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European maritime single window: Harmonised digital reporting for ships
Every time a ship calls at a port, its maritime transport operator has to submit a set of pre-arrival information to a range of entities and agencies. Currently, the reporting process is not harmonised across EU ports. In addition, the information provided by ships is not efficiently shared among the actors concerned. The resulting multiple reporting places an excessive administrative burden on shipping operators, with negative impacts rippling down the logistics chain. Within broader efforts to ...
European Maritime Single Window environment
This briefing analyses the impact assessment accompanying the legislative proposal of the Commission to establish the European Maritime Single Window environment (EMSWe). The goal of the EMSWe is to decrease and harmonise throughout the EU, the reporting formalities and obligations of the maritime operators when calling at ports in the EU. The IA provides the overview of the main problems of the existing legislation and the policy options considered by the Commission to deal with them. Despite some ...
Port reception facilities for the delivery of waste from ships
This note seeks to provide an initial analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Commission's impact assessment (IA) (consisting of part 1 and part 2), accompanying the above-mentioned proposal, submitted on 16 January 2018 and referred to Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism. Ship-generated waste, such as oily waste, sewage and garbage, poses a significant threat to the marine environment (IA part 1, p.3). The current legal framework laying down the rules applicable to ship-generated ...
Politica marittima integrata
La politica marittima integrata (PMI) è un approccio olistico a tutte le politiche dell'UE correlate ai mari. Basandosi sull'idea che l'Unione possa ottenere maggiori benefici dai mari e dagli oceani e causare un impatto ambientale minore mediante il coordinamento delle sue politiche, la PMI comprende settori altamente diversi come pesca e acquacoltura, trasporti marittimi e porti, ambiente marino, ricerca marina, energia offshore, cantieristica navale e industrie legate al mare, sorveglianza marittima ...
Trasporto marittimo: approccio strategico
La legislazione europea in materia di trasporto marittimo s'incentra principalmente sull'applicazione del principio della libera prestazione dei servizi e sulla corretta applicazione delle norme di concorrenza, garantendo al contempo un elevato livello di sicurezza, buone condizioni di lavoro e gli standard ambientali.
The liberalisation of EU port services
Serving as access points to Europe, the European Union's approximately 1 200 seaports are crucial both for its transport sector and its competitiveness. They also have significant potential for creating jobs and attracting investors. The European Commission plans to redress the huge disparities in performance levels by modernising the port services offered by the EU’s 329 main seaports. The reform is aimed at eliminating unfair competition, guaranteeing a level playing field and improving the ...
Accesso al mercato dei servizi portuali
In un terzo tentativo di liberalizzare i servizi portuali nell'Unione europea, nel 2013 la Commissione ha presentato una proposta di regolamento volta a eliminare la competizione sleale e migliorare l'efficienza commerciale dei principali porti marittimi dell'UE. La proposta stabilisce un quadro per l'accesso al mercato dei servizi portuali e disposizioni comuni in materia sia di trasparenza dei finanziamenti pubblici per i porti che di diritti d'uso, senza influire sulle norme sociali e occupazionali ...
The liberalisation of EU port services
Serving as access points to Europe, the European Union's approximately 1 200 seaports are crucial both for its transport sector and its competitiveness. They also have significant potential for creating jobs and attracting investors. The European Commission plans to redress the huge disparities in performance levels by modernising the port services offered by the EU’s 329 main seaports. The reform is aimed at eliminating unfair competition, guaranteeing a level playing field and improving the commercial ...
The liberalisation of EU port services
Serving as access points to Europe, the European Union's approximately 1 200 seaports are crucial both for its transport sector and its competitiveness. They also have significant potential for creating jobs and attracting investors. The European Commission plans to redress the huge disparities in performance levels by modernising the port services offered by the EU’s 329 main seaports. The reform is aimed at eliminating unfair competition, guaranteeing a level playing field and improving the ...
Implementation and effects of the Third Maritime Safety Package: Ex-Post Impact Assessment
Maritime safety remains high on the political agenda for the European Union, being the driving force behind the adoption of the three Maritime Safety Packages and including it as one of the main themes of the Parliament's recommendations for the EU’s maritime transport policy until 2018.This study provides an analysis of the effectiveness of the measures included in the Third Maritime Safety Package. It illustrates (through simplified intervention logic tables), the extent to which the anticipated ...