EU ETS Aviation

Recent EU regulations require aircraft operators to monitor and report verified data on CO2 emissions arising from aviation activities on intra-EU flights and all flights entering and departing from EU airports. This EU Regulation (Directive 2008/101/EC) is an amendment to the EU Emissions Trading System.

LRQA has the expertise to help you meet your obligations. Our verifiers are well placed to help you meet your obligations under this legislation. We were part of the consortium working for the European Commission to develop the monitoring, reporting and verification guidelines for aviation’s inclusion within the EU ETS. We have already performed a gap analysis at a major airline to help them to mitigate the risk of any non-compliance before final verification.

How can LRQA help you?

LRQA can provide support and guidance to make sure you meet your obligations under the legislation. Our services include:

Pre-verification services: These optional services can help gauge your ability to meet EU ETS directive requirements before the monitoring plan submission dates are due. will give valuable assurance on your ability to meet the requirements of the EU ETS directive before the submissions date for monitoring plans are due.

Briefings: We can provide you with the latest information on the Scheme and how it impacts your organisation by sharing our verification knowledge with you. This will help you to develop a Monitoring and Reporting plan that will meet the requirements of the EU directive.

Gap analysis: This verifier delivered activity offers the opportunity to focus on critical or weak areas of your system so you can comply with Scheme requirements. We will prepare a report on the accuracy and completeness of your systems and identify any areas of improvement that need to be made before the formal verification visit.

Baseline (TKM) Verifications: During 2010 we can start reviewing your operational monitoring system focussing on the system and the data for Tonne-Kilometre submissions. This will enable an efficient review of data by the 2011 deadline and prevent any surprises or errors arising in 2011 during the final review for submission of the verified report.

Annual Verifications: Also during 2010 we can start reviewing your operational monitoring system focussing on the system and the data for Annual Emissions monitoring and reporting. This will enable an efficient review of this data by 2011 to prevent any surprises coming up in 2011 when conducting the final review for submission of the verified report.

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