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 the proper implementation of CORSIA within the EU ETS framework, as amended by Directive (EU) 2023/958.
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. Article 2 specifies that the regulation will come into force twenty days after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. The Annex provides an exhaustive list of 96 states that are considered to be applying CORSIA for emissions in 2025.
The most important provision of this act is the Annex, which lists the specific countries recognized as applying CORSIA. This list is crucial for aviation operators within the EU ETS, as it determines which flights are subject to CORSIA requirements, ensuring a harmonized approach to reducing emissions from international aviation. **** Ukraine is on the list of the countries.
