MOF, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Endeligt svar på spørgsmål 565: Spm. om ministeren i forlængelse af MOF alm del – spørgsmål 553 og 555 vil oversende korrespondancen med Kommissionen, herunder også den korrespondance, der er foregået før MOF alm. del - spørgsmål 553 og 555 er stillet, til miljø- og fødevareministeren

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28. marts 2017 14:52

Lissie Klingenberg Jørgensen

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Dear Lissie,

Please find below the Danish translation of our replies to the Danish Parliament's questions 553 and 555:

1) Spørgsmål 553:

Ifølge forordningen om ophugning af skibe er det ikke muligt at optage skibsophugningsanlæg på den

europæiske liste, hvis de ikke opfylder alle krav til optagelse. Det ville ikke blot være ulovligt at optage

faciliteter, som ikke opfylder alle krav, det ville også underminere resultaterne for de faciliteter, der faktisk

opfylder alle krav. Om end der i forordningen om ophugning af skibe ikke er fastsat nogen overgangsstatus eller

delvis status for faciliteter, som ikke opfylder alle krav, udvises der fleksibilitet, idet forordningen om ophugning

af skibe ikke begrænser det antal gange, et skibsophugningsanlæg kan ansøge om optagelse på listen, også selv

om den første ansøgning bliver afvist.

2) Spørgsmål 555:

Betingelserne for at anse skibets indre som "et uigennemtrængeligt gulv", jf. artikel 13, stk. 1, litra g), nr. i), i

forordningen om ophugning af skibe, er opført i del 2.2.2 i den tekniske vejledning fra 2016 (2016/C 128/01).

Hvis ophugningsanlægget benytter muligheden for at anse skibets indre som "et uigennemtrængeligt gulv", skal

det dokumenteres i ansøgningen om optagelse på den europæiske liste, at disse betingelser er opfyldt. Med

hensyn til den potentielle situation, der er beskrevet i spørgsmål 555 ("forurening

med malingrester som et

resultat af direkte kontakt med den sandede undergrund i et tidevandsområde"),

er følgende betingelser i den

tekniske vejledning af særlig interesse:

(a) "skroget er forseglet, og integriteten af skrogets bund er blevet undersøgt og er intakt"

(e) "tab af malingsrester og giftige belægninger i havet eller på gennemtrængelige overflader kontrolleres i

henhold til spørgsmål 2.2.1"

(f) "resten af skibets bund overføres så hurtigt som muligt til områder med uigennemtrængelige gulve på

en sikker og miljømæssigt forsvarlig måde, f.eks. ved brug af kran, slæde eller bomme, der er

sammenkoblet med lossespil, således at bunden kan opskæres på et uigennemtrængeligt gulv med et

effektivt afløbssystem, herunder over en flydekonstruktion, som f.eks. en flydetørdok, en ponton eller

tilsvarende med et effektivt afløbssystem."

Det bør bemærkes, at muligheden for at anse skibets indre som "et uigennemtrængeligt gulv" ikke udelukker, at

skroget er farligt (hvis det f.eks. er dækket af farlig maling), ligesom det heller ikke suspenderer forordningens

krav vedrørende farlige materialer.

Best regards,

Emilien Gasc

European Commission

Directorate-General for Environment

MOF, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Endeligt svar på spørgsmål 565: Spm. om ministeren i forlængelse af MOF alm del – spørgsmål 553 og 555 vil oversende korrespondancen med Kommissionen, herunder også den korrespondance, der er foregået før MOF alm. del - spørgsmål 553 og 555 er stillet, til miljø- og fødevareministeren

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22. marts 2017 14:07

Lissie Klingenberg Jørgensen

Berit Hallam; [email protected]

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Dear Lissie,

Translation of our replies to 553 and 555 has now been asked. It is expected by 24 or 25 March.

Regarding your additional questions:

3) (What happens if the Commission put forward a proposal for an implementing act concerning a recycling facility

located in a third country with the recommendation that the specific facility should not be included in the European

list due to non-compliance with the requirements in the regulation - and the ship recycling committee delivers a

negative opinion?)

The procedure applicable to decisions on individual applications to the European List is detailed in Article 25 of

the Ship Recycling Regulation, itself referring to Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 (the 'Comitology

Regulation'). The procedure applicable to the specific case you mention ("negative opinion") is detailed in Article

5(3) of the Comitology Regulation.

4) (Questions from MEP Margrete Auken)

The questions you refer to are the latest we have received from MEP Margrete Auken to the best of our

knowledge. I see that the reply was only published on 11 January 2017, but it had been prepared quite a while

before that; some of the contents of the reply are not entirely up to date as of today.

