Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/622 of 22 February 2024 on the list of States which are considered to be applying CORSIA for the purposes of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council for emissions in 2023
Date: 2024-02-22
Institutions: Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission
Subjects: International Civil Aviation Organisation, air transport, emission allowance, emission trading, greenhouse gas, international transport, reduction of gas emissions, third country, tradeable emission permit








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Official Journal of the European Union


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2024/622


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            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/622
of 22 February 2024
         
on the list of States which are considered to be applying CORSIA for the purposes of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council for emissions in 2023
(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 system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (1), and in particular Article 25a(3) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Aviation activities are included in the system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union (‘EU ETS’) established by Directive 2003/87/EC.












(2)


Directive (EU) 2023/958 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) amended Directive 2003/87/EC so as to appropriately implement the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (‘ICAO’) Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (‘CORSIA’).












(3)


Pursuant to Article 25a(3) of Directive 2003/87/EC the Commission is to adopt a list of States, other than EEA countries, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, which are considered to be applying CORSIA for the purposes of Directive 2003/87/EC, with a baseline of 2019 for 2021 to 2023. The European Parliament and the Council excluded EEA countries, Switzerland and the United Kingdom from such a list of States because the routes between those countries fall within the scope of the respective emissions trading systems.












(4)


In respect of 2023, the inclusion of a State in the list of States considered to be applying CORSIA for the purposes of Directive 2003/87/EC is based upon the notification by the State of an intention to apply CORSIA for emissions in 2023, such notification being made to the ICAO Secretariat. The ICAO Secretariat publishes an annual list of States that have made such notification. To reflect the changes in these annually published lists, the Commission is to adopt each year a list of States, other than EEA countries, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, which are considered to be applying CORSIA for the purposes of Directive 2003/87/EC.












(5)


The list of States considered to be applying CORSIA published by the ICAO Secretariat for 2023 includes San Marino and Monaco. However, San Marino and Monaco should not be included in the Annex to this Regulation as they have no airport and no flights were taking place in 2023 involving routes to which CORSIA is being applied for the purposes of Directive 2003/87/EC.












(6)


The list of States in the Annex is to be used by aircraft operators when reporting emissions for 2023. In order to ensure the timely application of this list before the deadline of reporting those emissions, entry into force of this Regulation should be on the third day following that of its publication.












(7)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Climate Change Committee,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The list of States which are considered to be applying CORSIA for the purposes of Directive 2003/87/EC for emissions in 2023 is set out in 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, 22 February 2024.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2003/87/oj.

(2)  Directive (EU) 2023/958 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 amending Directive 2003/87/EC as regards aviation’s contribution to the Union’s economy-wide emission reduction target and the appropriate implementation of a global market-based measure (OJ L 130, 16.5.2023, p. 115, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2023/958/oj).




ANNEX
List of States which are considered to be applying CORSIA for the purposes of Directive 2003/87/EC for emissions in 2023






1.


Afghanistan




2.


Albania




3.


Armenia




4.


Australia




5.


Azerbaijan




6.


Bahamas




7.


Barbados




8.


Belize




9.


Benin




10.


Bosnia and Herzegovina




11.


Botswana




12.


Burkina Faso




13.


Cambodia




14.


Cameroon




15.


Canada




16.


Cook Islands




17.


Costa Rica




18.


Côte d’Ivoire




19.


Cuba




20.


Democratic Republic of the Congo




21.


Dominican Republic




22.


El Salvador




23.


Equatorial Guinea




24.


Gabon




25.


Georgia




26.


Ghana




27.


Grenada




28.


Guatemala




29.


Guyana




30.


Honduras




31.


Indonesia




32.


Iraq




33.


Israel




34.


Jamaica




35.


Japan




36.


Kazakhstan




37.


Kenya




38.


Kiribati




39.


Madagascar




40.


Malaysia




41.


Maldives




42.


Mali




43.


Marshall Islands




44.


Mexico




45.


Micronesia




46.


Moldova




47.


Montenegro




48.


Namibia




49.


Nauru




50.


New Zealand




51.


Nigeria




52.


North Macedonia




53.


Oman




54.


Palau




55.


Papua New Guinea




56.


Philippines




57.


Qatar




58.


Rwanda




59.


Saint Kitts and Nevis




60.


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines




61.


Saudi Arabia




62.


Serbia




63.


Singapore




64.


South Korea




65.


South Sudan




66.


Suriname




67.


Tanzania




68.


Thailand




69.


The Gambia




70.


Timor-Leste




71.


Tonga




72.


Trinidad and Tobago




73.


Türkiye




74.


Tuvalu




75.


Uganda




76.


Ukraine




77.


United Arab Emirates




78.


United States




79.


Uruguay




80.


Vanuatu




81.


Zambia




82.


Zimbabwe







ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/622/oj
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