CLASS NEWS 01/2021

Ship Recycling – UK exit from the EU and the

requirements for IHM certification onboard ships.

07 January 2021

Applicability: shipowners, ship operators, ship 1. UK flagged ship 500GT and over, calling at
managers, ship builders and existing ships that are an EEAi port or anchorage; or
required to have a valid Certificate/Statement of 2. UK flagged ship 500GT and over, calling at
Compliance on Inventory of Hazardous Materials on a port or anchorage in Great Britain (GB);
board by 31 December 2020 in compliance with the
or
UK Ship Recycling Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/277)
3. Non-UK flagged ship 500GT and over
and (SI 2020/1429).
calling at a port or anchorage in GBii.

As of 1 January 2021, the United Kingdom (UK) In summary, the requirements are as follows:
has finished its transition period to leave the
European Union (EU). The requirements of the Flag of Calling into Calling into EEAi
EU Ship Recycling Regulation 1257/2013 (EU vessel GBii
SRR) have been retained in UK domestic EEA EU SRR Inventory Certificate (IC)
legislation, referred to as the UK Ship Recycling flagged issued on behalf of Flag
Regulation (UK SRR). The EU SRR applies in the UK UK SRR IC EU SRR Statement
European Economic Area (EEA) (EU countries flagged issued on of Compliance
plus Iceland and Norway).i behalf of Flag (SoC) issued on
behalf of Flag
This Class News outlines the requirements for Third
the Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM) country
requirements for compliance with the UK SRR (to UK EU SRR SoC issued on behalf of Flag
from 1 January 2021, as an owner of a: and EEA)

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 1. UK flagged ships 2. EEA flagged ships

a. For compliance with the UK SRR as per All EEA flagged ships calling at a GB ii port or
MIN 645 (M+F) Amendment 1, UK flagged anchorage are classed as a third country flagged
ships: ship under the provisions of the UK SRR (i.e. not a
i. required to have onboard that meets UK flagged ship). LR understand that an existing
the requirements of the EU SRR. EU SRR IC issued on behalf of Flag is acceptable to
ii. are also required to have a UK SSR UK PSC officers.
specific Inventory Certificate (IC) on
board. This should be issued at the 1. Third country flagged ships (to both the
next initial or renewal survey. No UK and EEA)
action is needed by shipowners to
replace their existing EU SRR IC prior to Any other third country (i.e. non EEA and non UK)
its expiry in order to comply. flagged ships calling at a GBii port or anchorage
will need to have either:
b. For compliance with the EU SRR as per
MIN 645 (M+F) Amendment 1, UK flagged i. an EU SRR SoC on board issued by or
ships entering EEAi ports or anchorages on behalf of Flag; or
are required to have an EU SRR Statement ii. an EU SRR SoC on board issued on
of Compliance (SoC) issued on behalf of behalf of their Recognised
UK Flag, noting the UK is now classed as a Organisation (RO) along with a letter
third country in the EEA (i.e. not an EEA (or equivalent) on board from Flag
Member State). This EU SRR SoC should be advising that this is their practice.
in addition to the UK SRR IC described
above. There will be further information related to the
UK’s exit from the EU and the final survey
NOTE 1: The required EU SRR SoC will have been requirements for the issue of a Ready for
issued to any owners of UK flagged ships who Recycling Certificate provided in due course.
already have an existing EU SRR IC by 31
i
December 2020. Ship recycling is subject to the Protocol on
Ireland/Northern Ireland. For the purposes of both UK
and EU ship recycling regulations Northern Irish ports
NOTE 2: When entering an EEAi port or
and anchorages are treated as EEA ports and anchorages.
anchorage, Masters onboard UK flagged ships are
to present the EU SRR SoC to Port State Control ii
For clarity, Great Britain is the area of the UK that
(PSC) officers only. When entering GBii ports or excludes Northern Ireland.
anchorages, Masters onboard UK flagged ships
are to present either an EU SRR IC or UK SRR IC. For more information please contact your local Lloyd’s
Register group office.

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