COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 82/2010
of 28 January 2010
amending Regulation (EC) No 748/2009 on the list of aircraft operators which performed an aviation activity listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC on or after 1 January 2006 specifying the administering Member State for each aircraft operator
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (1), and in particular Article 18a(3)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Directive 2003/87/EC, as amended by Directive 2008/101/EC (2), includes aviation activities in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the European Union.
(2)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 748/2009 (3) establishes a list of aircraft operators which had performed an aviation activity within the meaning of Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC on or after 1 January 2006.
(3)
The list of aircraft operators established by Regulation (EC) No 748/2009 aims to reduce the administrative burden on aircraft operators by providing for a single Member State to be responsible for each aircraft operator, so that each operator knows which Member State it will be regulated by and each Member State is clear on which operators it should regulate.
(4)
The inclusion in the Union’s emissions trading scheme, including the obligation to surrender allowances, is dependent upon the performance of an aviation activity in Annex I of Directive 2003/87/EC and is not dependent on the inclusion in the list of aircraft operators established by Regulation (EC) No 748/2009.
(5)
A number of aircraft operators employ management or service companies to file flight plans and pay route charges on their behalf. Consequently the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) designator of the management or service company often appears in the flight plan, notwithstanding that such companies may not be aircraft operators. The best means to identify an aircraft operator or aircraft owner is the presence of the ICAO designator or registration marking in the flight plan, and it is therefore often not possible to identify with certainty the relevant operator unless the operator provides Eurocontrol with a fleet declaration containing data on the aircraft it operates. In establishing the updated list of aircraft operators, the Commission has taken account of the fleet list declarations provided to it by operators and management and service companies. However, a number of management or service companies and aircraft registration markings appear in the updated list due to a lack of information provided.
(6)
Regulation (EC) No 748/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 748/2009 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 January 2010.