COMMISSION DECISION

of 19 April 2023

on instructing the Central Administrator of the European Union Transaction Log to enter changes to the national aviation allocation table of Italy for 2022 and 2023 into the European Union Transaction Log

(2023/C 226/06)

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 2003 establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (1),

Having regard to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1122 of 12 March 2019 supplementing Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the functioning of the Union Registry (2) and in particular Article 49(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) By its Decision of 13 December 2021 (3), the Commission instructed the Central Administrator of the European Union Transaction Log to enter the national aviation allocation table of Italy into the European Union Transaction Log for the years 2021 to 2023.

(2) ITALIA TRASPORTO AEREO S.p.A (hereinafter ‘ITA Airways’) partially took over the aviation activities of Alitalia Società Aerea Italiana S.p.A (hereinafter ‘Alitalia’), in accordance with the agreement concluded on 14 October 2021. That agreement provides, inter alia, for the takeover by ITA Airways from Alitalia of aircraft and slots. ITA Airways started its operations on 15 October 2021. On that same day, Alitalia ceased its operations.

(3) On this basis, on 10 March 2023, Italy notified the Commission in accordance with Article 49(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1122 of changes to its national aviation allocation table concerning Alitalia and ITA Airways for the years 2022 and 2023, allocating an amount of free allowances to ITA Airways that is proportionate to the share of Alitalia’s activities continued by ITA Airways.

(4) The notified changes to the national aviation allocation table are in accordance with Directive 2003/87/EC. The Central Administrator of the European Union Transaction Log should therefore be instructed to enter those changes into the European Union Transaction Log,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The Central Administrator of the European Union Transaction Log shall enter the changes to the national allocation table of Italy set out in Annex I.

Done at Brussels, 19 April 2023.

For the Commission

Frans TIMMERMANS

Executive Vice-President

(1)  

OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32

.

(2)  

OJ L 177, 2.7.2019, p. 3

.

(3)  Commission Decision of 13 December 2021 on instructing the Central Administrator of the European Union Transaction Log to enter the national aviation allocation tables of Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden into the European Union Transaction Log (

OJ C 74, 15.2.2022, p. 6

).

ANNEX

Changes to the national allocation table for the years 2022 and 2023

Member State: Italy