ABOUT THE EU MRV
EU MRV (Monitoring, Reporting and Verification) is a legislation created by the European Council that has the goal of implementing restrictions to Green House Gases (GHG) emissions to maritime means of transportation, specifically CO2, considered the most hazardous gas among them.
Its target obligates shipowners to monitor, report and verify CO2 emissions, fuel consumptions and transport work of ships.
According to the Regulation, companies for each ship must fulfil the following deadlines:
HOW CAN TECNOVERITAS HELP YOU?
TecnoVeritas is accredited by IPAC as validation and verification body according to ISO/IEC 17029:2019.
We can help you with one of the two services:
DEVELOP MRV MONITORING PLANS
With TecnoVeritas maritime expertise, we can help your company to develop MRV monitoring plans (for each vessel), in order to comply with the requirements of EU regulation 2023/2449 which revokes EU regulation 2016/1927 of commission. This service can be only applied in case TV-MRV is not the verifier of the companies´vessels.
VALIDATE MONITORING PLANS & VERIFY EMISSIONS REPORT
TV-MRV can validate the monitoring plans for the clients´vessels, and during the respective communication periods, it can verify the Emission Reports for each of their vessels, Partial Emission Reports and Company Level Reports.
SHIP CATEGORIES
MRV regulation is applicable to ships with a gross tonnage equal to or greater than 5000 GT regarding greenhouse gas emissions generated during voyages undertaken for the purpose of transporting goods, passengers or for commercial purposes. As of January 1st, 2025, it will also be applicable to general cargo ships with a gross tonnage of less than 5000 tons but not less than 400 tons regarding greenhouse gas emissions generated during voyages.
There are ships exempted (warships; naval auxiliaries; fish-catching or fish-processing; wooden ships of a primitive build; ships not propelled by mechanical means; government ships (non-commercial purpose); dredging; ice-breaking; pipe laying; offshore installation activities.)
PENALTIES
There are strict penalties in case of non-compliance, those penalties should be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
The penalties are defined by each Member State. It is appropriate to provide the possibility of expulsion for ships that failed to comply for two or more consecutive reporting periods with monitoring and reporting requirements.
SHIPOWNER’S OBLIGATIONS
- Provide certifications of flowmeters and emissions source;
- Provide procedures and calculations;
- Provide monitoring methodologies for each emission source;
- Have its Emissions Report independently verified;
- Carry on board a Document of Compliance (DOC);
- Provide to the verifiers’ emissions data (fuel consumption, GHG, energy efficiency) and ships activity data (distance, cargo, time spent at sea);
- Develop a monitoring plan (per voyage and annual) which must be submitted to an independent accredited verifier.
VERIFIER’S ROLE
- Define sampling plan, the nature and extension of its activities;
- The verifier must be impartial, independent, capable and accredited;
- Check the client’s monitoring plan, assuring its content and requirements according to regulations;
- Identify and evaluate the risks related to the monitoring activity (inherent, calculations, control and detections);
- Assess the emissions report, verify data credibility and compare estimations based on the ship location data and its features on-board.