Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2027 of 26 July 2024 on verification activities pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2023/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the use of renewable and low-carbon fuels in maritime transport, and amending Directive 2009/16/EC

• — time spent moored at the quayside and time spent at anchorage, if applicable, hours of onshore power supply connection: point connection details;

• — energy supplied: power fraction allocated to supply point (if applicable) [kW], electricity consumption (kWh) for the billing period, peak power information (if available);

• — metering;

• (b) exceptions to OPS connections, as listed in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1805, where applicable;

• (c) aggregated amount of each type of fuel consumed while moored at the quayside and anchorage, expressed in tonnes:

• (1) aggregated amount of each type of fuel consumed in ports of call of a Member State island with fewer than 200 000 permanent residents and exempted by a Member State pursuant to Article 2(3) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1805;

• (2) aggregated amount of each type of fuel consumed in ports of call of outermost regions, and exempted by a Member State pursuant to Article 2(4) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1805;

• (d) the amount of each type of fuel consumed at sea, expressed in tonnes;

• (1) total amount of each type of fuel consumed within the scope of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1805;

• (2) aggregated amount of each type of fuel consumed in all voyages between ports under a Member State’s jurisdiction;

• (3) aggregated amount of each type of fuel consumed in all voyages which departed from ports under a Member State’s jurisdiction;

• (4) aggregated amount of each type of fuel consumed in all voyages to ports under a Member State’s jurisdiction;

• (5) aggregated amount of each type of fuel consumed in all voyages arriving at or departing from a port of call located in an outermost region under the jurisdiction of a Member State;

• (6) aggregated amount of each type of fuel consumed in all voyages performed by passenger ships other than cruise passenger ships between a port of call under the jurisdiction of a Member State and a port of call under the jurisdiction of the same Member State located on an island with fewer than 200 000 permanent residents exempted by a Member State pursuant to Article 2(3) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1805;

• (7) aggregated amount of each type of fuel consumed in all voyages between a port of call located in an outermost region and another port of call located in an outermost region, exempted by a Member State pursuant to Article 2(4) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1805;

• (8) aggregated amount of each type of fuel consumed in all transnational voyages under public service obligations or public service contracts to the ports of call of other Member States exempted by a Member State pursuant to Article 2(5) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1805;

• (9) aggregated amount of each type of fuel consumed in all voyages performing voyages under public service obligations or public service contracts to the ports of call of other Member States exempted by a Member State pursuant to article 2(6) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1805;

• (e) the amount of electricity delivered to the ship via onshore power supply;

• (f) for each type of fuel consumed moored at the quayside, anchorage and at sea:

• (1) lower calorific value;

• (2) the well-to-tank emission factors;

• (3) the CfCO2 emission factors;

• (4) the CfCH4 emission factors;

• (5) the CfN2O emission factors;

• (6) the CSlip associated to the different fuel consumers onboard;

• (g) the amount of energy from a zero-emission technology ⁸ consumed at berth;

• (h) the amount of each type of substitute source of energy consumed at sea;

• (i) reward factor for wind assisted propulsion.

PART F

DATA FOR APPLYING ICE CLASS AND SAILING IN ICE EXEMPTIONS

• (a) Ship’s ice class ⁹;

• (b) data to be reported, if the company asks to exclude the additional energy due to sailing in ice conditions from the scope of the energy used onboard:

• (1) date, time (UTC time) and position when entering and leaving the ice conditions;

• (2) distance travelled when sailing in ice conditions;

• (3) amount of each type of fuel consumed when sailing in ice conditions;

• (4) total distance travelled for all voyages during the reporting period.

ANNEX II

TEMPLATE FOR FUELEU VERIFICATION REPORT

PART A

DATA IDENTIFYING THE SHIP, THE COMPANY AND THE VERIFIER

• (a) Name of the ship;

• (b) IMO unique company and registered owner identification number of the ship;

• (c) port of registry;

• (d) home port (if not the same as the port of registry);

• (e) ship category ¹⁰;

• (f) ice class of the ship ¹¹;

• (g) technical efficiency of the ship (voluntary) in one of the following indicators:

• (1) energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) or Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI), where required by MARPOL, Annex VI, Chapter 4, Regulations 22 or 23 respectively, expressed in grams CO2/tonne-nautical mile;

• (2) estimated Index Value (EIV), calculated in accordance with IMO Resolution MEPC.215 (63), expressed in grams CO2/tonne-nautical mile;

• (h) name of the shipowner;

• (i) IMO unique company and registered owner identification number of the registered owner;

• (j) address of the shipowner: city, state/province/region, postcode/ZIP, country;

• (k) name of the company (only if it is not the shipowner);

• (l) IMO unique company and registered owner identification number of the company (only if it is not the shipowner);

• (m) details of the contact person for the company:

• (1) name: title, first name, surname, company name, job title;

• (2) address: city, state/province/region, postcode/ZIP, country;

• (3) telephone;

• (4) email;

• (n) verifier assessing FuelEU report:

• (1) name of the verifier;

• (2) accreditation number;

• (o) shipping FuelEU auditor team:

• (1) shipping FuelEU lead auditor: name, title, first name, surname, job title;

• (2) list of Shipping FuelEU auditors: name, title, first name, surname, job title.

PART B

SUMMARY OF THE PROCEDURES FOLLOWED DURING THE VERIFICATION

• (a) Verification Scope and objectives;

• (b) reference to a FuelEU report and the reporting period subject to verification;

• (c) reference to the monitoring plan related to the reporting period;

• (d) description of the methodology and different activities carried out during the verification;

• (e) summary of changes to the monitoring plan, and activity data in the reporting period;

• (f) site visits and virtual site visits carried out, or reasons for waiving them.

