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CO2 Emissions for Aviation Sector

CO2 EMISSIONS FOR THE AVIATION SECTOR UNDER THE EU EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME.

The European Union has decided to include the Aviation Sector in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. This means that every ton of CO2  emitted from flights arriving at and departing from airports within the European Community (over 2,700 aircraft operators are concerned), has to be third party verified and covered by an EU Allowance. If the effective verified emissions exceed their allocated amount of free allowances, aircraft operators will have to buy allowances at market prices – EUR 10.00 to 13.00 per ton of CO2 in the first quarter of 2009.

YOUR NEW OBLIGATIONS

The compliance period starts in 2012, but until then, aircraft operators have the following obligations in order to be eligible for a free allocation:

  • Provide a Monitoring Plan (MP) to the Competent Authority before 1 September 2009 in which it is described

    • How you monitor and report your CO2 emissions; and
    • How you will measure your ton-kilometers data

  • Report the verified amount of aviation activity in ton-kilometers for the year 2010 before 1 April 2011

  • Monitor and report verified annual CO2 emissions data from 1st January 2010

HOW CAN WE HELP YOU

We can lend our expertise in CO2  emissions monitoring and verification starting in the pre-compliance phase, by performing pre-verifications of your monitoring systems which includes:

  • Strategic and Risk Analysis of your monitoring system (nature, scope and complexity of the system, management systems, inherent risk and control measures)

  • Verification of the data collected according to your monitoring system (spot-check of single planes and/or routes)

These services will allow you to:

  • Assess and improve your Monitoring Plan, giving you a greater chance of getting it approved by the Competent Authority on time

  • Gain experience and strengthen your negotiating position for final monitoring and verification requirements; and

  • Avoid monitoring problems during the actual monitoring period and win precious time during the final verification phase