The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Amendments to definitions: aviation

4.  In regulation 20—

(a) after the definition of “emissions plan”, insert—

““Eurocontrol” means the European organisation for air safety navigation;

“excluded aviation activity” means—

(a)

in respect of the scheme year 2013, an activity consisting in—

(i)

a flight departing from, or arriving in, an aerodrome situated in any country other than an EEA state or Croatia; or

(ii)

an outermost region flight;

(b)

in respect of any other scheme year, an activity consisting in—

(i)

a flight departing from, or arriving in, an aerodrome situated in any country other than an EEA state; or

(ii)

an outermost region flight;

“excluded aviation emissions” means aviation emissions arising from an excluded aviation activity;”;

(b) after the definition of “member State”, insert—

““non-UK operator” has the meaning given in regulation 24(2);

“outermost region” means—

(a)

in respect of the scheme year 2013, the Canary Islands, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion, Saint-Martin, the Azores, or Madeira;

(b)

in respect of any other scheme year, the Canary Islands, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion, Saint-Martin, the Azores, or Madeira;

“outermost region flight” means—

(a)

in respect of the scheme year 2013, a flight between an aerodrome located in an outermost region and an aerodrome located in—

(i)

a different outermost region;

(ii)

an area of an EEA state which is not an outermost region; or

(iii)

Croatia;

(b)

in respect of any other scheme year, a flight between an aerodrome located in an outermost region and an aerodrome located in—

(i)

a different outermost region; or

(ii)

an area of an EEA state which is not an outermost region;”; and

(c) after the definition of “registered office”, insert—

““Small Emitters Tool Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EU) No 606/2010 on the approval of a simplified tool developed by the European organisation for air safety navigation (Eurocontrol) to estimate the fuel consumption of certain small emitting aircraft operators(1), as amended from time to time;”.

(1)

OJ No L 175, 10.7.2010, p 25.