PART C

RESULT OF THE VERIFICATION OF FUELEU REPORT

• (a) Verification findings: recommendations for improvement;

• (b) verification findings: non-conformities;

• (c) verification findings: material misstatements;

• (d) conclusion: statement of the verifier.

ANNEX III

TEMPLATE FOR FUELEU COMPLIANCE BALANCE

PART A

DATA IDENTIFYING THE SHIP, THE COMPANY AND THE VERIFIER

• (a) Name of the ship;

• (b) IMO unique company and registered owner identification number of the ship;

• (c) port of registry;

• (d) home port (if not the same as the port of registry);

• (e) ship category ¹²;

• (f) ice class of the ship ¹³;

• (g) name of the shipping company;

• (h) IMO unique company and registered owner identification number of the company;

• (i) verifier:

• (1) name of the verifier;

• (2) accreditation number.

PART B

GHG INTENSITY OF THE ENERGY USED ON-BOARD THE SHIP

• (a) Yearly average greenhouse gas intensity of the energy used on-board, as per method specified in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2023/1805;

• (b) amount of the yearly energy used onboard, excluding energy derived from onshore power supply;

• (c) amount of the yearly energy used onboard derived from the RFNBO;

• (d) amount of yearly energy used from OPS;

• (e) amount of energy used onboard from other sources of energy.

PART C

SHIPS COMPLIANCE BALANCE

Ship’s compliance balance, in accordance with the formula set out in Annex IV, Part A point (a) to Regulation (EU) 2023/1805.

PART D

NON-COMPLIANT PORT CALLS

• (a) Port: name, location (LOCODE), terminal or berth;

• (b) time spent moored at the quayside or time spent at anchorage, or both, in hours;

• (c) electrical power demand at berth;

• (d) port competent authority.

PART E

AMOUNT OF ENERGY USED

• (a) The amount of the yearly energy used on board by a ship, excluding energy from OPS;

• (b) the amount of the yearly energy used on board by a ship from the RFNBO.

ANNEX IV

TEMPLATE FOR FUELEU DOCUMENT OF COMPLIANCE

This is to certify that, following assessment of the FuelEU Report covering the reporting period ‘YEAR N – 1’, and relevant compliance balance calculation, the ship ‘NAME’ has been considered as satisfactory regarding the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2023/1805.

This document of compliance has been issued on ‘DAY/MONTH/YEAR N’

This document of compliance is linked to FuelEU Report No. ‘NUMBER’ and is valid until 30 JUNE ‘YEAR N + 1’, 18 months after the end of the reporting period, or until a new document is issued for the same period, or until it is revoked by the administering State.

PART A

SHIP PARTICULARS

• (a) Name of the ship;

• (b) IMO unique company and registered owner identification number of the ship;

• (c) port of registry;

• (d) home port (if different from the port of registry);

• (e) ship category ¹⁴;

• (f) flag State/registry;

• (g) gross tonnage.

PART B

SHIPOWNER DETAILS

• (a) Name of the shipowner;

• (b) IMO unique company and registered owner identification number of the owner;

• (c) address of the shipowner: city, state/province/region, postcode/ZIP, country;

PART C

DETAILS OF THE COMPANY FULFILLING THE OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO REGULATION (EU) 2023/1805 (VOLUNTARY FIELD)

• (a) Name of the company;

• (b) IMO unique company and registered owner identification number;

• (c) nature of the company ¹⁵;

• (d) address of the company: city, state/province/region, postcode/ZIP, country.

PART D

VERIFIER

¹⁶

• (a) Accreditation number;

• (b) name of the verifier;

• (c) address of and its principal place of business: city, state/province/region, postcode/ZIP, country.

ANNEX V

MARINE-SECTOR-SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

For the purposes of Article 32(3), the following knowledge and experience shall be taken into consideration:

• — understanding of the relevant regulations under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL Convention) and the SOLAS Convention, such as: regulations on energy efficiency for ships ¹⁷, the NOx Technical Code ¹⁸, the Sulphur Oxides Regulation ¹⁹, the Fuel Oil Quality Regulation ²⁰ the Intact Stability Code 2008, and relevant guidelines, such as guidance on the development of the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP);

• — possible synergies between Regulation (EU) 2023/1805, Regulation (EU) 2015/757, 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);

• — fuel consumers on board the ship;

• — registration of voyages and procedures ensuring the completeness and accuracy of the list of voyages (as submitted by the company);

• — reliable external sources (including ship-tracking data) that could serve to cross-check information with data from ships;

• — fuel consumption and shore power calculation methods, as applied by ships in practice;

• — the application of uncertainty levels in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2023/1805 and Regulation (EU) 2015/757 and relevant guidance;

• — the application of emission factors for all fuels used on board the ship, including LNG, biofuels, RFNBOs and other alternative fuels;

• — understanding of the certification of fuels pursuant to Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council ²¹;

• — fuel handling, fuel cleaning, tank systems;

• — ship maintenance/quality control of metering equipment;

• — bunkering documents, including bunker delivery notes;

• — operational logs, voyage abstracts and port abstracts, ship deck logs;

• — commercial documentation, e.g. charter party agreements, bills of lading;

• — existing statutory requirements;

• — operation of the ship's bunkering systems;

• — determination of fuel density by ships in practice;

• — data-flow processes and activities for the calculation of cargo carried (in volume or mass), as applied to ship types and activities under Regulation (EU) 2023/1805 and Regulation (EU) 2015/757;

• — data-flow processes used to calculate distance travelled, time at sea and at port for voyages in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2023/1805; and

• — machinery and technical systems used on board the ship to determine fuel consumption and energy used from shore power, transport work and other relevant information.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/2027/oj

ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)