+Article 14 General obligations and principles for the verifiers
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Article 14 General obligations and principles for the verifiers

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Article 14 1.
The verifier shall be independent from the company or from the operator of a ship and shall carry out the activities required under this Regulation in the public interest. For that purpose, neither the verifier nor any part of the same legal entity shall be a company or ship operator, the owner of a company, or be owned by them, nor shall the verifier have relations with the company that could affect its independence and impartiality.
Article 14 2.

When considering the verification of the emissions report and of the monitoring procedures applied by the company, the verifier shall assess the reliability, credibility and accuracy of the monitoring systems and of the reported data and information relating to ►M2  greenhouse gas ◄ emissions, in particular:

(a) 

the attribution of fuel consumption to voyages;

(b) 

the reported fuel consumption data and related measurements and calculations;

(c) 

the choice and the employment of emission factors;

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(d) 

the calculations leading to the determination of the overall greenhouse gas emissions and of the total aggregated emissions of greenhouse gases covered by Directive 2003/87/EC in relation to maritime transport activities in accordance with Annex I to that Directive and to be reported under that Directive;

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(e) 

the calculations leading to the determination of the energy efficiency.
Article 14 3.

The verifier shall only consider emissions reports submitted in accordance with Article 12 if reliable and credible data and information enable the ►M2  greenhouse gas ◄ emissions to be determined with a reasonable degree of certainty and provided that the following are ensured:

(a) 

the reported data are coherent in relation to estimated data that are based on ship tracking data and characteristics such as the installed engine power;

(b) 

the reported data are free of inconsistencies, in particular when comparing the total volume of fuel purchased annually by each ship and the aggregate fuel consumption during voyages;

(c) 

the collection of the data has been carried out in accordance with the applicable rules; and

(d) 

the relevant records of the ship are complete and consistent.
Article 14 4.
When considering the verification of the aggregated emissions data at company level, the verifier shall assess the completeness of the reported data and the consistency of those reported data with the information provided by the company, including its verified emissions reports and reports referred to in Article 11(2).

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