1.Where the emissions report fulfils the requirements set out in Articles 11 to 15 and those in Annexes I and II, the verifier shall issue, on the basis of the verification report, a document of compliance for the ship concerned.
2.The document of compliance shall include the following information:
(a)identity of the ship (name, IMO identification number and port of registry or home port);
(b)name, address and principal place of business of the shipowner;
(c)identity of the verifier;
(d)date of issue of the document of compliance, its period of validity and the reporting period it refers to.
3.Documents of compliance shall be valid for the period of 18 months after the end of the reporting period.
4.The verifier shall inform the [F1Secretary of State] and the authority of the flag State, without delay, of the issuance of any document of compliance. The verifier shall transmit the information referred to in paragraph 2 using automated systems and data exchange formats, including electronic templates.
5.The [F2Secretary of State may make regulations specifying], technical rules for the data exchange formats, including the electronic templates. F3...
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 17(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Carbon Dioxide Emissions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1388), regs. 1, 3(13)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 17(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Carbon Dioxide Emissions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1388), regs. 1, 3(13)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 17(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Carbon Dioxide Emissions) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1388), regs. 1, 3(13)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)