Substituted by Directive (EU) 2018/410 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2018 amending Directive 2003/87/EC to enhance cost-effective emission reductions and low-carbon investments, and Decision (EU) 2015/1814 (Text with EEA relevance).

Inserted by Directive 2008/101/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to include aviation activities in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community (Text with EEA relevance).

Inserted by Directive 2009/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to improve and extend the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme of the Community (Text with EEA relevance).

Substituted by Directive 2008/101/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to include aviation activities in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community (Text with EEA relevance).

Substituted by Directive 2009/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to improve and extend the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme of the Community (Text with EEA relevance).

Substituted by Directive 2004/101/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 amending Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community, in respect of the Kyoto Protocol's project mechanisms (Text with EEA relevance).

Inserted by Directive 2004/101/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 amending Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community, in respect of the Kyoto Protocol's project mechanisms (Text with EEA relevance).

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2003/87/article/3/2020-12-31Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (Text with EEA relevance)Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilDirective 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (Text with EEA relevance)2020-12-09King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02003L0087-20200101texttext/xmlen2020-01-01CHAPTER IGENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 3Definitions

For the purposes of this Directive the following definitions shall apply:

(a)

‘allowance’ means an allowance to emit one tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent during a specified period, which shall be valid only for the purposes of meeting the requirements of this Directive and shall be transferable in accordance with the provisions of this Directive;

(b)

emissions means the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere from sources in an installation or the release from an aircraft performing an aviation activity listed in Annex I of the gases specified in respect of that activity;

(c)

greenhouse gases means the gases listed in Annex II and other gaseous constituents of the atmosphere, both natural and anthropogenic, that absorb and re-emit infrared radiation;

(d)

‘greenhouse gas emissions permit’ means the permit issued in accordance with Articles 5 and 6;

(e)

‘installation’ means a stationary technical unit where one or more activities listed in Annex I are carried out and any other directly associated activities which have a technical connection with the activities carried out on that site and which could have an effect on emissions and pollution;

(f)

‘operator’ means any person who operates or controls an installation or, where this is provided for in national legislation, to whom decisive economic power over the technical functioning of the installation has been delegated;

(g)

‘person’ means any natural or legal person;

(h)

new entrant means any installation carrying out one or more of the activities listed in Annex I, which has obtained a greenhouse gas emissions permit for the first time within the period starting from three months before the date for submission of the list under Article 11(1), and ending three months before the date for the submission of the subsequent list under that Article;

(i)

‘the public’ means one or more persons and, in accordance with national legislation or practice, associations, organisations or groups of persons;

(j)

‘tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent’ means one metric tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2) or an amount of any other greenhouse gas listed in Annex II with an equivalent global-warming potential;

(k)

Annex I Party means a Party listed in Annex I to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that has ratified the Kyoto Protocol as specified in Article 1(7) of the Kyoto Protocol;

(l)

project activity means a project activity approved by one or more Annex I Parties in accordance with Article 6 or Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol and the decisions adopted pursuant to the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol;

(m)

emission reduction unit or ERU means a unit issued pursuant to Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol and the decisions adopted pursuant to the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol;

(n)

certified emission reduction or CER means a unit issued pursuant to Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol and the decisions adopted pursuant to the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol;

(o)

aircraft operator means the person who operates an aircraft at the time it performs an aviation activity listed in Annex I or, where that person is not known or is not identified by the owner of the aircraft, the owner of the aircraft;

(p)

commercial air transport operator means an operator that, for remuneration, provides scheduled or non-scheduled air transport services to the public for the carriage of passengers, freight or mail;

(q)

administering Member State means the Member State responsible for administering the EU ETS in respect of an aircraft operator in accordance with Article 18a;

(r)

attributed aviation emissions means emissions from all flights falling within the aviation activities listed in Annex I which depart from an aerodrome situated in the territory of a Member State and those which arrive in such an aerodrome from a third country;

(s)

historical aviation emissions means the mean average of the annual emissions in the calendar years 2004, 2005 and 2006 from aircraft performing an aviation activity listed in Annex I;

(t)

combustion means any oxidation of fuels, regardless of the way in which the heat, electrical or mechanical energy produced by this process is used, and any other directly associated activities, including waste gas scrubbing;

(u)

electricity generator means an installation that, on or after 1 January 2005, has produced electricity for sale to third parties, and in which no activity listed in Annex I is carried out other than the combustion of fuels.

