Timeline

Although the aviation sector will be included into the ETS only in 2012, the compliance process has already started. The first key deadline was 31 August 2009 and the next will be 31 March 2012.

5 August 2009 - The Commission published the list of operators included into the ETS
31 August 2009 - Final date for submission of annual emissions and tonne-kilometer monitoring plans
31 December 2009 - Final date for approval and implementation of annual emissions and tonne-kilometre monitoring plans
1 January 2010 - Start of first monitoring period for annual emissions and only monitoring period for tonne-kilometre data
2 February 2010 - Date by which all Member States must have transposed the requirements of the Directive into National Law
1 January 2011 - Start of second monitoring period for annual emissions
31 March 2011 - Final submission date for verified 2010 annual emissions and tonne-kilometre reports
30 June 2011 - Each Member State submits tonne-kilometre data to the Commission
30 September 2011 - The Commission publishes the tonne-kilometre benchmark
31 December 2011 - Each Member State publishes the allocation of free allowances to each operator
1 January 2012 - Start of the third monitoring period for annual emissions
28 February 2012 - Each Member State will issue free allowances for 2012 to those operators that successfully applied
31 March 2012 - Final date for submission of the verified 2011 annual emissions report (28 February in Spain)
31 March 2013 - Final date for submission of the verified 2012 annual emissions report
30 April 2013 - Final date for surrender of allowances against reported emissions