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Which States are participating in CORSIA?

ICAO has decided to use a phased implementation for the CORSIA to accommodate the special circumstances and respective capabilities of States (SCRC), in particular developing States, while minimizing market distortion.

Pilot phase applies from 2021 through 2023 to States that have volunteered to participate in the scheme. 

List of States that intend to volunteer in CORSIA from its outset as of 24 May 2017:
 
Albania Guatemala Poland
Armenia Hungary Portugal
Australia Iceland Qatar
Austria Indonesia Republic of Korea
Azerbaijan Ireland Republic of Moldova
Belgium Israel Romania
Bosnia and Herzegovina Italy San Marino
Bulgaria Japan Serbia
Burkina Faso Kenya Singapore
Canada Latvia Slovakia
China Lithuania Slovenia
Costa Rica Luxembourg Spain
Croatia Malaysia Sweden
Cyprus Malta Switzerland
Czech Republic Marshall Islands Thailand
Denmark Mexico The former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia
Estonia Monaco Turkey
Finland Montenegro Ukraine
France Netherlands United Arab Emirates
Georgia New Zealand United Kingdom
Germany Norway United States
Greece Papua New Guinea Zambia
Saudi Arabia Gabon El Salvador

First phase applies from 2024 through 2026 to States that voluntarily participate in the pilot phase, as well as any other States that volunteer to participate in this phase.

Second phase applies from 2027 through 2035 to all States that have an individual share of international aviation activities in RTKs in year 2018 above 0.5 per cent of total RTKs or whose cumulative share in the list of States from the highest to the lowest amount of RTKs reaches 90 per cent of total RTKs, except Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) unless they volunteer to participate in this phase.

List of States that will have to mandatorily participate in CORSIA in Second Phase not taking into account whether these States participated voluntarily in previous phases(based on last available international aviation activities in RTKs in year 2014):
 
Australia Israel Republic of Korea
Belgium Italy Russian Federation
Brazil Japan Saudi Arabia
Canada Luxembourg South Africa
Chile Malaysia Spain
China Mexico Switzerland
Finland Netherlands Thailand
France New Zealand Turkey
Germany Norway United Arab Emirates
India Philippines United Kingdom
Indonesia Portugal United States
Ireland Qatar  

List of all States to participate in the Second Phase (voluntarily or not):
 
Albania Guatemala Poland
Armenia Hungary Portugal
Australia Iceland Qatar
Austria India Republic of Korea
Azerbaijan Indonesia Romania
Belgium Ireland Russian Federation
Bosnia and Herzegovina Israel San Marino
Brazil Italy Saudi Arabia
Bulgaria Japan Serbia
Burkina Faso Kenya Singapore
Canada Latvia Slovakia
Chile Lithuania Slovenia
China Luxembourg South Africa
Costa Rica Malaysia Spain
Croatia Malta Sweden
Cyprus Marshall Islands Switzerland
Czech Republic Mexico Thailand
Denmark Monaco Turkey
Estonia Montenegro Ukraine
Finland Netherlands United Arab Emirates
France New Zealand United Kingdom
Georgia Norway United States
Germany Papua New Guinea Zambia
Greece Philippines  

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