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Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 583 consultation files tracked so far (42,224 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
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The German Shipowners’ Association (VDR) welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the revision of the EU Emission Trading System Directive of the European Commission. You will find our feedback on the roadmap on the revision of the EU ETS Directive regarding shipping in the attached document.
The Japanese Shipowners' Association (JSA) is strongly opposed to the EU’s intent to extend the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) to the maritime sector and introduce regional regulations which impact on international shipping. The reasons for our opposition are as attached.:
If Europe wants to play a role in helping the shipping industry to make this propulsion revolution a reality, support needs to be given to shipping in overcoming the multiple hurdles to fully decarbonise. For a possible decision of Europe to integrate shipping in the EU Emission Trading System (ETS) this means that specific conditions need to be met when structuring the underlying regulation of the ETS.
The shipping industry is encouraged by the positive statements from the European Commission which acknowledge the significant progress made by IMO Member States towards addressing GHG emissions from international shipping. With the full support of the industry, IMO Member States have agreed inter alia to develop a comprehensive strategy for the further reduction of GHG emissions from shipping.
The Japanese Shipowners’ Association would welcome the European Commission to revise EU MRV regulation. Recital 34 of the EU MRV Regulation states that a global MRV system is preferable as it could be regarded as more effective due to its broader scope and that where an agreement on a global MRV system is reached the Commission should review the regulation with a view to aligning it to the global MRV system.
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