Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/622 of 22 February 2024 on the list of States which are considered to be applying CORSIA for the purposes of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council for emissions in 2023

Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2024/622 23.2.2024 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/622 of 22 February 2024 on the list of States which are considered to be applying CORSIA for the purposes of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council for emissions in 2023 (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC(1), and in particular Article 25a(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Aviation activities are included in the system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union (‘EU ETS’) established by Directive 2003/87/EC.

(2) Directive (EU) 2023/958 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2)amended Directive 2003/87/EC so as to appropriately implement the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (‘ICAO’) Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (‘CORSIA’).

(3) Pursuant to Article 25a(3) of Directive 2003/87/EC the Commission is to adopt a list of States, other than EEA countries, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, which are considered to be applying CORSIA for the purposes of Directive 2003/87/EC, with a baseline of 2019 for 2021 to 2023. The European Parliament and the Council excluded EEA countries, Switzerland and the United Kingdom from such a list of States because the routes between those countries fall within the scope of the respective emissions trading systems.

(4) In respect of 2023, the inclusion of a State in the list of States considered to be applying CORSIA for the purposes of Directive 2003/87/EC is based upon the notification by the State of an intention to apply CORSIA for emissions in 2023, such notification being made to the ICAO Secretariat. The ICAO Secretariat publishes an annual list of States that have made such notification. To reflect the changes in these annually published lists, the Commission is to adopt each year a list of States, other than EEA countries, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, which are considered to be applying CORSIA for the purposes of Directive 2003/87/EC.

(5) The list of States considered to be applying CORSIA published by the ICAO Secretariat for 2023 includes San Marino and Monaco. However, San Marino and Monaco should not be included in the Annex to this Regulation as they have no airport and no flights were taking place in 2023 involving routes to which CORSIA is being applied for the purposes of Directive 2003/87/EC.

(6) The list of States in the Annex is to be used by aircraft operators when reporting emissions for 2023. In order to ensure the timely application of this list before the deadline of reporting those emissions, entry into force of this Regulation should be on the third day following that of its publication.

(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Climate Change Committee,

(1) OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2003/87/oj.

(2) Directive (EU) 2023/958 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 amending Directive 2003/87/EC as regards aviation’s contribution to the Union’s economy-wide emission reduction target and the appropriate implementation of a global market-based measure (OJ L 130, 16.5.2023, p. 115, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2023/958/oj).

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 The list of States which are considered to be applying CORSIA for the purposes of Directive 2003/87/EC for emissions in 2023 is set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 22 February 2024.

For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN 2/5 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/622/ojEN OJ L, 23.2.2024 ANNEX List of States which are considered to be applying CORSIA for the purposes of Directive 2003/87/EC for emissions in 2023

1. Afghanistan

2. Albania

3. Armenia

4. Australia

5. Azerbaijan

6. Bahamas

7. Barbados

8. Belize

9. Benin

10. Bosnia and Herzegovina

11. Botswana

12. Burkina Faso

13. Cambodia

14. Cameroon

15. Canada

16. Cook Islands

17. Costa Rica

18. Côte d’Ivoire

19. Cuba

20. Democratic Republic of the Congo

21. Dominican Republic

22. El Salvador

23. Equatorial Guinea

24. Gabon

25. Georgia

26. Ghana

27. Grenada

28. Guatemala

29. Guyana

30. Honduras

31. Indonesia

32. Iraq

33. Israel

34. Jamaica

35. Japan

36. Kazakhstan

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37. Kenya

38. Kiribati

39. Madagascar

40. Malaysia

41. Maldives

42. Mali

43. Marshall Islands

44. Mexico

45. Micronesia

46. Moldova

47. Montenegro

48. Namibia

49. Nauru

50. New Zealand

51. Nigeria

52. North Macedonia

53. Oman

54. Palau

55. Papua New Guinea

56. Philippines

57. Qatar

58. Rwanda

59. Saint Kitts and Nevis

60. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

61. Saudi Arabia

62. Serbia

63. Singapore

64. South Korea

65. South Sudan

66. Suriname

67. Tanzania

68. Thailand

69. The Gambia

70. Timor-Leste

71. Tonga

72. Trinidad and Tobago

73. Türkiye

74. Tuvalu

75. Uganda 4/5 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/622/ojEN OJ L, 23.2.2024

76. Ukraine

77. United Arab Emirates

78. United States

79. Uruguay

80. Vanuatu

81. Zambia

82. Zimbabwe

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