Best regards,

Emilien Gasc

European Commission

Directorate-General for Environment

Unit B.3 - Waste Management & Secondary Materials

Avenue de Beaulieu 9 – 5/107

B-1049 Brussels/Belgium

+32 229-91811

[email protected]

Website: http://ec.europa.eu/environment

Please note that all our remarks only reflect the opinion of the Commission services and are not legally binding. A

final binding legal interpretation of EU legislation can only be provided by the European Court of Justice. The above

remarks are without prejudice to the position the Commission might take should the issue arise in a procedure

before the Court of Justice.

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22. marts 2017 09:48

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Dear Emilien

I would very much appreciate an official translation in Danish.

My deadline for answering the questions is today – do you expect to have an answer to my third question regarding

committee procedure today?

I found this question regarding ship recycling from MEP Margrete Auken on the Parliaments website together with

the Commissions reply:

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-

%2f%2fEP%2f%2fTEXT%2bWQ%2bE-2016-008254%2b0%2bDOC%2bXML%2bV0%2f%2fDA&language=DA

If you haven’t received any other questions from her regarding ship recycling, then you can ignore my fourth

question.

Venlig hilsen

Lissie Klingenberg Jørgensen

Cand Jur | Cirkulær Økonomi & Affald

+45 72 54 43 76 | [email protected]

Miljø- og Fødevareministeriet

Miljøstyrelsen

NY MILJØSTYRELSE

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en ny grøn velfærdsstyrelse med fokus på miljø i bred forstand. Styrelsen vil i en periode have adresse både på Strandgade 29, 1401

København K og på Haraldsgade 53, 2100 København Ø.

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22. marts 2017 09:25

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Lissie Klingenberg Jørgensen

Emne:

RE: Urgent! Questions regarding the European list

Dear Lissie,

No objection from us. Notice the missing "that" in reply to question 553 below.

We can provide an official translation in Danish, if this can wait a little under a week. Let me know.

Best regards,

Emilien

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Lissie Klingenberg Jørgensen [mailto:[email protected]]

Sent:

Tuesday, March 21, 2017 5:00 PM

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GASC Emilien (ENV)

Subject:

SV: Urgent! Questions regarding the European list

Dear Emilien

Thank you for this.

The Danish Parliament has asked the minister to share with them the correspondence with you regarding

question 553 and 555.

http://www.ft.dk/samling/20161/almdel/mof/spm/565/index.htm

Do you have any objections regarding that?

Venlig hilsen

Lissie Klingenberg Jørgensen

Cand Jur | Cirkulær Økonomi & Affald

+45 72 54 43 76 |

[email protected]

Miljø- og Fødevareministeriet

Miljøstyrelsen

| Strandgade 29 | 1401 København K | Tlf. +45 72 54 40 00 |

[email protected]

www.mst.dk

NY MILJØSTYRELSE

Den 1. februar 2017 er Styrelsen for Vand- og Naturforvaltning (SVANA) og Miljøstyrelsen blevet lagt sammen under navnet

Miljøstyrelsen – en ny grøn velfærdsstyrelse med fokus på miljø i bred forstand. Styrelsen vil i en periode have adresse både på

Strandgade 29, 1401 København K og på Haraldsgade 53, 2100 København Ø.

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21. marts 2017 16:24

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Lissie Klingenberg Jørgensen

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Berit Hallam;

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Emne:

RE: Urgent! Questions regarding the European list

Dear Lissie,

Please find below replies to the questions brought forward by the Danish Parliament. We will address your

additional questions separately.

1) Question 553:

Under the Ship Recycling Regulation, it is not possible to include in the European List

ship recycling facilities which do not meet all the requirements for inclusion. Including

facilities which do not meet all the requirements would not only be illegal, it would

undermine the achievements of facilities which have managed to meet all the

requirements. However, while the Ship Recycling Regulation does not provide for any

sort of transitional or partial status for facilities which do not meet all the requirements,

flexibility is shown in the fact

that

the Ship Recycling Regulation does not limit the

number of times a ship recycling facility may apply for inclusion, even if a first

application was to be rejected.

2) Question 555:

The conditions to consider the interior of the ship as "impermeable floor" in the

meaning of Article 13(1)(g)(i) of the Ship Recycling Regulation are listed in section 2.2.2

of the 2016 Technical Guidelines (2016/C 128/01).

