# 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), Article 14: Verification of reported data

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The verifier shall verify the data reported in the emissions report through: detailed testing, including by tracing them back to the primary data source; cross-checking them with external data sources, including ship-tracking data; performing reconciliations; checking thresholds as regards appropriate data; and carrying out recalculations.
2. As part of the data verification referred to in paragraph 1, the verifier shall check:
(a) the completeness of emission sources as described in the monitoring plan;
(b) the completeness of data, including those on voyages reported as falling under Regulation (EU) 2015/757;
(c) the consistency between reported aggregated data and data from relevant documentation or primary sources;
(d) the consistency between aggregated fuel consumption and data on fuel purchased or otherwise supplied to the ship in question, if applicable;
(e) the reliability and accuracy of the data.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/2072/article/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2072/article-14
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