What is the geographical scope of the EU ETS under stop the clock?
Reminder
Under the 'stop the clock' proposal from the European Commission (EC), aircraft operators have two options:
- Continue to report all Annex 1 flights (both 'extra-European' and 'intra-European' Annex 1 flights).
- Report 'intra-European' Annex 1 flights only. The condition is that aircraft operators return the allocated free allowances that correspond to the reported 2010 tonne-kilometre data in relation to 'extra-European' flights.
Geographical scope of Annex 1 flights
EU ETS full scope: All flights to/from EEA Member Countries (including all flights to/from territories of EEA Member Countries and all flights to/from EEA outermost regions).
EEA Member States: Austria (AT), Belgium (BE), Bulgaria (BG), Croatia (HR), Cyprus (CY), Czechia (CZ), Denmark (DK), Estonia (EE), Finland (FI), France (FR), Germany (DE), Greece (EL), Hungary (HU), Ireland (IE), Italy (IT), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Malta (MT), Netherlands (NL), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Romania (RO), Slovakia (SK), Slovenia (SI), Spain (ES), Sweden (SE), Norway (NO), Iceland (IS), Liechtenstein (LI).
Territories of EEA Member Countries: Melilla (ES), Ceuta (ES), Åland Islands (FI), Jan Mayen (NO).
Outermost regions of the EEA Member Countries: Canary Islands (ES), French Guiana (FR), Guadeloupe (FR), Martinique (FR), Mayotte (FR), Reunion (FR), Saint Martin (FR), Azores (PT), Madeira (PT).
Geographical scope of 'intra-European' Annex 1 flights
EU ETS reduced scope:
(1) all flights between EEA Member Countries (and territories of EEA Member Countries),
(2) all flights within the same outermost region,
(3) all flights between EEA Member Countries and offshore installations of EEA Member Countries that are outside territorial waters (e.g., oil and gas production or exploration platforms),
(4) all flights from EEA Member Countries to Switzerland, and (5) all flights from EEA Member Countries to the United Kingdom.
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