COMMISSION DECISION
of 16 April 2009
amending Decision 2007/589/EC as regards the inclusion of monitoring and reporting guidelines for emissions and tonne-kilometre data from aviation activities
(notified under document number C(2009) 2887)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2009/339/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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 14(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Directive 2008/101/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to include aviation activities in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community (2) included aviation activities within the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community.
(2)
Pursuant to Article 14(1) of Directive 2003/87/EC the Commission should adopt guidelines for monitoring and reporting of emissions resulting from aviation activities, and for monitoring and reporting of tonne-kilometre data from aviation activities for the purpose of an application under Articles 3e or 3f of that Directive.
(3)
The administering Member State should ensure that each aircraft operator submits to the competent authority in that Member State monitoring plans setting out measures to monitor and report annual emissions as well as tonne kilometre data for the purpose of an application for an allocation of allowances that are to be allocated free of charge, and that such plans are approved by the competent authority in accordance with the guidelines adopted pursuant to Article 14(1) of that Directive.
(4)
Decision 2007/589/EC of 18 July 2007 establishing guidelines on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Climate Change Committee referred to in Article 23 of Directive 2003/87/EC,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Decision 2007/589/EC is amended as follows:
1.
Article 1 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 1
The guidelines for the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from the activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC, and of activities included pursuant to Article 24(1) of that Directive, are set out in Annexes I to XIV to this Decision. The guidelines for the monitoring and reporting of tonne-kilometre data from aviation activities for the purpose of an application under Articles 3e or 3f of Directive 2003/87/EC are set out in Annex XV.
Those guidelines are based on the principles set out in Annex IV to that Directive.’;
2.
in the Table of Annexes, the following entries are added:
‘Annex XIV:
Activity-specific guidelines for determination of emissions from aviation activities as listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC
Annex XV:
Activity-specific guidelines for determination of tonne-kilometre data from aviation activities for the purpose of an application under Articles 3e or 3f of Directive 2003/87/EC’;
3.
Annex I is amended as set out in Part A of the Annex to this Decision;
4.
Annex XIV is added as set out in Part B of the Annex to this Decision;
5.
Annex XV is added as set out in Part C of the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 16 April 2009.