All aircraft operators included in the EU Emissions Trading System must submit an emissions plan outlining how they will determine their reportable annual CO2 emissions.
The completed emissions plan, including the fee of £750, must be submitted no later than 12 November 2009, eight weeks after the regulations came into force.
Definition of an aircraft operator
The regulations define an aircraft operator as a person who is a UK specified operator (i.e. allocated to the UK for regulation under the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), by means of the European Commission’s list allocating aircraft operators to Member States) and performs an aviation activity (as defined in Annex I of the Aviation EU ETS Directive) in that year.
If a person becomes an aircraft operator after the regulations come into force, they must apply to the regulator for an emissions plan within eight weeks of becoming an aircraft operator.
IMPORTANT: Failure to submit a monitoring plan by the required date will result in a civil penalty being served.
Aircraft operators may also choose to submit a separate monitoring plan outlining how they will determine their benchmark emissions data. Where this is the case, the completed monitoring plan, including the fee of £830, should be submitted by 31 December 2009.
The regulator has discretion to submit reports of tonne kilometre data where late applications for benchmarking plans are received.
IMPORTANT: Although submission of the benchmark monitoring plan is voluntary, no free allowances will be allocated to operators that do not submit a plan.
Fees for accompanying plans
As set out in regulations 9(2)(c) and 14(2)(c), your application must contain the following fees:
- For a benchmarking plan - £830 (Regulation 9(2)(c))
- For an emissions plan - £750 (Regulation 14(2)(c))
It is possible to pay using credit card, BACS or cheque and details are provided below for each option.
Payment by credit/debit card
To pay by credit/debit card please call (01925) 542079.
We are able to accept the following card types: Visa, Visa Debit, Mastercard, Maestro/Switch (UK).
We cannot currently accept payment from any of the following card types: Solo, Visa Electron, American Express.
Payment by BACS
Payments by BACS transfers must be made to the following account:
Address: Barclays Bank Plc, 15 Queen Square, Bristol, BS1 4NP
IBAN: GB42 BARC 2013 4220 744646
SWIFTBIC: BARCGB22
Account number: 20744646
Sort code: 20-13-42
Your unique reference code to be used in your BACS transfer is:
ETSA/PEM/name of airline
Please cite this code in your BACS transfer to ensure that we can trace receipt of your payment.
Payment by cheque
Cheques should be made payable to “the Environment Agency” and sent to:
Environment Agency
Regulation Awareness Team
99 Parkway Avenue
Parkway Business Park
Sheffield
S9 4WF
Please quote your operator name and CRCO reference number on the reverse of the cheque.
For additional information on payments please contact (01925) 542079.
Monitoring and reporting emissions
Once the monitoring plan(s) have been approved, operators are expected to monitor and report their CO2 emissions and benchmark emissions data in accordance with the approved plan and the European Commission’s Monitoring and Reporting Guidelines:
At the end of each monitoring period, operators will need to collate data on their CO2 emissions for the period and must have the report and its data verified by an accredited verifier.
The verified emissions reports must be sent to the Environment Agency before 31 March each year. Failure to submit an emissions report could result in a civil penalty being served. The first such report for data collected during 2010 will need to be submitted by 31 March 2011.
For those operators wanting to apply for an allocation of free allowances, data on flight distances and payloads for the monitoring period 2010 must be collected. The report must similarly be verified by an accredited verifier and submitted to us on or before 31 March 2011. Failure to submit the report by this date could result in no free allowances for the period 2012-2020.
