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22 May 2007 ECASBA SEMINAR 1
EU Developments 2007
ECASBA SEMINAR BRUSSELS May 22nd 2007
22 May 2007 ECASBA SEMINAR 2
European Commission
appointed until 2009 President: José Barroso Transport: Jaques Barrot (TREN)
Maritime Policy: Joe Borg (Taskforce)
Customs: László Kovács (TAXUD)
Justice and Home Affairs: Franco Frattini (JAI)
External Relations: Benita Ferrero-Waldner (RELEX)
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European Policy Context
Transport White paper (2001)Tackle congestion and pollution through modal shift
Mid-Term Review White Paper (2006) Sustainable mobility and co-modality
Lisbon Agenda (2001) Make Europe most successful knowledge based economy
Sustainable Development Strategy (01)Consolidate or enhance current environmental state
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Presentation Points of Attention
Green Paper on Maritime PolicyConsultation
Port Policy Consultation
Logistics Action Plan and Bottleneck Exercise
Air Quality and Climate Change2nd Reading Imminent and Political Decisions
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Green Paper on Maritime Policy
Consultation: Started in June 2006 Concludes end of June 2007 Many positions have been sent in and are online
on web Positions will be summarized in a Communication
to be adopted October 10th A second Communication to be adopted at the
same date will outline the Commission Action Plan
German Presidency new elements: PSSAs, diesel Following points likely to be included:
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Green Paper on Maritime Policy - bis
31 Concepts: Common European maritime space Offshore activities of governments Maritime surveillance Use of naval capabilities for civil purposes Maritime spatial planning on coastal waters Follow-up of regulatory problems identified
by stakeholders Analysis of options for EU role in international
maritime organisations Maritime Policy Dialogue with EU Neighbours
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Green Paper on Maritime Policy - ter
Best practice awards for Maritime Industry Annual conference on best practice in
maritime governance Ship de-pollution and dismantling Reduction of Air Pollution by Ships High seas biodiversity Whales Improve the fight against Illegal, Unreported
and Unregulated Fishing Promoting best practice and interlinkages for
clusters in both national and regional contexts
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Green Paper on Maritime Policy - quater
Labour mobility/joint labour pool for maritime clusters
Review of exclusions applying to maritime sector
Research Interaction and convergence of Ocean-related
(Biological, chemical and physical) data services – European Marine Observation and EU Atlas of the Sea
Improving sectoral (ocean and coastal) socio-economic data at EU-level
Certificate of Maritime Excellence
22 May 2007 ECASBA SEMINAR 9
Green Paper on Maritime Policy - quinies
Defining the framework for emerging lead markets (blue biotech, renewable energy)
Carbon sequestration in the Seabed Energy Inventory of risk reduction policies and responses at
EU-level, including coastal defence mechanisms and plans that exist in Member States and at EU-level
Sustainable marine tourism and fisheries Future EU funding for maritime policy goals
(regional level) Harnessing the development of Europe’s outermost
maritime regions and islands
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Port Policy - Topics
Relations port authorities and service providers Tendering procedures Competition, dominant position and market
consolidation Public service obligations Specialisation and coordination of port
activities Port zoning
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Port Policy – Topics / Bis
Port financing State aid guidelines Transparency directive Port charging and infrastructure charging
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Port Policy – Topics / 3
Sustainable port development Birds and Habitat Directive (Natura 2000) Dredging limitations (Waste, Water Framework,
Landfil Directives) Air quality Shore side electricity Waste Reception Facilities Coastal spatial planning Motorways of the Sea and Marco Polo
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Port Policy – Topics / 4
Port labour and technical-nautical services Monopolies and public service providers Limitations to market access Social dialogue Quality of employment
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Port Policy – Topics / 5
Ports and the supply chain Logistics policy NAIADES Logistic security ICT integration of modes Co-modality
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Port Policy – Topics / 6
Overall port competitiveness and relations with non-EU ports Market structure in terms of competition; intra-
and interport competition Competition in the Mediterranean, Baltic and in
short also Black Sea Consolidation trends in the market
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Port Policy – Topics / 7
General Provision of sufficient port capacity Further integration of ports in TEN-T Interrelation with customs policy Interrelation with Green Paper on
maritime policy NEW: further emphasis on climate
warming combatting measures expected
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Port Policy - Consultation
Commission Consultations FinishedConsultation Topics: Relations port authorities – service providers State aid Environmental restrictions and port
cooperation Labour relations and technical-nautical
services Logistic Chain Non-EU competition
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Port Policy - Bis
Commission will conclude consultation end of May at ESPO Conference AlgecirasCommission is expected to produce first text by October 17th 2007.State aid guidelines are expected the first document to appear
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European Port Policy - ter
Stakeholders generally have the feeling that extra legislation is unnecessaryMarket access: legislation to be avoided. Port authorities generally have and should have the flexibility in determining the best operators. This has particular importance for prolongations and extensions. State Aid: legal principles and clear categories should suffice
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European Port Policy - Quater
Environment: A revision of the Birds and Habitat Directive in order to incorporate more appropriately the economic and social dimension Port cooperation: Market principles should have preferenceLabour relations: it seems advisable to keep divergent issues away from Commission involvement. One way of doing that could be to have a ‘social dialogue’ on EU policy.
