The European Commission published its 4th version of European List of ship recycling facilities, which includes six new yards. In these we find the first yards outside the EU which were approved. Namely, 2 are in Turkey and 1 is in the US.
Namely, according to the new EU regulation, entering into force on 31st December 2018, all ships flying a European flag are to be recycled in a facility which is included in the European list.
As far as the three new yards in Turkey and USA are concerned, they...
https://safety4sea.com/first-non-european-ship-recycling-facilities-join-eu-list/