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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2072/annex",
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  "legislation": "eur/2016/2072",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2072 of 22 September 2016 on the verification activities and accreditation of verifiers pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport (Text with EEA relevance)",
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  "path": "annex",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Marine-sector-specific knowledge and experience",
  "text": "For the purposes of Article 24(3) knowledge and experience of the following shall be taken into consideration:\nunderstanding of the relevant regulations under the MARPOL Convention and the SOLAS Convention such as those on energy efficiency for ships, the NOx Technical Code, the Sulphur Oxides Regulation, the Fuel Oil Quality Regulation the Intact Stability Code 2008 and relevant guidelines (such as guidance on the development of the SEEMP);\npossible synergies between monitoring and reporting in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/757 and existing maritime-specific management systems, (e.g. the ISM Code) and other relevant sector-specific guidance (such as guidance on the development of the SEEMP);\nemissions sources on board the ship;\nregistration of voyages and procedures ensuring the completeness and accuracy of the list of voyages (as submitted by the company);\nreliable external sources (including ship-tracking data) that could serve to cross-check information with data from ships;\nfuel consumption calculation methods, as applied by ships in practice;\nthe application of uncertainty levels in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/757 and relevant guidance;\nthe application of emission factors for all fuels used on board the ship, including LNG, hybrid fuels and biofuels;\nfuel handling, fuel cleaning, tank systems;\nship maintenance/quality control of metering equipment;\nbunkering documents, including bunker delivery notes;\noperational logs, voyage abstracts and port abstracts, ship deck logs;\ncommercial documentation, e.g. charter party agreements, bills of lading;\nexisting statutory requirements;\noperation of the ship's bunkering systems;\ndetermination of fuel density by ships in practice;\ndata-flow processes and activities for the calculation of cargo carried (in volume or mass), as applied to ship types and activities under Regulation (EU) 2015/757;\nconcept of deadweight carried as applicable to ship types and activities under Regulation (EU) 2015/757 in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1928;\ndata-flow processes used to calculate distance travelled and time at sea for voyages in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/757;\nmachinery and technical systems used on board the ship to determine fuel consumption, transport work and other relevant information.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation 22, Annex VI to MARPOL Convention."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Revised technical Code on Control of Emission of Nitrogen Oxides from Marine Diesel Engines, (Resolution MEPC.176(58), as amended by resolution MEPC.177(58))."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Regulation 14, Annex VI to MARPOL Convention."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Regulation 18, Annex VI to MARPOL Convention."
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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