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Tourism in transport policy: State of play and future perspectives
With the appointment of Apostolos Tzitzikostas as European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism, tourism policy has received new impetus. In the European Commission's communications, returning policy objectives are geared towards making tourism greener, more digital, more competitive and – since the COVID-19 pandemic – more resilient. The Commission has also set out several initiatives to improve the travel experience by protecting the rights of passengers and making tourism more accessible ...
Revision of the Flag State Requirements Directive
On 1 June 2023, the European Commission presented a maritime safety package, including a proposal on a revised directive for compliance with flag state requirements. Revision of the rules is needed to take account of digitalisation, improve inspections and cooperation between flag states, and align with international rules on safety, pollution prevention, and working conditions, through inspections and surveys. This is to ensure EU flag states discharge their international law obligations. The proposal ...
Revision of the Directive on Ship-source Pollution
On 1 June 2023, the European Commission presented a legislative package to modernise and reinforce maritime rules on safety and pollution prevention. It contained proposals for the revision of five legislative acts, including the Directive on Ship-source Pollution. The aim is to combat pollution from maritime ships, thereby preventing all ship-owners and operators, regardless of the ship's flag, from releasing any type of illegal discharge into European seas, in line with International Maritime Organization ...
Revision of the Directive on investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector
On 1 June 2023, the European Commission published a proposal seeking to update the directive on investigation of accidents in maritime transport, to take into account changes in the international maritime regulatory environment and technological developments in the maritime sector in recent years. The proposal also seeks to achieve an improved concentration of resources and to address shortages in expertise. Within the European ºÏ·¨²©²ÊÍøÕ¾, the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) handled the ...
Revision of the Port State Control Directive
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 ...
River Information Services Directive review
Directive 2005/44/EC on harmonised river information services (RIS) on inland waterways ('RIS Directive') establishes rules on RIS to ensure the safety, efficiency and environmental protection of inland waterways in the EU. On 26 January 2024, the European Commission put forward a proposal to amend the RIS Directive with a view to addressing certain shortcomings. The amending directive should provide better-quality information, reduce efforts to collect basic information, reduce the need to re-register ...
Maritime accident investigation review
On 1 June 2023, the European Commission presented the maritime safety package, including a proposal to amend Directive 2009/18/EC establishing the fundamental principles governing the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector. The aim of this revision is to take account of legal, environmental and technological developments since the adoption of the directive. ºÏ·¨²©²ÊÍøÕ¾ is expected to vote on the provisional agreement reached during trilogue negotiations during its April I 2024 ...
Revised rules on the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
On 1 June 2023, the European Commission presented the maritime safety package, focused on introducing modernised maritime safety and security rules on port state and flag state control, maritime accident investigation and ship source pollution. The package also includes a proposal to revise the Regulation on the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA). The revised regulation would give EMSA new and more numerous tasks since the last major revision of its mandate in 2013 and aim to make it 'future ...
Revised rules on the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
On 1 June 2023, the European Commission presented the maritime safety package, which includes a proposal to revise the framework of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and repeal its founding regulation, Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002. The proposal would update EMSA's mandate to better reflect the agency's evolving role in different areas of maritime transport, and to secure adequate human and financial resources to fulfil this role. ºÏ·¨²©²ÊÍøÕ¾ is due to vote its first-reading position on the ...