Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 3rd January, 2020.

I, SHANE ROSS, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purposes of giving further effect to Directive 2010/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010¹ as amended by Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2017/2109 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 November 2017² , hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Reporting Formalities for Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2019.

(2) These Regulations come into operation on 21 December 2019.

2. Regulation 2(1) of the European Union (Reporting Formalities for Ships) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No. 166 of 2012 ) is amended by substituting for the definition of “reporting formalities” the following:

“‘reporting formalities’ means the information required to be provided in accordance with:

(a) the provisions referred to at points 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7 of Part A of the Annex, and

(b) the FAL forms and declaration referred to in Part B of the Annex,

which shall be provided for administrative and procedural purposes when a ship arrives in or departs from a port in the State;”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

19 December, 2019.

SHANE ROSS,

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations amend the European Union (Reporting Formalities for Ships) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No. 166 of 2012 ) by amending the definition of “reporting formalities” to include an additional requirement to report information on persons on board in accordance with Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2017/2109.

1 O.J. No. 283, 29.10.2010, P. 1

2 O.J. No. 315, 30.11.2017, P. 52