Regulation (EU) 2020/2227 is on the Maritime & Shipping rulebook because its official title matches vessel. Source: EUR-Lex and European Parliament procedure file; company-specific applicability still depends on your activities. Methodology
Regulation (EU) 2020/2227: what it means for Maritime & Shipping
The Regulation (EU) 2020/2227 is part of the EU rulebook for maritime & shipping. Its subject matter covers vessel — core to the sector. Here’s what the act does, why it’s on your radar, and how to see whether it affects your specific company.
- Act
- 32020R2227
- Type
- Regulation
- Stage
- Procedure completed
- Dated
- 2020-12-23
- Procedure
- 2020/0366(COD)
- Lead committee
- PECH
What the act does
to establish provisional measures concerning fishing authorisations for Union fishing vessels in UK waters and fishing operations by UK fishing vessels in Union waters after the end of the transitional period referred to in the UK withdrawal agreement. PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: this proposal is part of a package of targeted contingency measures to prepare for a possible scenario of no agreement…
Why it matters for Maritime & Shipping
Shipowners, operators and the waterborne-transport sector work under the EU's maritime framework — vessel safety, emissions and inland-waterway rules. These are the EU acts most likely to apply.
Regulation (EU) 2020/2227 sits in that rulebook because its subject matter covers vessel. Whether — and how — it applies to a given business depends on that business’s activities, products and markets.
Does the Regulation (EU) 2020/2227 apply to your company?
This act’s scope covers:
- vessel
Does your business touch any of these?
The rest of the Maritime & Shipping rulebook
- Regulation (EU) 2023/1805 on the use of renewable and low-carbon fuels in maritime transport32023R1805
- Regulation (EU) 2016/1035 on protection against injurious pricing of vessels (codification)32016R1035
- Council Decision (EU) 2015/1565 of 14 September 2015 on the approval, on behalf of the European Union, of the Declaration on the granting of fishing opportunities in EU waters to fishing vessels flying the flag of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the exclusive economic zone off the coast of French Guiana32015D1565
- Regulation (EU) 2018/974 on statistics of goods transport by inland waterways (codification)32018R0974
- Council Decision (EU) 2015/1878 of 8 October 2015 authorising the Kingdom of Belgium and the Republic of Poland, respectively, to ratify, and the Republic of Austria to accede to the Budapest Convention on the Contract for the Carriage of Goods by Inland Waterways (CMNI)32015D1878
- Directive (EU) 2022/993 on the minimum level of training of seafarers (codification) (codification)32022L0993
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Primary sources
The act’s summary is the European Parliament’s own procedure record; the sector connection is the act’s stated subject matter. Lex shows the law and the grounded connection — not legal advice. Data © European Union (Decision 2011/833/EU). Methodology.