# The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2014, Regulation 4: Amendments to definitions: aviation


In regulation 20—
(a) after the definition of “emissions plan”, insert—
““Eurocontrol” means the European organisation for air safety navigation;
“excluded aviation activity” means—
(a) in respect of the scheme year 2013, an activity consisting in—
(i) a flight departing from, or arriving in, an aerodrome situated in any country other than an EEA state or Croatia; or
(ii) an outermost region flight;
(b) in respect of any other scheme year, an activity consisting in—
(i) a flight departing from, or arriving in, an aerodrome situated in any country other than an EEA state; or
(ii) an outermost region flight;
“excluded aviation emissions” means aviation emissions arising from an excluded aviation activity;”;
(b) after the definition of “member State”, insert—
““non-UK operator” has the meaning given in regulation 24(2);
“outermost region” means—
(a) in respect of the scheme year 2013, the Canary Islands, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion, Saint-Martin, the Azores, or Madeira;
(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—
(a) in respect of the scheme year 2013, a flight between an aerodrome located in an outermost region and an aerodrome located in—
(i) a different outermost region;
(ii) an area of an EEA state which is not an outermost region; or
(iii) Croatia;
(b) in respect of any other scheme year, a flight between an aerodrome located in an outermost region and an aerodrome located in—
(i) a different outermost region; or
(ii) an area of an EEA state which is not an outermost region;”; and
(c) 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, as amended from time to time;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3125/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-amendment-regulations-2014/regulation-4
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