scope:

General

These Guidelines aim to reduce the environmental impact of shipping beyond the requirements of the relevant mandatory regulations. The stricter requirements always take into account expected future regulatory requirements.

The goal shall be achieved by assessment and certification of technical processes and installations of mandatory international standards. The core elements of GL's Environmental Service System are the Class Notations:

EP-D (Environmental Passport - Design)

and

EP-O (Environmental Passport - Operation).

In addition an Environmental Passport - Operation Certificate is also an element of the scheme, c.f. 2. for details of application.

Prerequisite for certification of the special environmental protection properties is meeting the following requirements:

- The properties can be achieved by means of commercially available processes and equipment offering high quality and reliability.

- For the purposes of verification, technical standards or reliable technical procedures / methods do exist.

Derived from the systematic analysis of developments in environmental protection and legislation, Germanischer Lloyd continuously develops more stringent environmental requirements for the implementation of new Environmental Service Systems.

The development of the guidelines takes place under continuous supervision and advice of the GL "Technical Committee Environment".