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ChangedEuropean Parliament legislative resolution of 1213 MarchNovember 20242025 on the proposalCouncil forposition at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Maritime Safety Agency and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 (COM(2023)0269(10056/1/2025 – C9-0190/2023C10-0254/2025 – 2023/0163(COD))

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The European Parliament,

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Removed– having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 100(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C90190/2023),

Removed– having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 20 September 2023,

– after consulting the Committee of the Regions,

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Removed1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;

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Removed2. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;

Added– having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A10-0217/2025),

Added1. Approves the Council position at first reading;

Added2. Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position;

Added3. Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

Added4. Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

5. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

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RemovedPosition of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 12 March 2024 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2024/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Maritime Safety Agency and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002

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RemovedTHE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

RemovedHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 100(2) thereof,

RemovedHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

RemovedAfter transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,

RemovedHaving regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee,

RemovedHaving regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions,

RemovedActing in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure,

RemovedWhereas:

Removed(1) A number of legislative measures have been adopted at the Union in order to enhance maritime safety and security, to promote the sustainability, by also preventing pollution, and the decarbonisation of shipping, and to facilitate the exchange of information and the digitalisation of the maritime sector. In order to be effective, such legislation should be applied in a proper and uniform manner throughout the Union. That would ensure a level playing field, reduce the distortion of competition resulting from the economic advantages enjoyed by non-complying ships and would reward the serious maritime players.

Removed(1a) The fishing sector has high accident rates, which also have high mortality levels, and the important role of fishers training when it comes to work safety. [Am. 1]

Removed(2) The pursuit of those goals requires substantial technical work led by a specialised body. That is why it was necessary, as part of the second ‘Erika package’ in 2002, to establish, within the existing institutional framework and with respect for the responsibilities and rights of the Member States as flag, port and coastal States, a European agency for the purpose of ensuring a high, uniform and effective level of maritime safety and prevention of pollution by ships.

Removed(3) Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council established the European Maritime Safety Agency (‘the Agency’) in order to assist the Commission and the Member States with the effective implementation at the Union level of the legislation in the areas of maritime safety and pollution prevention through appropriate visits to Member States for the monitoring of the relevant legislation and the provision of training and capacity building.

Removed(4) Following the establishment of the Agency in 2002, the Union legislation in the areas of maritime safety, sustainability and pollution prevention and maritime security expanded significantly resulting in five amendments to the Agency’s mandate.

Removed(5) Since 2013 the Agency continued to expand significantly its tasks either through the activation of relevant ancillary tasks prescribed in Article 2a of Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 or through requests for technical assistance to the Commission and the Member States especially in the area of decarbonisation and digitalisation of the maritime sector. In addition, amendments to Directives 2005/35/EC, 2009/16/EC, 2009/18/EC and 2009/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council have a direct impact on the tasks of the Agency. Those Directives provide in particular for the performance of tasks by the Agency relating to ship source pollution, the port State control regime at the Union level, the Member States activities concerning the investigations related to maritime accidents in Union waters and the obligations of the Member States as flag States.

Removed(6) In addition, the administrative and financial governance of the Agency needs to be aligned to the inter-institutional agreement on the governance of decentralised agencies and the framework financial regulation for the decentralized bodies of the Union.

Removed(7) Due to the substantial number of changes in view of the above developments, it is appropriate to repeal Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 and replace it by a new legal act.

Removed(8) The Agency was initially established with the objective of contributing to the establishment of a high level of maritime safety across the Union while also assisting the pollution prevention from ships and later also from oil and gas installations. While these objectives were further strengthened with the addition of promoting maritime security, the Agency’s focus, during recent years, on support to regulatory developments in the area of decarbonisation and digitalisation of shipping, including port areas, merit the addition of those areas in the overall objectives of the Agency enabling it to contribute to the goals of the twin, green and digital, transition of the industry. Likewise, the crucial role of the Agency in the provision of a maritime awareness picture in the sea, through satellite images and the operation of remotely piloted aircraft systems, justifies the addition of a relevant overall objective for the Agency. [Am. 2]

Removed(9) These objectives should define the areas of the Agency’s engagement in supporting the Commission and the Member States with technical and operational assistance in order to implement the Union’s policies in the maritime domain.

Removed(10) For the proper achievement of these objectives, it is appropriate that the Agency carries out specific tasks in the area of maritime safety, prevention of pollution by ships, sustainability, decarbonisation of the maritime sector, maritime security and cybersecurity, maritime surveillance and maritime crises and the promotion of the digitalisation and facilitation of exchanges of data in the maritime domain. While carrying out these tasks the Agency should pay attention to the specificities of the different types of maritime activities with a specific attention to the conditions applicable to the fishing sector. [Am. 3]

Removed(11) In addition to the specific tasks, the Agency should provide horizontal, technical support, upon request by the Commission or the Member States, for the implementation of any task that falls under the remit of its competences and objectives, stemming from future needs and developments at the Union level under the remits of maritime legislation. Such additional tasks shall be subjected to a consideration of the available human and financial resources, which the Management Board of the Agency should take into account before deciding to include them in the Single Programming Document of the Agency as part of its annual or multiannual work program. Therefore, new additional tasks should be accompanied with a legislative financial statement presented to the legislative and budgetary authorities. This is necessary to ensure that certain tasks which constitute the core of the Agency could be prioritised if needed. [Am. 4]

