COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2023/2895

| Official Journal of the European Union | EN Series L ---|---|--- * * * | 2023/2895 | 22.12.2023 ---|---|--- COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2023/2895 of 19 December 2023 laying down the list of islands and ports referred to in Article 12(3-d) of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and the list of transnational public service contracts or transnational public service obligations referred to in Article 12(3-c) of that Directive (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (1), and in particular Article 12(3-d) and (3-c) thereof, Whereas: (1) | Directive 2003/87/EC was amended most recently by Directive (EU) 2023/959 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) to include maritime transport emissions within the system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union (the ‘EU ETS’). ---|--- (2) | In order to ensure the connectivity of certain islands, the EU ETS provides for two types of temporary derogations from the obligation to surrender allowances pursuant to Article 12(3-d) and (3-c) of Directive 2003/87/EC. As those temporary derogations both concern connectivity, the list of islands and ports and the list of transnational public service contracts and transnational public service obligations should be laid down in the same act. ---|--- (3) | In accordance with Article 12(3-d), first subparagraph, of Directive 2003/87/EC, a port to be identified as a port concerned by the temporary derogation has to be located on an island with no road or rail link with the mainland and with a population of fewer than 200 000 permanent residents. Following the requests by Denmark, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Italy, Malta and Sweden, several ports should therefore be identified as ports concerned by the temporary derogation pursuant to Article 12(3-d) of Directive 2003/87/EC. ---|--- (4) | In accordance with Article 12(3-c) of Directive 2003/87/EC, transnational public service contracts or transnational public service obligations have to connect two Member States, one of which does not have a land border with another Member State and the other Member State is the geographically closest Member State to that Member State without land border. Cyprus has no land border with another Member State and Greece is the geographically closest Member State to Cyprus. Following the joint request by Cyprus and Greece, the public service contract connecting Cyprus and Greece should therefore be identified as a transnational public service contract within the meaning of Article 12(3-c) of Directive 2003/87/EC. ---|--- (5) | To ensure the effective functioning of the EU ETS, which is to include emissions from maritime transport released from 1 January 2024, this Decision should apply from that date, ---|--- HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 Member States shall consider the requirements set out in Article 12(3), first subparagraph, point (c), and Article 16, of Directive 2003/87/EC to be satisfied and shall take no action against shipping companies in respect of emissions released until 31 December 2030 from: (a) | voyages performed by passenger ships, other than cruise passenger ships, and by ro-pax ships, between a port of an island as listed in Annex I to this Decision and a port under the jurisdiction of the same Member State, or from the activities, within a port, of such ships in relation to such voyages; ---|--- (b) | voyages performed by passenger or ro-pax ships in the framework of a transnational public service contract or a transnational public service obligation connecting two Member States, as listed in Annex II to this Decision, or from the activities, within a port, of such ships in relation to such voyages. ---|--- Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2024. Done at Brussels, 19 December 2023. For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN * * * (1) OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2003/87/oj. (2) Directive (EU) 2023/959 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 amending Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union and Decision (EU) 2015/1814 concerning the establishment and operation of a market stability reserve for the Union greenhouse gas