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How do I know if I am affected by the Directive?

Find out if you are affected by the new directive to include aviation under the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS).

The European Commission published the list of aircraft operators to be administered by Member States in the Official Journal of the European Union, on 22 August 2009. You can view a copy here:

Eurocontrol has provided answers to some frequently asked questions resulting from the consultation on the preliminary list of operators. These are all available on its website, which you can access using the link below:

List of operators to be included

The list of operators has been derived from information held in Eurocontrol’s Central Route Charges Office (CRCO) database. This database contains the details of flights undertaken by aviation operators within EU airspace.

The information has been filtered to capture the companies paying route charges for one or more eligible flights during the monitoring period, 2006-2008 inclusive. Operators have then been assigned to one of the Member States for ongoing regulation. 

Operators that have been issued an EU Operating Licence, have been assigned to the Member State responsible for issuing the licence. All other operators have been assigned to a Member State on the basis of the greatest attributable proportion of CO2 emissions. 

The Commission has produced a supporting document detailing the methodology applied to produce the list: