““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—

1. (i)

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

2. (ii)

   an outermost region flight;

(b)

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

1. (i)

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

2. (ii)

   an outermost region flight;

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

““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—

1. (i)

   a different outermost region;

2. (ii)

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

3. (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—

1. (i)

   a different outermost region; or

2. (ii)

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

““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 operators9, as amended from time to time;”.