Regulation 4 Amendments to definitions: aviation

after the definition of “emissions plan”, insert—

• ““Eurocontrol” means the European organisation for air safety navigation;

• “excluded aviation activity” means—

  1. (a)

     in respect of the scheme year 2013, an activity consisting in—

     1. (i)

        a flight departing from, or arriving in, an aerodrome situated in any country other than an EEA state or Croatia; or

     2. (ii)

        an outermost region flight;

  2. (b)

     in respect of any other scheme year, an activity consisting in—

     1. (i)

        a flight departing from, or arriving in, an aerodrome situated in any country other than an EEA state; or

     2. (ii)

        an outermost region flight;

• “excluded aviation emissions” means aviation emissions arising from an excluded aviation activity;”;

after the definition of “member State”, insert—

• ““non-UK operator” has the meaning given in regulation 24(2);

• “outermost region” means—

  1. (a)

     in respect of the scheme year 2013, the Canary Islands, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion, Saint-Martin, the Azores, or Madeira;

  2. (b)

     in respect of any other scheme year, the Canary Islands, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion, Saint-Martin, the Azores, or Madeira;

• “outermost region flight” means—

  1. (a)

     in respect of the scheme year 2013, a flight between an aerodrome located in an outermost region and an aerodrome located in—

     1. (i)

        a different outermost region;

     2. (ii)

        an area of an EEA state which is not an outermost region; or

     3. (iii)

        Croatia;

  2. (b)

     in respect of any other scheme year, a flight between an aerodrome located in an outermost region and an aerodrome located in—

     1. (i)

        a different outermost region; or

     2. (ii)

        an area of an EEA state which is not an outermost region;”; and

after the definition of “registered office”, insert—

• ““Small Emitters Tool Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EU) No 606/2010 on the approval of a simplified tool developed by the European organisation for air safety navigation (Eurocontrol) to estimate the fuel consumption of certain small emitting aircraft operators^f1, as amended from time to time;”.