Besides underlining the need for verified data, experience so far has shown that greater harmonisation within the EU ETS is imperative to ensure that the EU achieves its emissions reductions objectives at least cost and with minimal competitive distortions. 15% are auctioned 3. The degree of harmonization decided by the co-legislators is arguably sufficient whilst at the same time respecting the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality by which action is to be taken only in so far as it cannot be sufficiently taken by the Member States alone and does not exceed what is absolutely necessary to achieve the desired objective. Such ferrying and positioning flights are not exempt from EU ETS. The fairness of the system has been substantially increased by the move towards EU-wide free allocation rules for industrial installations and by the introduction of a redistribution mechanism that entitles new Member States to auction more allowances. A part of the new entrant reserve, amounting to 300 million allowances, will be made available to support the investments in up to 12 demonstration projects using the carbon capture and storage technology and demonstration projects using innovative renewable energy technologies. Installations in these sectors would receive 100% of their share in the annually declining total quantity of allowances for free. Due to the revised geographical scope of EU ETS after the entry into force of Regulation (EU) N° 421/2014, the number of free aviation allocations that will be attributed to each aircraft operator during the period 2013-2016 has been revised. For the second trading period, Member States allowed their operators to use significant quantities of credits generated by emission-saving projects undertaken in third countries to cover part of their emissions in the same way as they use ETS allowances. 2. Unfortunately, a complete and comprehensive database of all the operating licences granted by Member States in accordance with the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No. Different companies operating flights covered by Annex I of the EU ETS Directive are considered as separate aircraft operators (see question 1.5). They can also buy limited amounts of international credits from emission-saving projects around the world. Administering Member States are attributed either on the basis of which Member State issued the operating licence or the State with the greatest attributed emissions for that operator. The use of these credits should however not increase the overall number beyond 50% of the required reductions.

Emissions from aviation are higher than from certain entire sectors covered by the EU ETS, for example refineries and steel production. The new EU ETS regulation restricting EU ETS to intra-European flights for the period 2013-2016 came into force on 30 April 2014. The simplicity, transparency and predictability of the ETS would be considerably reduced.

No project shall receive support via this mechanism that exceeds 15% of the total number of allowances (i.e. This was ostensibly to give time for the UN agency which regulates aviation, ICAO, to agree a global measure. More harmonisation has been agreed in many areas, including with respect to the cap-setting (an EU-wide cap instead of the national caps in phases 1 and 2) and the rules for transitional free allocation. There are special codes to designate these types of flight which should be inserted into the flight plan which is filed by the operator in order that the flight can be correctly excluded. The EEA-wide list was adopted on 20th April 2011, thus the requests can be made until 20th October 2011. a flight departure or a flight arrival at an aerodrome in the territory of the EU). On 3 July 2020, the European Commission published the Roadmap for the legislative initiative aimed at amending the EU ETS regarding aviation. For more information on the EU ETS, see the EU ETS Handbook.

The system will remain based on trading periods, but the third trading period will last eight years, from 2013 to 2020, as opposed to five years for the second phase from 2008 to 2012. Growth in aviation emissions, while other sectors decline, has been a constant feature of the EU’s climate policy. In other sectors, allocations for free will be phased out progressively from 2013, with Member States agreeing to start at 20% auctioning in 2013, increasing to 70% auctioning in 2020 with a view to reaching 100% in 2027. In 2016, the European Commission held a public consultation on market-based measures to reduce the climate change impact from international aviation. 6. There is no definitive way, therefore, for the Commission or EUROCONTROL to check which Member State has issued AOCs and operating licences to particular operators and so there may be discrepancies in the list. You may wish to contact EUROCONTROL for further information.

All airlines will thus be treated equally. Member States are not bound only to regulate those entities contained in the list published by the Commission but have some flexibility to regulate "off-list", for example, where a Member State issues an operating licence to a new operator. Along with other sectors, aviation is contributing to emission reductions within the EU through the EU emissions trading system. This is clearly spelled out in Part 1 paragraph (3) of the Annex to the Annex I Decision. What are the revised free allocations for aviation for the period 2013-2016. 2013-20: Annual emission allocations and flexibilities, Financial institutions, Insurance and Private sector, Regulation (EU) 2017/2392 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2017 amending Directive 2003/87/EC to continue current limitations of scope for aviation activities and to prepare to implement a global market-based measure from 2021, Proposal for a Regulation amending Directive 2003/87/EC to continue current limitations of scope for aviation activities and to prepare to implement a global market-based measure from 2021, Executive summary of the Impact Assessment, Position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the International Civil Aviation Organization as regards the notification of voluntary participation in the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) from 1 January 2021 and the option selected for calculating aeroplane operators’ offsetting requirements during the 2021-2023 period, Proposal for a Council decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the International Civil Aviation Organization, in respect of notification of voluntary participation in the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) from 1 January 2021 and of the option selected for calculating the aeroplane operators’ offsetting requirements during the 2021-2023 period, Position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the International Civil Aviation Organization in respect of the First Edition of the International Standards and Recommended Practices on Environmental Protection — Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), Statement of reservation from 42 members of the European Civil Aviation Conference, Statement of reservation to the ICAO Council decision, Reservations to the 2010 ICAO Assembly Resolution on Climate Change, 2010 ICAO Assembly Resolution on Climate Change, Statement of reservation on behalf of the member states of the European Community (EC) and the other states members of the European Civil Aviation (ECAC) [made at the 36th Assembly of ICAO, 18-28 September 2007], Frequently Asked Questions.

In addition, this represents an opportunity to correct manifest errors in the designation of operators or administering Member States. For example, the collection and analysis of data for use in relation to carbon leakage is ongoing (list of sectors due end 2009). These operators have to include their EEA additional flights into their monitoring and reporting activities. Trading brings flexibility that ensures emissions are cut where it costs least to do so. Member States have to bring into force the legal instruments necessary to comply with certain provisions of the revised Directive by 31 December 2009. CO2 emissions from petrochemicals, ammonia and aluminium will be included, as will N2O emissions from the production of nitric, adipic and glyocalic acid production and perfluorocarbons from the aluminium sector. If you consider that all the flights you have operated are exempted under either of the subparagraphs of Annex I of the EU ETS Directive, please discuss this with your competent authority. 3.

If the parent company has been identified as the aircraft operator for all the flights of a subsidiary, the latter will not appear as a distinct aircraft operator in the current list as there are no flights attributed to it. Allowances issued from 1 January 2013 onwards will be held in the Community registry instead of in national registries. This page explains how the ETS works for aviation. 0000012606 00000 n UN’s ICAO historically agrees to a Global Market Based Measure for Aviation Emissions.