All aircraft operators that must participate in the EU ETS, CH ETS and CORSIA must first have an approved monitoring plan prior to submitting an emissions report. Therefore it is important to monitor flight activities to determine if you will exceed the EU ETS de-minimis threshold.
The emissions monitoring plan template is available for download from the European Commission.
You can appoint a verifier in the ETS Reporting Tool. On the “Organisations” details page, you can click on “Add preferred verifier”. A list of all active verifier organisations registered in the system is displayed. Here you can appoint an organisation of your choice and click “Assign”.
If you exceed the annual EU ETS de-minimis threshold, then you must prepare your annual emissions report and have it verified by an accredited verifier. The emissions reporting template is available for download from the European Commission.
You can also use Eurocontrol’s EU ETS support facility to help corroborate monitored flights and determine a reporting obligation.
If considered a small emitter, than you can use Eurocontrol’s small emitter tool SET without verification by an accredited verifier.
If CORSIA also applies to you, and the NEa is your administrator, than you must also submit a verified CORSIA emissions report as a part of your EU ETS emissions report.
An EU ETS registry account representative must enter emissions data into the EU ETS Registry. If the figures entered correspond to the data in the (verified) emissions report, the national administrator will approve the figures.
Surrender sufficient allowances in the EU ETS registry for each tonne of CO2 emitted. The new deadline for surrendering emissions is September 30th from 2024 onwards.
If monitoring changes are made throughout the year, including changes in contact details, an updated monitoring plan must be submitted to the NEa. Please submit monitoring plan changes via the ETS Reporting Tool.
Edit your monitoring plan in the Monitoring Plan details page and click ‘Edit’ (right bottom of the page). Choose in the drop-down menu under ‘Revision type’ whether the change entails a significant or non-significant modification of the monitoring plan and upload the new version.
If there are any changes in contact persons or contact details, please update this in the ETS Reporting Tool on the ‘Organisations’ details page. Here you can add or delete organisation members under ‘Member list’. New members will receive an e-mail notification when the approval process is complete.
Additionally, you must change your monitoring plan accordingly and submit the updated monitoring plan to the NEa via the ETS Reporting Tool.
The NEa is using the digital EU ETS Reporting tool from the European Commission (DG CLIMA) for aircraft operators. The tool helps you complete your compliance tasks with the NEa more efficiently.
With this tool, you can manage the following EU ETS compliance tasks in one place:
User and contact management;
Create, manage and submit your monitoring plan;
Create, manage and submit your annual emissions report;
Request verification of your annual emissions report and submission.
