EU Allowances Applicability

Here’s a quick rundown of some regions that qualify as EU ports:

  • EU Territory: All ports within the European Union.
  • Outermost Regions: Açores, Madeira, Canarias,
  • Guadeloupe, French Guyana, Martinique, Mayotte,
  • Saint Martin, and Reunion.
  • Norway: All ports except those on Svalbard.
  • Iceland: All ports.

Excluded:
Among others, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna.

Operations

  • Cargo operations or in transshipment in an EU area or in transit via an EU port

Excluded:

  • Bunkering: When your ship only stops at a port to refuel.
  • Supplies: When your ship only stops at a port to get supplies.
  • Crew Relief: When your ship only stops at a port for crew change.
  • Repairs: When your ship only stops at a port to conduct repairs.
  • Distress or Assistance: When your ship stops at a port due to an emergency.
  • In other words, only ports where cargo is loaded or unloaded, or where passengers embark or disembark, are considered ports of call under the EU MRV.