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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1257/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on ship recycling and amending Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 and Directive 2009/16/ECnote, and in particular Article 9(1), third subparagraph, thereof,Whereas:
(1)The format of the inventory certificate is set out in Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2325note. It was developed to be consistent with Appendix 3 to the International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships adopted in Hong Kong on 15 May 2009 (the ‘Hong Kong Convention’).
(2)Following the entry into force of the Hong Kong Convention on 26 June 2025, it should be ensured that the format of the inventory certificate issued under Regulation (EU) No 1257/2013 can be used under both the Hong Kong Convention and Regulation (EU) No 1257/2013 for legal certainty and administrative simplification.
(3)The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the committee established by Article 25 of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2013,
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