On October 9th, 2018, the Transport Committee of the European Parliament adopted the Meissner report on Port Reception Facilities and gave a mandate to start negotiations with the Council to convert recommendations into new legislation.
However, outside of the strong resolution to end dumping waste at sea and confirming the ‘polluter pays’ principle, Euroshore regrets that the Transport Committee took no strong stance on the ‘100% indirect fee’ permitting ships to deliver an unlimited amount of Annex 5 waste to ports for a fixed fee.