European Communities (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading) (Aviation) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Year: 2014
• Citation: IR SI 553/2014

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 9th December, 2014.

I, ALAN KELLY, 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 2014.

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, 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, and by Regulation (EC) No 421/20147 of 16 April 2014 in view of the implementation by 2020 of an international agreement applying a single global market-based measure to international aviation emissions;

“LDCs” means Least Developed Countries as defined by the Committee for Economic Development and endorsed by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

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) By inserting the following after Regulation 15

“15A.(1) Without prejudice to the...