Tag: Port Reception Facilities (PRF)

This week EMSA organized a workshop dedicated to the kick-off of the Visit Cycle to Member States for monitoring the implementation of the Port Reception Facilities (PRF) legislation: Directive (EU) 2019/883 for the delivery of waste from ships. During the workshop, the Commission and the Agency presented the purpose, scope, and objectives of the future visits, which will start in Q1 2024, as ...

The main objective of the Directive (EU) 2019/883 on Port Reception Facilities for the delivery of waste from ships, (hereafter referred to as ‘the PRF Directive’) is to reduce the discharge of ship waste including cargo residues (hereafter referred to as ‘waste from ships’ or just ‘waste’) into the sea, by requiring that vessels visiting EU ports deliver all waste from ships to a port reception ...

This report identifies criteria to determine that a ship produces reduced quantities of waste and manages it in a sustainable and environmentally sound manner, in support of an implementing act to be adopted in accordance to Article 8(5)(b) of Directive 2019/883/EU.

The goal of this document is to provide a harmonised approach to the enforcement of Directive 2000/59/EC on Port Reception Facilities for Ship-Generated Waste and Cargo Residues (hereafter referred to as ‘the PRF Directive’). This guidance has been developed to facilitate Ship Inspections that are presently being undertaken by the European Union Member States (hereafter referred to as MS) to ...