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Is there any guidance explaining what operators need to do?

Guidance on the meaning of 'UK operator', 'aircraft operator',  and 'aviation activity', in accordance with the UK regulations, has been produced to assist operators compiling their emissions/benchmarking plans:

Guidance on completing monitoring plans

The Dutch Emissions Authority, in cooperation with the Environment Agency, has produced a practical interpretation of the Commission’s Monitoring and Reporting Guidelines, to assist operators in completing their monitoring plans. 

Whilst this guidance can be read as a stand alone document, it is not legally binding and you should make sure you have a good understanding of the relevant legal documents:

In addition, we have produced completed examples of emissions monitoring plans for small and large aviation operators. These give an indication of our expected responses against each section of the plan. Please note that the documents are provided for illustration purposes only and do not represent the Commission’s approved monitoring templates:

Below are some examples of pictorial data flows which operators are asked to include with their monitoring plan submissions:

Guidance on civil penalties for EU ETS aviation

We have produced guidance on how we will deal with a person liable to a civil penalty under the Aviation Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2009 (2009 Regulations) or the Aviation Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2010 (2010 Regulations):

Verification guidance

On 30 November 2010, the European Commission published verification guidance for EU ETS Aviation. This guidance has been produced to help verifiers, operators, competent authorities and accreditation bodies interpret the verification requirements laid down in the EU ETS Directive and the Monitoring and Reporting Guidelines (MRG). You will find the verification guidance on this page of the European Commission website, under the heading 'EU ETS Verification Guidance for Aviation':

Further information

We staged two half-day seminars at the beginning of June, outlining what operators need to do to get approved monitoring plans in place. Copies of the slides, together with synchronised audio from the first seminar, can be accessed here:

Copies of the slides from the presentation can also be downloaded in Acrobat PDF format, for offline viewing:

We have also produced a document containing answers to some of the frequently asked questions raised at the seminar and through our Aviation Helpdesk. These can be viewed here:

If the guidance/FAQs do not address your specific queries, these can be addressed to our Helpdesk via email: