ECSA and CLIA asks modifications the directive on the harbour systems for collection for the refusals produced from the ships



the association of European shipowners ECSA and the association of crocieristiche companies European CLIA Europe has expressed satisfaction for the review in existence of the directive 2000/59 on the harbour systems of collection for the refusals produced from the ships and residual ones of the cargo, procedure that would have to be concluded in the course of the next year. The Cruise Lines International Association Europe (CLIA Europe) and the European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) have found that, if the directive has produced positive effects from its effectiveness, there are however a series of deficiencies that - second the two associations - must be faced.

In particular ECSA and CLIA, on the wake of the public consultation on the review of the directive that is realized by the EU commission from the 13 slid 16 July to October, has evidenced a series of problems. According to the two associations, in fact, it is necessary is a pragmatic approach on the exceptions and exemptions to the regime instituted from the directive and, so that the procedures of collection of the refusals can be been profitable efficient and to the aim to avoid useless waits of the ships to the mooring, for ECSA and CLIA the dispositions on the drainage of the refusals in the harbour systems of collection would have to on board hold account of the self-sufficiency of the ship in storing the refusals and therefore of the possibility for the ship to continue until the successive port without to have on board conferred the present refusals.

Moreover, according to ECSA and CLIA, is a series of relative deficiencies to the interpretation and to the application of key elements of the directive and, in phase of review of the norm, it is therefore necessary to guarantee a greater harmonization and transparency of the provision is relatively to the tariff regime that to the corrected management of the refusals produced from the ships, to the regime of exemptions, the plans of collection and management of the refusals in the ports or to the administrative procedures.

"Is urgently necessary - it has found the general secretary of the CLIA, Raphael von Heereman - a timely review and a full performance of the directive on the harbour systems of collection for the refusals produced from the ships in order to make sure that systems are made available to the adequate ships every time that they are necessary. This will allow with our field to continue to operate in Europe contributing to the occupation and the increase. In the picture of a circular economy - it has observed von Heereman - the refusals more and more are considered a precious resource. The directive would have to facilitate and to encourage also the separation and the recycling of the refusals by means of the harbour systems".

"This that serves - has agreed the general secretary of the ECSA, Patrick Verhoeven - they are harbour systems of collection that include structures for dealing new types of waste, a system of reasonable and harmonized rating and a corrected application of the directive". Verhoeven has confirmed that engaged ECSA and CLIA guarantee their engagement in contributing to the process of review of the directive.