Recital 17

(17) Regulation (EU) No 1257/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (11) applies to large commercial ships flying the flag of a Member State of the Union, which were excluded from the scope of application of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006. Such ships, when becoming waste are generally classified as hazardous waste, except when all hazardous substances and materials have been removed from them. Following the international entry into force of the Ban Amendment, it is necessary to ensure that the ships covered by the scope of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2013 which are considered waste and are exported from the Union are made subject to the relevant Union rules regarding shipment of waste, including those implementing the Ban Amendment, in order to ensure strict legal compatibility of the Union’s legal regime with international obligations. At the same time, it is also necessary to amend Regulation (EU) No 1257/2013 to clarify that ships falling within its scope and which are considered hazardous waste and exported from the Union should only be recycled at those facilities included in the European List of ship recycling facilities established under that Regulation, which are located in countries listed in Annex VII to the Basel Convention.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-03 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.