Draft Maritime Transport Access to Trade and Cabotage (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 — 30 Jan 2019 at 16:28

The majority of MPs voted to revoke a series of European Union regulations relating to shipping, including removing a right for ships registered in the European Union to provide transport services within the United Kingdom.

The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:

• That the draft Maritime Transport Access to Trade and Cabotage (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 19 December 2018, be approved.

The regulations:

• Remove a right of "cabotage" (the right operate transport services within a country) from ship owners based in the European Union. Note "within" is a key word, this doesn't appear to relate to international transport services.
• Remove references to rights to transport people and goods on the Rhine from UK legislation as the rights will be lost on withdrawal from the European Union.
• Revoke a reciprocal regime enabling ships to be easily transferred between registers of European Union member States
• Revoke arrangements for information collection on activities of fleets from third countries whose practices are harmful to shipping interests of member States and arrangements for countermeasures against anti-competitive action.
• Revoke arrangements to tackle unfair pricing in the shipping industry.
• [1] Explanatory memorandum to the draft Maritime Transport Access to Trade and Cabotage (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, legislation.gov.uk

Debate in Parliament |