the Port State Control Directive (PSCD). The aim is to update them to bring them into line with the requirements of the International Maritime Organization and the regional organisation for port state control, set up under the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
The proposal refers to the inspection of foreign ships in national ports, to verify that the ships’ condition complies with international regulations, including for crews. The PSCD would be extended to cover additional international rules such as new conventions on ballast water and removal of wrecks, and updated rules under the Paris MoU. It would give more importance to ships’ environmental performance in determining their risk profile, and boost Member States’ capacity to detect and address cases of non-compliance with standards and rules on safety, environmental protection and pollution prevention. The scope would be extended to fishing vessels.
The European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) adopted its report on 7 December 2023. On 27 February 2024, Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement, which TRAN endorsed on 20 March 2024. On 10 April 2024, Parliament adopted the provisional agreement in plenary, concluding its first reading. On 18 November 2024, Council adopted Parliament’s first-reading position. The final act was signed by the Council president and the Parliament president on 27 November 2024. The revised directive was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 16 December 2024 and will enter into force 20 days from this date.
Complete version
- December 2024: Revision of the Port State Control Directive (5th edition)
| Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/16/EC on port State Control, COM(2023)271 final | ||
| Committee responsible: | Transport and Tourism (TRAN) | COM(2023) 271 1.6.2023 |
| Rapporteur: | Vera Tax (the Netherlands, S&D) | 2023/0165(COD) |
| Shadow rapporteurs: | Ljudmila Novak (EPP, Slovenia) Pierre Karleskind (Renew, France) Ignazio Corrao (Greens/EFA, Italy) Clare Daly (The Left, Ireland) | Ordinary legislative procedure(COD) (Parliament and Council on equal footing – formerly ‘co-decision’) |
| Procedure completed: | Directive (EU) 2024/3099 OJ L, 2024/3099, 16.12.2024 | |
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