What does a new operator with an EU operator's licence have to do under the EU ETS?

For new entrants the EU ETS requirements will start from the moment an operator performs an aviation activity laid down in Annex I of the EU ETS Directive i.e. it departs or arrives at an aerodrome in the EU. The Administering Member State responsible for all aspects of administering the ETS in respect of the operator is the Member State that issued the operating licence. The following steps will need to be followed by the new aircraft operator and administering Member State for an activity which commences in Year X:

Operators will have to submit a monitoring plan to the administering Member State as soon as possible.

The administering Member State should approve the monitoring plan and the operator should monitor its emissions according the methods in the monitoring plan, the Monitoring Decision and relevant aspects of the Member States national rules and procedures.

The operator should draft an emissions report for the calendar year X and have it verified by a verifier at the beginning of year X+1.

The operator submits the verified emissions report to the administering Member State by 31 March of year X+1.

The operator must surrender sufficient emissions allowances to cover its emissions in calendar year X.