This Regulation is aimed at facilitating early ratification of the Hong Kong Convention both within the Union and in third countries by applying proportionate controls to ships and ship recycling facilities on the basis of that Convention.
Tá an Rialachán seo dírithe ar dhaingniú luath Choinbhinsiún Hong Cong a éascú san Aontas agus i dtríú tíortha araon trí rialuithe comhréireacha a chur i bhfeidhm maidir le longa agus le saoráidí athchúrsála long ar bhonn an Choinbhinsiúin sin.