Article 15 Report

The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the Council, by 19 November 2013, on the functioning of this Directive, including on the:

1. (a)

   possibility of extending the simplification introduced by this Directive to cover inland waterway transport;

2. (b)

   compatibility of the River Information Services with the electronic data transmission process referred to in this Directive;

3. (c)

   progress towards harmonisation and coordination of reporting formalities that has been achieved under Article 3;

4. (d)

   feasibility of avoiding or simplifying formalities for ships that have called at a port in a third country or free zone;

5. (e)

   available data concerning ship traffic/movement within the Union, and/or calling at third country ports or in free zones.

The report shall, if appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal.