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 2003 establishing 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,

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

(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).

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
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
76.	Ukraine
77.	United Arab Emirates
78.	United States
79.	Uruguay
80.	Vanuatu
81.	Zambia
82.	Zimbabwe

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/622/oj

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