Rules specific to certain types of waste
B) Ship recycling - Ship recycling facilities
A “European List of ship recycling facilities” (the “European List”, see preamble, recital No 7 of Regulation (EC) No. 1257/2013), specifies that a facility is authorised by the competent authorities and testifies that the facility is designed, constructed and operated “in a safe and environmentally sound manner”, that it establishes management and monitoring systems, procedures, and techniques minimising, and, to the extent practicable, eliminates health risks to workers and the population and adverse effects on the environment, and more generally a “sound management and storage” of hazardous substances and waste (Article 13). Such the European List is maintained by the Commission (preamble, recital No 7).
A ship recycling company owning a ship recycling facility located in a third country and intending to recycle ships flying the flag of a Member State must submit an application to the Commission for inclusion of that ship recycling facility in the European List. In order for such an inclusion to be granted, the application must be accompanied with evidence that the ship recycling facility complies with the above requirements, which must be certified by an independent verifier with appropriate qualifications following a site inspection (Article 15).