Amendments to definitions: aviation4

In regulation 20—

a

after the definition of “emissions plan”, insert—

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

  • “excluded aviation activity” means—

    1. 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;

    2. 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;

b

after the definition of “member State”, insert—

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

  • “outermost region” means—

    1. a

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

    2. 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—

    1. 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;

    2. 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;

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 operators9, as amended from time to time;