COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards measures adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organizat...

Ref. Ares(2025)2602809 - 01/04/2025 EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, XXX […](2025) XXX draft COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... of XXX supplementing Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards measures adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organization for the monitoring, reporting and verification of aviation emissions for the purpose of implementing a global market-based measure and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1603 (Text with EEA relevance) This draft has not been adopted or endorsed by the European Commission. Any views expressed are the preliminary views of the Commission services and may not in any circumstances be regarded as stating an official position of the Commission. EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 1. CONTEXT OF THE DELEGATED ACT The EU Emissions Trading System (‘EU ETS’) currently covers aviation emissions on flights in and between EEA countries as well as flights departing to the UK and Switzerland. Directive (EU) 2023/9581 amended Directive 2003/87/EC2 (‘ETS Directive’) so as to appropriately implement the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (‘CORSIA’) of the International Civil Aviation Organization (‘ICAO’) in the European Economic Area (‘EEA’). The revision requires all aircraft operators to comply with the EU ETS compliance obligation for flights within the EEA and departing to Switzerland and the United-Kingdom and establishes...