The Purpose of this Circular is to inform all interested parties for the implementation of Regulation (EU) No.1257/2013 on Ship Recycling (EU SRR) to ships calling at a port or anchorage of any country of the European Union (EU), on or after 1 January 2021, and provide relevant instructions on issuing a Statement of Compliance (SoC) for an Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM).

Ship-owners with new and existing ships of 500 GT or more registered under the Maritime Administration of the Union of Comoros calling at ports in the EU, as of January 1st 2021, have to develop an IHM in order to meet the requirements of the EU SRR and there should be a reference in the SoC stating that the IHM has been developed to cover also the requirements of the EU SRR.