Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/90 of 21 January 2022 laying down rules for the application of Directive (EU) 2019/883 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the detailed elements of the Union risk-based targeting mechanism for selecting ships for inspection (Text with EEA relevance)

1 For the purposes of inspections, Member States shall classify the ships referred to in Article 3(1), point (a), of Directive (EU) 2019/883, into the following risk level categories: (a) Risk level 1 (high risk); (b) Risk level 2 (medium risk); (c) Risk level 3 (low risk); (d) Risk level 4 (minimum risk).

2 The risk level category for each ship shall be determined on the basis of the risk parameters set out in Table 1 of the Annex.

3 The risk level parameters set out in Table 1 of the Annex shall be applied following the methodology referred to in points 1 to 4 of the Annex.

When complying with the inspection commitments set out in Article 11 of Directive (EU) 2019/883, Member States shall comply with the following requirements: (a) give priority to the inspection of ships with a higher risk level category; (b) randomly select for inspection at least 1 % of number of ships to be inspected every year.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.