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</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(c)</num>
<p>
<ins class="substitution O004001M002 first">
<noteRef href="#c000005" marker="F5" class="commentary attribute F"/>
</ins>
<ins class="substitution O004001M002">greenhouse gases</ins>
<ins class="substitution O004001M002"></ins>
<ins class="substitution O004001M002 last"> means the gases listed in Annex II and other gaseous constituents of the atmosphere, both natural and anthropogenic, that absorb and re-emit infrared radiation;</ins>
</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(d)</num>
<p>‘greenhouse gas emissions permit’ means the permit issued in accordance with Articles 5 and 6;</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(e)</num>
<p>‘installation’ means a stationary technical unit where one or more activities listed in Annex I are carried out and any other directly associated activities which have a technical connection with the activities carried out on that site and which could have an effect on emissions and pollution;</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(f)</num>
<p>‘operator’ means any person who operates or controls an installation or, where this is provided for in national legislation, to whom decisive economic power over the technical functioning of the installation has been delegated;</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(g)</num>
<p>‘person’ means any natural or legal person;</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(h)</num>
<p>
<ins class="substitution O010001M146 first">
<noteRef href="#c000001" marker="F1" class="commentary attribute F"/>
</ins>
<ins class="substitution O010001M146">new entrant</ins>
<ins class="substitution O010001M146"></ins>
<ins class="substitution O010001M146 last"> means any installation carrying out one or more of the activities listed in Annex I, which has obtained a greenhouse gas emissions permit for the first time within the period starting from three months before the date for submission of the list under Article 11(1), and ending three months before the date for the submission of the subsequent list under that Article;</ins>
</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(i)</num>
<p>‘the public’ means one or more persons and, in accordance with national legislation or practice, associations, organisations or groups of persons;</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(j)</num>
<p>
‘tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent’ means one metric tonne of carbon dioxide (CO
<sub>2</sub>
) or an amount of any other greenhouse gas listed in Annex II with an equivalent global-warming potential
<ins class="substitution O001001M001 first last">
<noteRef href="#c000006" marker="F6" class="commentary attribute F"/>
;
</ins>
</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(k)</num>
<p>
<ins class="O001001M002 first">
<noteRef href="#c000007" marker="F7" class="commentary attribute F"/>
</ins>
<ins class="O001001M002">Annex I Party</ins>
<ins class="O001001M002"></ins>
<ins class="O001001M002"> means a Party listed in Annex I to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that has ratified the Kyoto Protocol as specified in Article 1(7) of the Kyoto Protocol;</ins>
</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(l)</num>
<p>
<ins class="O001001M002"></ins>
<ins class="O001001M002">project activity</ins>
<ins class="O001001M002"></ins>
<ins class="O001001M002"> means a project activity approved by one or more Annex I Parties in accordance with Article 6 or Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol and the decisions adopted pursuant to the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol;</ins>
</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(m)</num>
<p>
<ins class="O001001M002"></ins>
<ins class="O001001M002">emission reduction unit</ins>
<ins class="O001001M002"></ins>
<ins class="O001001M002"> or </ins>
<ins class="O001001M002"></ins>
<ins class="O001001M002">ERU</ins>
<ins class="O001001M002"></ins>
<ins class="O001001M002"> means a unit issued pursuant to Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol and the decisions adopted pursuant to the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol;</ins>
</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(n)</num>
<p>
<ins class="O001001M002"></ins>
<ins class="O001001M002">certified emission reduction</ins>
<ins class="O001001M002"></ins>
<ins class="O001001M002"> or </ins>
<ins class="O001001M002"></ins>
<ins class="O001001M002">CER</ins>
<ins class="O001001M002"></ins>
<ins class="O001001M002 last"> means a unit issued pursuant to Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol and the decisions adopted pursuant to the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol;</ins>
</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(o)</num>
<p>
<ins class="O002001M004 first">
<noteRef href="#c000002" marker="F2" class="commentary attribute F"/>
</ins>
<ins class="O002001M004">aircraft operator</ins>
<ins class="O002001M004"></ins>
<ins class="O002001M004"> means the person who operates an aircraft at the time it performs an aviation activity listed in Annex I or, where that person is not known or is not identified by the owner of the aircraft, the owner of the aircraft;</ins>
</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(p)</num>
<p>
<ins class="O002001M004"></ins>
<ins class="O002001M004">commercial air transport operator</ins>
<ins class="O002001M004"></ins>
<ins class="O002001M004"> means an operator that, for remuneration, provides scheduled or non-scheduled air transport services to the public for the carriage of passengers, freight or mail;</ins>
</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(q)</num>
<p>
<ins class="O002001M004">administering Member State</ins>
<ins class="O002001M004"> means the Member State responsible for administering the </ins>
<ins class="O002001M004">
<ins class="substitution O010001M004 first last">
<noteRef href="#c000001" marker="F1" class="commentary attribute F"/>
EU ETS
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="O002001M004"> in respect of an aircraft operator in accordance with Article 18a;</ins>
</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(r)</num>
<p>
<ins class="O002001M004"></ins>
<ins class="O002001M004">attributed aviation emissions</ins>
<ins class="O002001M004"></ins>
<ins class="O002001M004"> means emissions from all flights falling within the aviation activities listed in Annex I which depart from an aerodrome situated in the territory of a Member State and those which arrive in such an aerodrome from a third country;</ins>
</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(s)</num>
<p>
<ins class="O002001M004"></ins>
<ins class="O002001M004">historical aviation emissions</ins>
<ins class="O002001M004"></ins>
<ins class="O002001M004 last"> means the mean average of the annual emissions in the calendar years 2004, 2005 and 2006 from aircraft performing an aviation activity listed in Annex I;</ins>
</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(t)</num>
<p>
<ins class="O004001M004 first">
<noteRef href="#c000003" marker="F3" class="commentary attribute F"/>
</ins>
<ins class="O004001M004">combustion</ins>
<ins class="O004001M004"></ins>
<ins class="O004001M004"> means any oxidation of fuels, regardless of the way in which the heat, electrical or mechanical energy produced by this process is used, and any other directly associated activities, including waste gas scrubbing;</ins>
</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(u)</num>
<p>
<ins class="O004001M004"></ins>
<ins class="O004001M004">electricity generator</ins>
<ins class="O004001M004"></ins>
<ins class="O004001M004"> means an installation that, on or after </ins>
<ins class="O004001M004">1 January 2005</ins>
<ins class="O004001M004">, has produced electricity for sale to third parties, and in which no activity listed in Annex I is carried out other than the </ins>
<ins class="O004001M004"></ins>
<ins class="O004001M004">combustion of fuels</ins>
<ins class="O004001M004"></ins>
<ins class="O004001M004 last">.</ins>
</p>
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