PART 4Aviation

Reporting aviation emissionsI133

1

A person who is an aircraft operator in relation to a scheme year must prepare a report of its aviation emissions for that scheme year in accordance with the Monitoring and Reporting Regulation 2018; the report must be verified F1as satisfactory in accordance with the Verification Regulation 2018.

2

The obligation for the report to be F2verified as satisfactory in accordance with the Verification Regulation 2018 does not apply, and the aviation emissions stated in the report are considered to be verified, where the person required to prepare the report in relation to a scheme year—

a

had emissions of carbon dioxide for that scheme year amounting to either—

i

less than 25,000 tonnes from full-scope flights; or

ii

less than 3,000 tonnes from aviation activity; and

b

determined its emissions using the small emitters tool approved under Commission Regulation (EU) No 606/2010, the tool having been populated with data by Eurocontrol.

3

The report prepared under paragraph (1) F3(and the verification report) must be submitted to the regulator on or before 31st March in the year following the scheme year to which it relates.