This Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1500 establishes a list of countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, and the United Kingdom that are considered to be applying the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) for the purposes of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) in 2025. This regulation ensures that the EU ETS appropriately implements CORSIA, a global scheme designed to reduce carbon emissions from international aviation.
The regulation consists of two articles and an annex. Article 1 states that the list of countries applying CORSIA for the purposes of Directive 2003/87/EC for emissions in 2025 is set out in the Annex to the Regulation. Article 2 specifies that the regulation will come into force twenty days after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. The Annex contains an exhaustive list of 96 states considered to be applying CORSIA for the specified purposes.
The main provision of this regulation is the list of states in the Annex. This list is crucial for determining which international flights are subject to CORSIA requirements under the EU ETS. Operators need to consult this list to understand their obligations regarding emissions monitoring, reporting, and offsetting for flights to and from these listed countries.
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Ukraine is included in the list of states which are considered to be applying CORSIA for the purposes of Directive 2003/87/EC for emissions in 2025.