Where the possibility to consider the interior of the ship as "impermeable floor" is used

by the recycler, it is for the application file to the European List to demonstrate that

these conditions are observed. With regards to the potential situation described in

question 555 ("pollution

by paint chips as a result of direct contact with the sandy

bottom in a tidal zone"),

the following conditions in the Technical Guidelines appear of

particular interest:

(a) "the hull is sealed, integrity of the bottom of the hull has been analysed and has

not been compromised"

(e) "the release of paint chips and toxic coatings into the sea/permeable surface is

controlled as per [section 2.2.1]"

(f) "as early as is feasible, transfer of the remainder of the ship’s bottom itself to

impermeable floor areas is carried out in a safe and environmentally sound

manner, e.g. through the use of cranes, sleds or beams coupled with winches, to

allow for the cutting of the bottom to take place above an impermeable floor

with effective drainage system, including above a floating structure such as a

floating dry dock, a flat top barge or equivalent with an effective drainage

system."

It should be noted that the possibility to consider the interior of the ship as

"impermeable floor" does not deny the hull of the ship its hazardous character (e.g.

when it is covered with hazardous paint) nor does it suspend the Regulation's

requirements applicable to hazardous items.

Best regards,

Emilien Gasc

European Commission

Directorate-General for Environment

Unit B.3 - Waste Management & Secondary Materials

Avenue de Beaulieu 9 – 5/107

B-1049 Brussels/Belgium

+32 229-91811

[email protected]

Website: http://ec.europa.eu/environment

Please note that all our remarks only reflect the opinion of the Commission services and are not legally

binding. A final binding legal interpretation of EU legislation can only be provided by the European Court of

Justice. The above remarks are without prejudice to the position the Commission might take should the

issue arise in a procedure before the Court of Justice.

From:

Lissie Klingenberg Jørgensen [mailto:[email protected]]

Sent:

Thursday, March 16, 2017 8:06 AM

To:

GASC Emilien (ENV)

Cc:

Berit Hallam

Subject:

SV: Urgent! Questions regarding the European list

Dear Emilien

Only question 1 og 2 require a formal reply

(sp. 553 and sp 555)

. I have inserted a link to the questions

on the Parliaments website in the email below, and the questions are also attached to the email.

Best regards

Lissie Klingenberg Jørgensen

Legal adviser | Jord og Affald

+45 72 54 43 76 |

[email protected]

Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark

Environmental Protection Agency

| Strandgade 29 | 1401 Copenhagen K | Tel. +45 72 54 40 00 |

[email protected]

www.mst.dk

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15. marts 2017 16:33

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Lissie Klingenberg Jørgensen

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Emne:

RE: Urgent! Questions regarding the European list

Dear Lissie,

Thank you for your email. Before we draft replies to your questions, could you please clarify which

of the four questions below require a formal reply and point us to the original request by the Danish

Parliament, if it is available? This is important to determine the format of the reply and the internal

rules we have to follow.

Best regards,

Emilien

From:

Lissie Klingenberg Jørgensen [mailto:[email protected]]

Sent:

Wednesday, March 15, 2017 1:41 PM

To:

GASC Emilien (ENV)

Subject:

Urgent! Questions regarding the European list

Dear Emilien

The Danish Parliament is highly concerned about ship recycling, and has asked the Danish

minister of the Environment and Food a variety of questions in this regard. In the case of

two specific issues, the Danish Parliament has requested the minister to consult the EU

Commission. We are under a certain time limit to answer the Parliament, and we would

very much appreciate, if we could receive an answer from you before next Wednesdays - 22

March 2017.

Could you please provide me with the Commissions interpretation on the following issues:

1) Is it only facilities that comply 100 % with the requirements in the ship recycling

regulation that can be included in the European list? Or will the Commission also accept

facilities that comply with for instance 90 % of the requirements if they are in a process that

will lead them to full compliance within a reasonable timeframe?

http://www.ft.dk/samling/20161/almdel/MOF/spm/553/index.htm

2) Can the hull of a ship only be used as an impermeable floor if the ship is still floating? Or

can the hull also be used as an impermeable floor when the ship is landed on the beach?

http://www.ft.dk/samling/20161/almdel/MOF/spm/555/index.htm

The Parliament also have questions concerning the committee procedures: What happens if

the Commission put forward a proposal for an implementing act concerning a recycling

facility located in a third country with the recommendation that the specific facility should

not be included in the European list due to non-compliance with the requirements in the

regulation - and the ship recycling committee delivers a negative opinion?

http://www.ft.dk/samling/20161/almdel/MOF/spm/551/index.htm

Finally - accordingly to the Danish press - MEP Margrethe Auken has sent you some

questions regarding ship breaking /the European list. Could we ask you to share your

answers to Margrethe Auken with us?

Best regards

Lissie Klingenberg Jørgensen

Legal adviser | Jord og Affald

+45 72 54 43 76 |

[email protected]

Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark

Environmental Protection Agency

| Strandgade 29 | 1401 Copenhagen K | Tel. +45 72 54 40 00 |

[email protected]