It’s about shipping! From May 1, these new regulations will come into effect
Release time：2024-08-15click：1
Some shipping-related laws and regulations will come into effect on May 1, 2024, and will affect you and me. Let’s take a look~
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"Interim Regulations on Carbon Emissions Trading Management"
On January 25, 2024, Premier Li Qiang signed the State Council Order No. 775 promulgated the "Interim Regulations on the Management of Carbon Emissions Trading" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"), which will come into effect on May 1, 2024.
The "Regulations" construct the basic institutional framework for carbon emissions trading management from six aspects:
First, the registration institutions and trading institutions Legal status and responsibilities. The National Carbon Emissions Rights Registration Agency is responsible for registering carbon emission rights trading products and providing transaction settlement and other services. The National Carbon Emissions Rights Trading Agency is responsible for organizing the centralized and unified trading of carbon emissions rights.
The second is the coverage of carbon emissions trading as well as trading products, trading entities and trading methods. The ecological environment department of the State Council, together with relevant departments, will study and propose the types of greenhouse gases (currently carbon dioxide) and industry scope covered by carbon emissions trading, and submit them to the State Council for approval before implementation; carbon emissions trading products include carbon emission quotas and other approved spot transactions. Products, trading entities include key emission units and other entities that comply with regulations, and transaction methods include agreement transfer, one-way bidding, or other methods that comply with regulations.
Third, the key emission units are determined. The ecology and environment department of the State Council, together with relevant departments, will formulate the conditions for determining key emission units, and the ecology and environment department of the provincial government, together with relevant departments, will formulate an annual list of key emission units accordingly.
The fourth is the allocation of carbon emission quotas. The ecology and environment department of the State Council, together with relevant departments, formulates the total annual carbon emission quota and allocation plan, and the ecology and environment department of the provincial government, together with relevant departments, issues quotas to key emission units accordingly.
The fifth is the preparation and verification of emission reports. Key emission units shall prepare annual greenhouse gas emission reports, and the provincial government's ecological and environmental authorities shall verify the reports and confirm actual emissions.
Sixth, carbon emission quota settlement and market transactions. Key emission units should pay off their carbon emission quotas in full based on the verification results, and can purchase or sell carbon emission quotas through the national carbon emissions trading market, and the purchased carbon emission quotas can be used for settlement.
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"Regulations on the Administration of Equivalent Exemptions for Chinese Ships and Offshore Facilities" The "Regulations on the Administration of Equivalency and Exemption of Chinese Ships and Offshore Facilities" (Maritime Ship Regulations [2024] No. 28) are the "Interim Regulations on the Administration of Equivalency and Exemption of Chinese Ships and Offshore Facilities" issued by the Maritime Safety Administration of the People's Republic of China in 2007 "(Maritime Ship Inspection [2007] No. 356) has been revised and will come into effect on May 1, 2024.
The regulations include a total of 7 chapters and 33 articles, detailing the relevant requirements for ship owners or operators to submit materials to ship inspection agencies, and increasing the number of equivalence exemptions and procedures between relevant departments. The information notification mechanism for certificate issuance (note), and the objection appeal mechanism for the equivalent exemption of physical ship verification and ship inspection agencies directly under the Maritime Safety Administration. It clarifies the responsibilities, obligations and boundaries of responsibilities of the owners or operators of ships and offshore facilities, ship inspection agencies, ships and offshore facilities, maritime management agencies and other parties.
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"Ship Inspection Supervision and Administration Regulations" The "Ship Inspection Supervision and Management Regulations" (Marine Ship Inspection [2024] No. 33) was drafted by the Jiangsu Maritime Safety Administration and issued by the Maritime Safety Administration of the People's Republic of China on March 29, 2024. It will be effective from May 1, 2024 Effective from today.
Under this regulation, the Maritime Safety Administration of the People's Republic of China is responsible for the unified supervision and management of ship inspections. The daily supervision of domestic ship inspection agencies is the responsibility of the Maritime Safety Administration directly under the location of the ship inspection agency, and the annual supervision and inspection is carried out by the Maritime Safety Administration directly under the location; if there is no direct Maritime Safety Administration in the location, daily supervision and annual supervision and inspection are carried out by the Maritime Safety Administration directly responsible for regional coordination of ship inspections. Responsible. Supervision of ship construction inspections is the responsibility of the Maritime Safety Administration directly under the construction site. Each Maritime Safety Bureau directly under the jurisdiction is responsible for the supervision of ship operation inspections within its jurisdiction. Daily supervision and inspection of foreign ship surveying companies is implemented by the Maritime Safety Administration directly under the location of the foreign ship surveying company.
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"Inspection Rules for Inland River Floating Facilities (2024)"
"Inspection Rules for Inland River Floating Facilities (2024)" was approved by the Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China and issued by the People's Republic of China.The Maritime Safety Administration of China announced that it will be effective from May 1, 2024.
This rule applies to Chinese steel floating facilities (hereinafter referred to as "floating facilities" in these rules) in my country's inland waters (including rivers, rivers, lakes and reservoirs) whose facility length is greater than or equal to 5m. ”), except inland river boat type buoys. Unless otherwise specified, the consent of the ship inspection agency mentioned in these rules means the approval of the provincial (autonomous region, municipality) ship inspection agency or the headquarters of China Classification Society.
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"Technical Regulations for Floating Facilities on Inland Rivers (2024)"
"Technical Regulations for Inland River Floating Facilities (2024)" was approved by the Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China and announced by the Maritime Safety Administration of the People's Republic of China, and will come into effect on May 1, 2024.
This rule applies to Chinese steel floating facilities (hereinafter referred to as "floating facilities" in these rules) in my country's inland waters (including rivers, rivers, lakes and reservoirs) whose facility length is greater than or equal to 5m. ”), except inland river boat type buoys. Unless otherwise specified, these rules apply to newly constructed floating facilities.
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International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships < /div>
2022 Amendment to Annex V
The 79th Session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organization adopted MEPC.360(79) Resolution No. 2 adopted the 2022 amendment to Annex V of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (hereinafter referred to as the amendment, see the attachment), which will come into effect on May 1, 2024.
The amendment amends Articles 8 and 10 of the current Annex V, which mainly involves the equipment and recording of regional receiving equipment and the "Garbage Record Book".
The Maritime Safety Administration of the Ministry of Transport issued the "Notice of the Maritime Safety Administration of the People's Republic of China on the Implementation of the 2022 Amendment to Annex V of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships" (Haifangfang [2024] No. 34 ), requiring Chinese sea-going ships of 100 gross tonnage and above, sea-going ships approved to carry 15 people or more, and fixed or floating platforms to be equipped with "GarbageRecord Book". Discharges and accidental loss of garbage from ships shall be recorded in accordance with Article 10 of the Amendment. The Garbage Record Book shall comply with the format requirements of Appendix II of Annex V. The electronic version of the "Garbage Record Book" can be downloaded by clicking below.
Information source|Zhangjiagang Maritime Affairs, Jiangyin Maritime Affairs, Jiangsu Maritime Safety Administration Regulations Department
Graphs and text|Lv Bixian, Xin Jianhao, Zhu Wenguang and Li Hao
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Editor|Feng Yuhui Lu Yan
Review|Han Chao
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