[F1PART 3AU.K.CO2 offsetting requirements from international flights and emissions reductions from the use of CORSIA eligible fuels
Textual Amendments
CHAPTER 1U.K.Offsetting
Applicability of CO2 offsetting requirementsU.K.
41A.—(1) For the period of 1st January 2021 to 31st December 2021, the offsetting requirements of this Part apply to an aeroplane operator with international flights between States as defined in the ICAO document entitled “CORSIA States for Chapter 3 State Pairs”.
(2) This Part does not apply to a new entrant aeroplane operator for three years starting in the year when it meets the requirements in articles 21(1), or until its annual CO2 emissions exceed 0.1 per cent of total CO2 emissions from international flights in 2020, whichever occurs earlier.
(3) The Regulator must calculate the aeroplane operator’s annual offsetting requirements based on the data reported in accordance with Part 3, the applicability requirements in this article, and the application of articles 41B and 41C.
CO2 offsetting requirementsU.K.
41B.—(1) The Regulator must calculate, for each of the aeroplane operators administered by it, the amount of CO2 emissions required to be offset for the period from 1st January 2021 to 31st December 2021 prior to consideration of the CORSIA eligible fuels, as follows—
where—
ORy = Aeroplane operator’s offsetting requirements in the given year y,
OE = Aeroplane operator’s CO2 emissions calculated in accordance with article 41A(3) in the given year y, and
SGFy = Sector’s Growth Factor for the given year y.
(2) The Regulator must, upon calculating the offsetting requirements in a given year (ORy) of each of the aeroplane operators administered by it for the purposes of this Order, inform the aeroplane operator of its offsetting requirements by notice according to the timeline set out in Schedule 1.
Emissions reductions from the use of CORSIA eligible fuelsU.K.
41C.—(1) An aeroplane operator that intends to claim for emissions reductions from the use of CORSIA eligible fuels in a given year must compute those emissions reductions as follows—
where—
ERy = Emissions reductions from the use of CORSIA eligible fuels in the given year y, in tonnes,
FCF = Fuel conversion factor,
MSf,y = Total mass of a neat CORSIA eligible fuel claimed in the given year y, in tonnes, as described in and required by Field 12(b) in Table 1 of Schedule 5,
LSf = Life cycle emissions value for a CORSIA eligible fuel, in gCO2e/MJ, and
LC = Baseline life cycle emissions values for aviation fuel, equal to 89 gCO2e/MJ for jet fuel and equal to 95 gCO2e/MJ for AvGas.
(2) The fuel conversion factor referred to in paragraph (1) is equal to—
(a)3.16 (in kg CO2/kg fuel) for Jet-A fuel/Jet A1 fuel,
(b)3.10 (in kg CO2/kg fuel) for AvGas, or
(c)3.10 (in kg CO2/kg fuel) for Jet-B fuel.
(3) If a default life cycle emissions value is used, the aeroplane operator must use the ICAO document entitled “CORSIA Default Life Cycle Emissions Values for CORSIA Eligible Fuels” for the calculation in paragraph (1).
(4) If an actual life cycle emissions value is used an approved Sustainability Certification Scheme must ensure that the methodology set out in the ICAO document entitled “CORSIA Methodology for Calculating Actual Life Cycle Emissions Values” has been applied correctly.]