REGULATION (EU) No 1257/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 20 November 2013 on ship recycling and amending Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 and Directive 2009/16/EC

EU 1257/2013 establishes Extended Producer Responsibility for ship recycling, mandating producer responsibility for end-of-life vessel management, hazardous material inventories, and recycling facility standards—a core circular economy stewardship mechanism for a major industrial product category.