Shipping companies shall submit emissions reports for each ship under their responsibility. Shipping companies with ships subject to EU ETS shall also submit an emissions report at company level (CER).
The emissions reports shall be verified by an accredited verifier before it is submitted to the administering authority in THETIS-MRV.
Deadlines
Emissions reports shall be submitted to the administering authority by 31 March the year after the emissions took place. Other deadlines apply for partial emissions reports.
Different types of emissions reports
Shipping companies falling within the scope of the EU ETS must in addition report verified emissions from the previous year in the European emissions trading registry by 31 March.
Content
Shipping companies shall use the emissions report template in Annex II and IV in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2449.
- data identifying the ship and the company, including:
name of the ship,
- IMO identification number,
- port of registry or home port,
- ice class of the ship, if included in the monitoring plan,
- technical efficiency of the ship (the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) or the
- Estimated Index Value (EIV) in accordance with IMO Resolution MEPC.215 (63), where applicable),
- name of the shipowner,
- address of the shipowner and its principal place of business,
- name of the company (if not the shipowner),
- address of the company (if not the shipowner) and its principal place of business,
- address, telephone and e-mail details of a contact person;
- the identity of the verifier that assessed the emissions report;
- information on the monitoring method used and the related level of uncertainty;
- the results from annual monitoring of the parameters in accordance with Article 10 in the MRV Regulation. .
Regulation
Templates
All mandatory fields must be filled in.
Submit emissions reports
All emissions reports shall be submitted through THETIS-MRV.
Please contact the THETIS-MRV helpdesk if you have any questions or problems related to this step.
After submitting the emissions report
The administering authority shall not approve the emissions report but can control it.
Shipping companies will have to pay a fee for the control and case processing of emissions reports, see Section 9-2 of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Regulation. The fee is based on processing time. The invoice will be issued once the emissions reports have been controlled.
Shipping companies are required to surrender EU allowances for their verified emissions from ships falling within the scope of the EU ETS.
More information is provided in the next step.