ECA Bunker-Fuel Rules Could Lead to ‘Massive Non-Compliance,’ Group Says

摘要

The European Federation for Transport & Environment (T&E) on November 22 announced that upcoming EU “emissions-control area” (ECA) rules on ship bunker-fuel sulfur limits lack a credible enforcement scheme, which could lead to “massive non-compliance.” According to T&E policy officer Aoife O’Leary, “even though the European Commission was, for many years, under an obligation to propose a shipping emissionsreduction measure, it announced in October 2012 that it would limit itself to merely monitoring shipping emissions.