European Communities (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading) (Aviation) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 502/2012
• Year: 2012

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 14th December, 2012.

I, PHIL HOGAN, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and by sections 6 and 53 of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 (No. 7 of 1992) and for the purpose of giving further effect to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 20031 , as amended by Directive 2004/101/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 20042 , Directive 2008/101/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 20083 , and Directive 2009/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 20094 hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading) (Aviation) (Amendment) Regulations 2012.

2. In these Regulations “Directive” means Directive 2003/87/EC of 13 October 20031 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC5 , as amended by Directive 2004/101/EC of 27 October 20042 in respect of the Kyoto Protocol’s project mechanisms, by Directive 2008/101/EC of 19 November 20083 so as to include aviation activities in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community, by Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of 11 March 20096 on adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny, and by Directive 2009/29/EC of 23 April 20094 so as to improve and extend the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme of the Community.

3. A word or expression that is used in these Regulations and is also used in the Directive has the same meaning in these Regulations that it has in the Directive.

4. The European Communities (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading) (Aviation) Regulations 2010 ( S.I. No. 261 of 2010 ) are amended—

(a) In Regulation 2(1) by inserting, at the appropriate point in alphabetical order, the following:

“ ‘Commission’s Monitoring and Reporting Regulation’ means Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 of 21 June 20127 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC1;”

“ ‘Commission’s Verification and Accreditation Regulation’ means Commission Regulation (EU) No 600/2012 of 21 June 20128 on the verification of greenhouse gas emission reports and tonne-kilometre reports and the accreditation of verifiers pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC1;”

(b) In Regulation 2(1) by substituting for the definition of “greenhouse gases” the following definition:

“ ‘greenhouse gases’ means the gases listed in Schedule 2 and other gaseous constituents of the atmosphere, both natural and...