Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/3214 of 16 October 2024 amending Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the rules for the monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions from offshore ships and the zero-rating of sustainable fuels

Regulation (EU) 2015/757 is amended as follows: (1) in Annex I, the following Part AA is inserted after Part A: ‘AA. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM OFFSHORE SHIPS Greenhouse gas emissions from offshore ships shall cover greenhouse gas emissions released during voyages from last port of call to a port of call under the jurisdiction of a Member State and from a port of call under the jurisdiction of a Member State to next port of call, as well as within ports of call under the jurisdiction of a Member State by the following ships, other than icebreakers, designed or certified to perform service activities offshore or at offshore installations: (a) anchor handling tug supply vessel; (b) offshore supply ship; (c) crew/supply vessel; (d) pipe carrier; (e) platform supply ship; (f) drilling ship; (g) floating production storage and offloading (FPSO), oil; (h) gas processing vessel; (i) floating storage and offloading (FSO), gas; (j) FSO, oil; (k) accommodation ship; (l) diving support vessel; (m) offshore construction vessel; (n) offshore support vessel; (o) pipe burying vessel; (p) pipe layer; (q) pipe layer crane vessel; (r) production testing vessel; (s) standby safety vessel; (t) trenching support vessel; (u) well stimulation vessel; (v) cable layer; (w) cable repair ship; (x) mining vessel; (y) wind turbine installation vessel; (z) commissioning service operation vessel; (aa) service operation vessel; (ab) work/repair vessel; (ac) research survey vessel; (ad) dredger; (ae) hopper dredger.’; (2) in Part C, point 1.2., of Annex II, the second paragraph is replaced by the following: ‘By way of derogation from point 1.1, companies shall not apply the rules laid down in Part A of Annex I to this Regulation as regards the determination of the CO2 emission factors where the company uses Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin (RFNBO), Recycled Carbon Fuel (RCF) or synthetic low-carbon fuel. In such cases, the CO2 emission factor shall be determined in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066.’.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2025. However, Article 1, point (2), shall apply from 1 January 2024.