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Document 32023D2895

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2895 of 19 December 2023 laying down the list of islands and ports referred to in Article 12(3-d) of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and the list of transnational public service contracts or transnational public service obligations referred to in Article 12(3-c) of that Directive

C/2023/8582

OJ L, 2023/2895, 22.12.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2023/2895/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2023/2895/oj

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2023/2895

22.12.2023

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2023/2895

of 19 December 2023

laying down the list of islands and ports referred to in Article 12(3-d) of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and the list of transnational public service contracts or transnational public service obligations referred to in Article 12(3-c) of that Directive

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (1), and in particular Article 12(3-d) and (3-c) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Directive 2003/87/EC was amended most recently by Directive (EU) 2023/959 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) to include maritime transport emissions within the system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union (the ‘EU ETS’).

(2)

In order to ensure the connectivity of certain islands, the EU ETS provides for two types of temporary derogations from the obligation to surrender allowances pursuant to Article 12(3-d) and (3-c) of Directive 2003/87/EC. As those temporary derogations both concern connectivity, the list of islands and ports and the list of transnational public service contracts and transnational public service obligations should be laid down in the same act.

(3)

In accordance with Article 12(3-d), first subparagraph, of Directive 2003/87/EC, a port to be identified as a port concerned by the temporary derogation has to be located on an island with no road or rail link with the mainland and with a population of fewer than 200 000 permanent residents. Following the requests by Denmark, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Italy, Malta and Sweden, several ports should therefore be identified as ports concerned by the temporary derogation pursuant to Article 12(3-d) of Directive 2003/87/EC.

(4)

In accordance with Article 12(3-c) of Directive 2003/87/EC, transnational public service contracts or transnational public service obligations have to connect two Member States, one of which does not have a land border with another Member State and the other Member State is the geographically closest Member State to that Member State without land border. Cyprus has no land border with another Member State and Greece is the geographically closest Member State to Cyprus. Following the joint request by Cyprus and Greece, the public service contract connecting Cyprus and Greece should therefore be identified as a transnational public service contract within the meaning of Article 12(3-c) of Directive 2003/87/EC.

(5)

To ensure the effective functioning of the EU ETS, which is to include emissions from maritime transport released from 1 January 2024, this Decision should apply from that date,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Member States shall consider the requirements set out in Article 12(3), first subparagraph, point (c), and Article 16, of Directive 2003/87/EC to be satisfied and shall take no action against shipping companies in respect of emissions released until 31 December 2030 from:

(a)

voyages performed by passenger ships, other than cruise passenger ships, and by ro-pax ships, between a port of an island as listed in Annex I to this Decision and a port under the jurisdiction of the same Member State, or from the activities, within a port, of such ships in relation to such voyages;

(b)

voyages performed by passenger or ro-pax ships in the framework of a transnational public service contract or a transnational public service obligation connecting two Member States, as listed in Annex II to this Decision, or from the activities, within a port, of such ships in relation to such voyages.

Article 2

This Decision 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 2024.

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2023.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN


(1)   OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2003/87/oj.

(2)  Directive (EU) 2023/959 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 amending Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union and Decision (EU) 2015/1814 concerning the establishment and operation of a market stability reserve for the Union greenhouse gas emission trading system (OJ L 130, 16.5.2023, p. 134, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2023/959/oj).


ANNEX I

List of islands and ports as referred to in Article 12(3-d), first subparagraph, of Directive 2003/87/EC

