Sustainability and Environment
Europe nears ETS plan for small-emitter category
The European Commission (EC) is set to approve a simplified process for so-called small emitters to calculate and report carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fro

The European Commission (EC) is set to approve a simplified process for so-called small emitters to calculate and report carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from their aircraft as an alternative means of compliance with the new
emissions trading scheme (ETS). The EC’s climate change committee has given its blessing to the new process and, following further scrutiny by the European Parliament, it is expected to be adopted by the EC this summer.

The EC has responded to demands from the business aviation lobby to ease the administrative burden on operators who make a small number of flights within Europe or who generate low volumes of CO2. The process will be based on Eurocontrol data for flights and an agreed–but as yet unconfirmed– coefficient for the fuel consumption of specific aircraft types.