emission trading system (OJ L 130, 16.5.2023, p. 134, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2023/959/oj). * * * ANNEX I List of islands and ports as referred to in Article 12(3-d), first subparagraph, of Directive 2003/87/EC STATE | NAME OF ISLAND | NAME OF PORT ---|---|--- DENMARK | BORNHOLM | ROENNE GREECE | AEGINA | AEGINA AGIA MARINA, AEGINA SOUVALA AGATHONISI | AGATHONISI AGIOS EFSTRATIOS | AGIOS EFSTRATIOS ALONNISOS | ALONNISOS AMORGOS | AGIALI KATAPOLA ANAFI | ANAFI ANDROS | GAVRIO ANGISTRI | ANGISTRI ANTIKYTHIRA | POTAMOS, ANTIKYTHIRA ANTIPAROS | ANTIPAROS ARKI | ARKI ASTYPALAIA | ASTYPALAIA CHIOS | CHIOS MESTA DONOUSA | DONOUSA EREIKOUSA | EREIKOUSA FOLEGANDROS | FOLEGANDROS FOURNI KORSEON | FOURNI KORSEON GAVDOS | GAVDOS HALKI | HALKI IKARIA | EVDILOS / AGIOS KYRIKOS INOUSSES | INOUSSES IOS | IOS IRAKLEIA | IRAKLEIA ITHAKI | FRIKES PISAETOS KALAMOS | KALAMOS KALYMNOS | KALYMNOS KARPATHOS | KARPATHOS KASOS | KASOS KASTOS | KASTOS KEA | KEA KEFALLONIA | ARGOSTOLI POROS, KEFALLONIA SAMI KERKYRA | LEFKIMI KIMOLOS | KIMOLOS KOS | KOS MASTICHARI KOUFONISI | KOUFONISIA, CYCLADES KYTHIRA | AGIA PELAGIA DIAKOFTI KYTHNOS | KYTHNOS LEROS | AGIA MARINA, LEROS LAKKI, LEROS LESVOS | MYTILINI LIMNOS | MYRINA LIPSI | LIPSI MATHRAKI | MATHRAKI MEGANISI | MEGANISI MEGISTI | KASTELORIZO MILOS | ADAMANTAS MYKONOS | MYKONOS NAXOS | NAXOS NISYROS | NISYROS OTHONI | OTHONI PAROS | PAROS PATMOS | PATMOS PAXI | PAXI POROS | POROS, TRIZINIA PSARA | PSARA RHODES | RHODES SKALA KAMIROU, RHODES SALAMINA | FANEROMENI PALOUKIA SAMOS | VATHY KARLOVASI PYTHAGOREIO SAMOTHRAKI | SAMOTHRAKI SCHINOUSSA | SCHINOUSSA SERIFOS | SERIFOS SIFNOS | KAMARES, SIFNOS SIKINOS | SIKINOS SKIATHOS | SKIATHOS SKOPELOS | GLOSSA/AGNONTAS SKYROS | LINARIA SPETSES | SPETSES SYMI | SYMI SYROS | ERMOUPOLI THASOS | PRINOS THASOS THIRA | THIRA THYMAINA | THYMAINA TILOS | TILOS TINOS | TINOS YDRA | YDRA ZAKYNTHOS | ZAKYNTHOS SPAIN | FORMENTERA | LA SAVINA IBIZA | EIVISSA SANT ANTONI DE PORTMANY MENORCA | CIUDADELA MAÓ CROATIA | BIŠEVO | MEZUPORAT PORAT SALBUNARA BRAČ | BOL MILNA SUMARTIN SUPETAR SUTIVAN CRES | CRES MARTINŠĆICA MERAG POROZINA DRVENIK MALI | DRVENIK MALI DRVENIK VELI | DRVENIK VELIKI DUGI OTOK | BOŽAVA BRBINJ ZAGLAV HVAR | HVAR JELSA STARI GRAD SUĆURAJ ILOVIK | ILOVIK IST | KOSIRAČA ŠIROKA IŽ | BRŠANJ VELI IŽ MALI IŽ KAPRIJE | KAPRIJE KOLOČEP | DONJE ČELO KORČULA | DOMINČE KORČULA PRIGRADICA VELA LUKA KRAPANJ | KRAPANJ LASTOVO | UBLI LOPUD | LOPUD LOŠINJ | MALI LOŠINJ MRTVAŠKA MLJET | POLAČE SOBRA MOLAT | BRGULJE MOLAT (LUČINA) ZAPUNTEL OBONJAN | OBONJAN OLIB | OLIB OŠLJAK | OŠLJAK PAŠMAN | TKON PREMUDA | KRIJAL PRVIĆ | PRVIĆ LUKA ŠEPURINE RAB | LOPAR MIŠNJAK RAB RAVA | MALA RAVA RAVA RIVANJ | RIVANJ SESTRUNJ | SESTRUNJ SILBA | ŽALIĆ ŠIPAN | ŠIPANSKA LUKA SUĐURAĐ ŠOLTA | ROGAČ SUSAK | SUSAK UGLJAN | PREKO UNIJE | UNIJE VELE SRAKANE | SRAKANE V. VIS | KOMIŽA VIS VRGADA | VRGADA ŽIRJE | MUNA ZLARIN | ZLARIN ZVERINAC | ZVERINAC | ITALY | ALICUDI | ALICUDI CAPRAIA | CAPRAIA CAPRI | CAPRI MARINA GRANDE FAVIGNANA | FAVIGNANA FILICUDI | FILICUDI GIANNUTRI | GIANNUTRI GORGONA | GORGONA ISOLA ASINARA | ISOLA ASINARA ISOLA D’ELBA | CAVO MARCIANA MARINA MARINA DI CAMPO PORTO AZZURRO PORTOFERRAIO RIO MARINA ISOLA DEL GIGLIO | ISOLA DEL GIGLIO ISOLA DI ISCHIA | CASAMICCIOLA TERME FORIO ISCHIA LACCO AMENO PORTO D'ISCHIA ISOLA DI SAN PIETRO | CARLOFORTE ISOLA SANTO STEFANO | ISOLA SANTO STEFANO ISOLE TREMITI | ISOLE TREMITI ISOLOTTO FORMICA | ISOLOTTO FORMICA LA MADDALENA | LA MADDALENA LAMPEDUSA | LAMPEDUSA LEVANZO | LEVANZO LINOSA | LINOSA LIPARI | LIPARI MARETTIMO | MARETTIMO PANAREA | PANAREA PANTELLERIA | PANTELLERIA SCAURI PIANOSA | PIANOSA PONZA | PONZA PROCIDA | PROCIDA SALINA | RINELLA SANTA MARINA SALINA STROMBOLI | STROMBOLI USTICA | USTICA VENTOTENE | VENTOTENE VULCANO | VULCANO MALTA | GOZO | MGARR SWEDEN | GOTLAND | VISBY * * * ANNEX II List of transnational public service contracts or transnational public service obligations as referred to in Article 12(3-c) of Directive 2003/87/EC — Public service contract for the establishment of a passenger maritime link between Cyprus and Greece connecting the ports of Piraeus (Greece), Larnaca (Cyprus) and Limassol (Cyprus). * * * ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2023/2895/oj ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition) * * *