Removed(11a) The Agency should pay special attention to the fisheries sector when carrying out its tasks, since it has an important economic and social impact in the EU. In particular, fishing vessels and workers are highly vulnerable to maritime safety risks and play a relevant role in the green transition. [Am. 5]

Removed(12) The Agency is at the forefront of the technical expertise in the areas of its competence and thus it should provide training and capacity building activities to the Member States with the development of common core curricula courses and the use of the most technologically advanced tools in their delivery. The Agency should inter alia support the training of Port State Control inspectors of the Member States and officials of the Flag State Administrations to conduct targeted inspections as regards the implementation and enforcement of the MLC 2006 in relation to the implementation of seafarers' rights and working and living conditions on board ships. In order to increase the attractiveness of maritime professions, the Agency should assess building up a network comprising academia and any other establishments providing for suitable qualifications for promoting lifelong learning needs. [Am. 6]

Removed(13) This technical expertise of the Agency should be further cultivated by conducting research in the maritime field and contributing to the relevant Union’s activities in the area. The Agency should contribute with a proactive approach to the objectives of enhancing maritime safety, security, decarbonisation of shipping and maritime ports and prevention of pollution by ships. In this regard, the Agency could issue relevant non-binding guidance, recommendations or manuals that could assist the Commission, the Member States and/or the maritime industry in attaining these objectives. [Am. 7]

Removed(14) As regards maritime safety, the Agency should develop a proactive approach in determining safety risks and challenges on the basis of which it should present to the Commission every three years a report on the progress on maritime safety. Moreover, the Agency should continue assisting the Commission and the Member States in the implementation of the relevant Union legislation, especially in the areas of flag and port State obligations, thedirectly supporting accident investigation of marine accidents, the passenger ship safety legislation, Recognised Organisations and marine equipment. Finally, the Agency should have a proactive role in assisting the deployment of maritime autonomous and automated surface ships while also it is important to collect further data in the area of the training and certification for seafarers and the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2006). [Am. 8]

Removed(14a) Calls on the Commission to transpose the IMO International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel (STCW-F 1995), into EU law in order to achieve a harmonized framework for minimum level of training of fishers in Europe. [Am. 9]

Removed(15) Since the last substantial amendment of the Regulation in 2013, there have been significant legislative developments in the maritime sector with regards to sustainability. In addition to the tasks that the Agency’s mandate covered until now, such as the prevention of pollution from ships and oil and gas installations, mainly through the operation of CleanSeaNet, the Agency should continue assisting the Commission in the implementation of Directive (EU) 2019/883 of the European Parliament and of the Council by reflecting this task in its updated mandate. Moreover, there is an increased need for the Agency to continue assisting in the implementation of the shipping related elements of Directives 2008/56/EC and (EU) 2016/802 of the European Parliament and of the Council. Those two areas together with the engagement of the Agency in the collection, analysis and sharing of data in relation to nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions from ships are of importance for promoting sustainability in the maritime sector for which the Agency should deliver a report on the progress made every three years.

Removed(16) In the area of decarbonisation of the shipping sector, efforts to limit global maritime emissions through the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) are under way and should be encouraged, including the rapid implementation of the initial IMO Strategy on Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ships, adopted in 2018. Discussions are undergoingongoing on the means to implement in practice such ambition, including on a revision of. Those discussions cover the possibility of revising the initial strategy, and offer the opportunity to reflect on the Union´s ambitions at international level and the importance of securing a global level playing field that would result in the strengthening of EU maritime competitiveness. At the Union level, a set of policies and legislative proposals to support the decarbonisation and further promote the sustainability of the maritime sector has been developed, as reflected in particular in the European Green Deal, the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, the “Fit for 55” package and the Zero Pollution Strategy. As a result, the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the maritime sector should be reflected in the mandate of the Agency. [Am. 10]

Removed(17) In this regard, while the Agency should continue assisting the Commission and the Member States in the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of the European Parliament and of the Council it should further assist in the implementation of the new regulatory measures to decarbonise the shipping sector, as stemming from the Fit for 55 legislative package, such as the Regulation [..] on the use of renewable and low-carbon fuels in maritime transport and the shipping-related elements of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community. That includes monitoring and reporting on the impacts of EU ETS Maritime and FuelEU Maritime on port traffic, port evasion and traffic shift to transhipment ports in third countries, at the detriment of EU ports. The Agency should continue to be at the forefront of expertise at Union level to assist in the transition of the sector into renewable and low carbon fuels by conducting research and providing guidance on the uptake and deployment of sustainable alternative sources of power for ships, including and the related infrastructure in port areas, onshore power supply to ships and in relation to the deployment of energy efficiency and windwind-assisted, solar and kinetic wave propulsion assistance solutions. That also includes new greenhouse gas abatement technologies, such as onboard carbon capture and energy efficiency practices, such as slow steaming. Furthermore, it should also share its expertise related with ports safety-related risks, bunkering and storage on uptaking sustainable alternative fuels, technological and regulatory barriers. In order to monitor and pave the way for progress in the area of decarbonisation of the shipping sector and port areas, the Agency should report to the Commission and the Parliament on the greenhouse gas reduction efforts and any recommendations that might have every three years. The Agency should also report on all the administrative and practical difficulties met by Member States in implementing the related legislative acts. [Am. 11]