Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 1257/2013
Article 4
In Article 21 of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2013, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: ‘2. Each report shall cover three years and shall be electronically transmitted to the Commission no later than nine months after the end of the three-year period covered by it. The first electronic report shall cover the three-year period starting on the date of application of this Regulation, in accordance with Article 32(1). Where a Member State authorises the recycling of ships in ship recycling facilities that are included in the European List prior to the date of application of this Regulation in accordance with Article 26, the first electronic report of that Member State shall also cover the period from the date of such authorisation to the date of application of this Regulation. The Commission shall publish a report on the application of this Regulation no later than nine months after receiving the reports from the Member States.’.