STATE

NAME OF ISLAND

NAME OF PORT

DENMARK

BORNHOLM

ROENNE

GREECE

AEGINA

AEGINA

AGIA MARINA, AEGINA

SOUVALA

AGATHONISI

AGATHONISI

AGIOS EFSTRATIOS

AGIOS EFSTRATIOS

ALONNISOS

ALONNISOS

AMORGOS

AGIALI

KATAPOLA

ANAFI

ANAFI

ANDROS

GAVRIO

ANGISTRI

ANGISTRI

ANTIKYTHIRA

POTAMOS, ANTIKYTHIRA

ANTIPAROS

ANTIPAROS

ARKI

ARKI

ASTYPALAIA

ASTYPALAIA

CHIOS

CHIOS

MESTA

DONOUSA

DONOUSA

EREIKOUSA

EREIKOUSA

FOLEGANDROS

FOLEGANDROS

FOURNI KORSEON

FOURNI KORSEON

GAVDOS

GAVDOS

HALKI

HALKI

IKARIA

EVDILOS / AGIOS KYRIKOS

INOUSSES

INOUSSES

IOS

IOS

IRAKLEIA

IRAKLEIA

ITHAKI

FRIKES

PISAETOS

KALAMOS

KALAMOS

KALYMNOS

KALYMNOS

KARPATHOS

KARPATHOS

KASOS

KASOS

KASTOS

KASTOS

KEA

KEA

KEFALLONIA

ARGOSTOLI

POROS, KEFALLONIA

SAMI

KERKYRA

LEFKIMI

KIMOLOS

KIMOLOS

KOS

KOS

MASTICHARI

KOUFONISI

KOUFONISIA, CYCLADES

KYTHIRA

AGIA PELAGIA

DIAKOFTI

KYTHNOS

KYTHNOS

LEROS

AGIA MARINA, LEROS

LAKKI, LEROS

LESVOS

MYTILINI

LIMNOS

MYRINA

LIPSI

LIPSI

MATHRAKI

MATHRAKI

MEGANISI

MEGANISI

MEGISTI

KASTELORIZO

MILOS

ADAMANTAS

MYKONOS

MYKONOS

NAXOS

NAXOS

NISYROS

NISYROS

OTHONI

OTHONI

PAROS

PAROS

PATMOS

PATMOS

PAXI

PAXI

POROS

POROS, TRIZINIA

PSARA

PSARA

RHODES

RHODES

SKALA KAMIROU, RHODES

SALAMINA

FANEROMENI

PALOUKIA

SAMOS

VATHY

KARLOVASI

PYTHAGOREIO

SAMOTHRAKI

SAMOTHRAKI

SCHINOUSSA

SCHINOUSSA

SERIFOS

SERIFOS

SIFNOS

KAMARES, SIFNOS

SIKINOS

SIKINOS

SKIATHOS

SKIATHOS

SKOPELOS

GLOSSA/AGNONTAS

SKYROS

LINARIA

SPETSES

SPETSES

SYMI

SYMI

SYROS

ERMOUPOLI

THASOS

PRINOS

THASOS

THIRA

THIRA

THYMAINA

THYMAINA

TILOS

TILOS

TINOS

TINOS

YDRA

YDRA

ZAKYNTHOS

ZAKYNTHOS

SPAIN

FORMENTERA

LA SAVINA

IBIZA

EIVISSA

SANT ANTONI DE PORTMANY

MENORCA

CIUDADELA

MAÓ

CROATIA

BIŠEVO

MEZUPORAT

PORAT

SALBUNARA

BRAČ

BOL

MILNA

SUMARTIN

SUPETAR

SUTIVAN

CRES

CRES

MARTINŠĆICA

MERAG

POROZINA

DRVENIK MALI

DRVENIK MALI

DRVENIK VELI

DRVENIK VELIKI

DUGI OTOK

BOŽAVA

BRBINJ

ZAGLAV

HVAR

HVAR

JELSA

STARI GRAD

SUĆURAJ

ILOVIK

ILOVIK

IST

KOSIRAČA

ŠIROKA

BRŠANJ

VELI IŽ

MALI IŽ

KAPRIJE

KAPRIJE

KOLOČEP

DONJE ČELO

KORČULA

DOMINČE

KORČULA

PRIGRADICA

VELA LUKA

KRAPANJ

KRAPANJ

LASTOVO

UBLI

LOPUD

LOPUD

LOŠINJ

MALI LOŠINJ

MRTVAŠKA

MLJET

POLAČE

SOBRA

MOLAT

BRGULJE

MOLAT (LUČINA)

ZAPUNTEL

OBONJAN

OBONJAN

OLIB

OLIB

OŠLJAK

OŠLJAK

PAŠMAN

TKON

PREMUDA

KRIJAL

PRVIĆ

PRVIĆ LUKA

ŠEPURINE

RAB

LOPAR

MIŠNJAK

RAB

RAVA

MALA RAVA

RAVA

RIVANJ

RIVANJ

SESTRUNJ

SESTRUNJ

SILBA

ŽALIĆ

ŠIPAN

ŠIPANSKA LUKA

SUĐURAĐ

ŠOLTA

ROGAČ

SUSAK

SUSAK

UGLJAN

PREKO

UNIJE

UNIJE

VELE SRAKANE

SRAKANE V.

VIS

KOMIŽA

VIS

VRGADA

VRGADA

ŽIRJE

MUNA

ZLARIN

ZLARIN

ZVERINAC

ZVERINAC

 

 

ITALY

ALICUDI

ALICUDI

CAPRAIA

CAPRAIA

CAPRI

CAPRI

MARINA GRANDE

FAVIGNANA

FAVIGNANA

FILICUDI

FILICUDI

GIANNUTRI

GIANNUTRI

GORGONA

GORGONA

ISOLA ASINARA

ISOLA ASINARA

ISOLA D’ELBA

CAVO

MARCIANA MARINA

MARINA DI CAMPO

PORTO AZZURRO

PORTOFERRAIO

RIO MARINA

ISOLA DEL GIGLIO

ISOLA DEL GIGLIO

ISOLA DI ISCHIA

CASAMICCIOLA TERME

FORIO

ISCHIA

LACCO AMENO

PORTO D'ISCHIA

ISOLA DI SAN PIETRO

CARLOFORTE

ISOLA SANTO STEFANO

ISOLA SANTO STEFANO

ISOLE TREMITI

ISOLE TREMITI

ISOLOTTO FORMICA

ISOLOTTO FORMICA

LA MADDALENA

LA MADDALENA

LAMPEDUSA

LAMPEDUSA

LEVANZO

LEVANZO

LINOSA

LINOSA

LIPARI

LIPARI

MARETTIMO

MARETTIMO

PANAREA

PANAREA

PANTELLERIA

PANTELLERIA

SCAURI

PIANOSA

PIANOSA

PONZA

PONZA

PROCIDA

PROCIDA

SALINA

RINELLA

SANTA MARINA SALINA

STROMBOLI

STROMBOLI

USTICA

USTICA

VENTOTENE

VENTOTENE

VULCANO

VULCANO

MALTA

GOZO

MGARR

SWEDEN

GOTLAND

VISBY


ANNEX II

List of transnational public service contracts or transnational public service obligations as referred to in Article 12(3-c) of Directive 2003/87/EC

—   

Public service contract for the establishment of a passenger maritime link between Cyprus and Greece connecting the ports of Piraeus (Greece), Larnaca (Cyprus) and Limassol (Cyprus).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2023/2895/oj

ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)


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