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Logistics
Consultation concludedImpact assessment performedBottleneck exercise started up Action Plan
Logistics -bis
Action Plan: Commission Communication foreseen October
2007 Impact assessment Selection of possible topics:
- e-freight intelligent transport systems- quality- simplification- vehicle dimensions & loading standards- green corridors- urban transport/logistics
Logistics - ter
Heritage: 45 foot: declaration Commissioner
that exception status is available for 45’ to those enviseaging it – start for exception cascade
EILU and Freight Integrator Action Plan: Integrated in Logistics policy
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Logistics - quater
Bottleneck exercise started up Meeting revealed a massive number of bottlenecks Significant part of the bottlenecks national Division of remaining bottlenecks in
‘infrastructural’, ‘operational’ and ‘administrative’. ‘Ownership’ of bottlenecks and Groups asked by
May 25th. Plenary meetings expected to be 6-monthly;
working groups in between Stakeholders requested representation of other
COMM Directorates
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Air Quality and Climate Change
Air Quality Directive will go in second reading September 2007Biofuel Directive (2003) to be revised in 2007Sulphur Directive (2005) to be revised in 2008Recommendation on Shore Side Electricity (2006)Political objective to introduce shipping into Emission Trading System
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Air Quality and Climate Change - bis
Political Objective to expand PSSAs: Baltic, North Sea, and others to followEstablishment of EP Committee on Climate ChangeEstablishment of a Green Paper on Climate ChangePolitical proposals to ban heavy fuel in EU waters
Third Maritime Safety Package
Third Maritime Safety Package- Plenary voted on draft proposals in March and April
- port state control- expansion of inspections to vessels with high risk
profile & oil/chemical tankers and passenger ships above 12 years
- extension role pilots in detecting shortcomings- support for incorporation 2006 ILO maritime labour
Convention in EC law- vessel traffic & monitoring information system- vessels in distress to be accepted in places of refuge- MS ensure compensation of costs & economic loss for
ports- equip vessels between EU ports with LRIT ( long range
identification and tracking system)
Third Maritime Safety Package-bis
- investigation of accidents- MS obliged to open safety investigation after marine incident- strengthen independence investigative body
- liability of carriers of passenger- civil liability & financial guarantee of shipowners
- all TRAN Committee amendments endorsed, including the controversial ones
- ship inspection & survey organisations- assessment committee monitoring work & quality
of classification bodies- flag state control
- support Commission proposal- providing MS more flexibility on implementation
IMO conventions at national level
Third Maritime Safety Package -ter
- Council expected to present a common position for second reading on 6 June 2007
- German Presidency intention for Council Decision on
draft proposal Port State Control at Transport Council meeting in June
- Transport Council of Ministers has abstained from discussing proposed Directive on flag state control & civil liability/ financial guarantees for shipowners
SSS- Short Sea Shipping
Short Sea Shipping- 2003: SSS Promotion Porgamme; 14 actions- 2006: Mid-Term Review; evaluation & analysis 14 actions- 14 actions divided into legislative, technical & operational:
1. implementation Directive on certain reporting formalities for ships (IMO-FAL)2. Marco Polo
- ensure utilisation MP to the benefit of SSS until 2010 & beyond3. Intermodal loading units
- not advanced4. MoS
- new benchmark needs to be set for making first MoS operational; deadline 2010
- MoS quality label for logistics excellence in SSS?5. Environmental performance SSS
- continuation of environmental strategy
SSS-bis
Short Sea Shipping6. Guide customs procedure for SSS
- last update 2004; further updates after adoption of the modernized customs code7. Identification & elimination of obstacles
- continuation of solving identified obstacles & identification of further obstacles (especially in new MS & port sector)8. Approximation of national applications & computerisation of Community customs procedures
- continuation of work in customs contact groups to harmonise national legal & local applications9. Research & technological development
- SSS priority in 7th Framework Prog. as part of waterborne platform
SSS-ter:
10. One-stop administrative shops- continue promotion
11. SSS focal points- work continues by meetings focal points
12. Shortsea promotion centres- extension scope SPCs - secure medium-term financial security for SPCs
13. Promotion image SSS- improving integration SSS in multimodal logistics
supply chain14. Statistical information
- finetuning of conversion matrix & final realisation of a single statistical source for tonne-kilometre data
Other issues
Motorways of the Sea- Currently 30 priority projects; 4 done
- TEN-T programme 2007-2013- 1st call end 2007 (projects)- Vademecum expected October 2007
Marco Polo II- first call (catalyst, modal shift, MoS, traffic avoidance &
common learning actions) has been postponed until the 6th of
July 2007
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Other issues - bis
Dredging: Waste Directive amendment ESPO/FEPORT/ECSA adopted to exclude non-polluted dredged substances. Council and Parliament agreement on this issue Naiades, inland navigation policy, progressingRIS
AIS (slightly modified in IWT) ERINOT, PAXLIST, BERMAN II, ERIMAN, WASDIS
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Other issues - ter
Security: Critical infrastructure – opposed Minimum security standards – opposed Logistics security – under re-assessment AEO – New Guidelines expected June 2007 100% container scanning - opposed
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Thank you for your attention