EU ETS & CORSIA update from European Commission

What is new for Aircraft Operators?

• The implementation of an MRV system for the purpose of CORSIA (ICAO’s global market-based measure) from 2021 through an implemented act. Aircraft operators have to monitor and report all international flights as explained in section 3.1.5.
• The Linking Agreement with the Swiss ETS – see section 3.1.3;
• The clarification of the scope regarding flights from and to the UK following Brexit (see section 3.1.4);
• New eligibility thresholds for aircraft operators to apply simplified MRV approaches – see section 5.6 (e.g. aircraft operators with emissions lower than 3 000 tonnes of CO2 per year from intra-EEA flights).
• Non-commercial aircraft operators emitting less than 1 000 tonnes of CO2 per year are exempted from the EU ETS and therefore from reporting their emissions until 2030; for details see section 3.2.2.
• The determination of the density of fuels has been simplified – section 5.4.5;
• Tiers have been abandoned for the monitoring of most parameters. The tier system is now only applicable to t-km data – section 5.3;
• The MRR uses the same definitions for biomass and biofuels as the Directive on Renewable Energy Sources (RES-D). Consequently, the sustainability criteria established by the RES-D must be applied where relevant in order to apply an emission factor of zero to such biomass. This topic – previously covered in detail in a separate guidance document (see section 2.3 for where to find other guidance documents) – has now been included in Annex I (section 7.1) to make this document more complete for aircraft operators.
• From 2022, the MRR aligns the requirements on biomass and biofuel monitoring with the requirements of the revised RES-D, the so-called RED II5. At the time of writing this current update of this guidance document, relevant implementing and delegated acts under the RED II are under development.

The Accreditation and Verification Regulation (AVR) key guidance note no. II.6 - Verification report

• Updates to the new Accreditation and Verification Regulation (AVR) 2018/2067 that was amended by the Commission Regulation 2020/2084. This includes revisions for the fourth trading period
• Integration of verification reporting for aircraft operators that fall under EU ETS and Swiss ETS

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