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32003 L 0087: 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 (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32). (a) With regard to the inclusion of all flights between two aerodromes situated in the Croatian territory, and all flights between an aerodrome situated in the Croatian territory and an aerodrome situated in a country outside the EEA area (hereinafter referred to as ‘additional aviation activities’), the following shall apply: (i) By way of derogation from Article 3c(2), the period referred to in Article 13(1) and beginning on 1 January 2013 shall start on 1 January 2014 for the additional aviation activities. (ii) By way of derogation from Article 3c(4), the Commission shall decide, following the procedure referred to in that same provision, on the historical aviation emissions for the additional aviation activities within a period of six months from the date of accession. (iii) By way of derogation from Article 3d(2), from 1 January 2014, the percentage of allowances to be auctioned for the additional aviation activities shall be the proportion of the allowances remaining after having calculated the number of allowances to be allocated free of charge under point (d) of Article 3e(3) and the number of allowances to be set aside in a special reserve under Article 3f. (iv) By way of derogation from Article 3d(3), the attributed aviation emissions from additional aviation activities shall be decided upon by the Commission for the reference year 2010 on the basis of the best available data. The number of allowances to be auctioned by Member States whose total attributed aviation emissions include those from flights arriving from a Croatian aerodrome, shall be adjusted from 1 July 2013, in order to reallocate auctioning rights related to these emissions, to Croatia. (v) By way of derogation from Article 3e(1), the monitoring year for the additional aviation activities shall be 2012 and any application for an allocation of allowances shall be made to the Croatian competent authorities by 31 March 2013. (vi) By way of derogation from Article 3e(2), Croatia shall submit to the Commission applications related to the additional aviation activities by 1 July 2013. (vii) By way of derogation from Article 3e(3), the Commission shall adopt a decision on the matters referred to in points (a) to (e) thereof, in relation to the additional aviation activities by 30 September 2013. (viii) By way of derogation from point (d) of Article 3e(3), for the additional aviation activities, the number of allowances to be allocated free of charge shall be calculated by multiplying the benchmark specified in point (e) by the sum of the tonne-kilometre data included in the applications submitted to the Commission in accordance with Article 3e(2) adjusted to account for the average change in aviation tonne-kilometre activity covered by the EU ETS relative to 2010 levels. If necessary, the benchmark may be subject to a uniform correction factor to be applied by the Commission. (ix) By way of derogation from Article 3e(3), for the additional aviation activities, the benchmark referred to in point (e) thereof shall be the same as that calculated for aviation activities covered by the EU ETS from 1 January 2012. (x) By way of derogation from Article 3e(5), the date of issue of allowances for the additional aviation activities shall be 28 February 2014. (xi) By way of derogation from Article 3f, with regard to additional aviation activities, any reference to the second calendar year of the period starting in 2013 shall be read as a reference to 2014 and any references to the third calendar year of that period shall be read as a reference to 2015. (xii) By way of derogation from Article 14(3), for the additional aviation activities, the date set therein shall be 1 July 2013. (xiii) By way of derogation from Article 18a(1), the reattribution of administrative responsibilities for aircraft operators to Croatia shall take place during the year 2014, after fulfilment by the operator of its 2013 obligations, unless a different date is agreed between the former administering authority and Croatia following a request by the aircraft operator within six months of publication of the Commission's updated list of operators which takes into account Croatia's accession. In this case, reallocation shall take place no later than the year 2020 with regard to the trading period beginning in 2021. (xiv) By way of derogation from point 6 of Annex I, additional aviation activities shall be included as of 1 January 2014. (b) Without prejudice to the above derogations, Croatia shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to ensure that it can comply with the Directive as of accession for the whole year 2013.