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Q6. The European Union (EU) Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) regulation requires ship owners and operators to annually monitor, report and verify CO2 emissions for vessels larger than 5000 GT and which call at any EU port is already in force. Against this background.

(a) Explain the salient differences between MRV mandated by EU and the Data Collection and Reporting under MARPOL.

(b) Draft a fleet circular to the vessels under your management, describing the care and procedures to be practiced by the vessels for the compliance of EU MRV regulations and IMO Data Collection & Reporting Respectively.