11/04/2021 | News release | Distributed by Public on 11/04/2021 10:09
Published on: 04 November 2021
ICOMIAhave released the 'Review Study on the Recreational Craft Directive 2013/53/EU'. This is the final report carried out byPanteia, TNOandEmisiaon behalf of the EU Commissionin terms of the RCD Review 2022 process and can be downloaded by British Marine members through the British Marine website publication page.
This report has been created in line with the review clause set out inArticle 52of the Directive 2013/53/EUwhich requires the European Commission (EC) to submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council by 18 January 2022.
The specific objectives of the study are:
As a part of the approach to collect information to draft the report, an in-depth data analysis was performed and a detailed consultation strategy was applied; consisting of a Public Consultation and supplementing targeted consultations and interviews. Due to the nature of the research questions concerning the review clause, this study focuses on three areas: exhaust emissions, evaporative emission and watercraft design categories.
The contributions of emissions of recreational craft are generally very small when compared to the transport sector and when also compared to all other sectors together.
Chapter 7 (page 135) contains the important conclusions and recommendations and Annex 1 Contains the results of the public targeted consultation. The commission has highlighted that they're still reviewing main findings of this study, which will be incorporated into a separate report to the European Parliament and Council due to be submitted in the first Quarter of 2022.
You can find a link to the Review study on the Recreational Craft Directive 2013/53/EU on our website here.