Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/775 of 18 May 2016 on the benchmark to allocate greenhouse gas emission allowances free of charge to aircraft operators pursuant to Article 3f(5) of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)

1 The benchmark to be used to allocate allowances free of charge to aircraft operators pursuant to Article 3f of Directive 2003/87/EC for the period from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2020 shall be 0,000642186914222035 allowances per tonne-kilometre per year.

2 The benchmark to be used to allocate allowances free of charge to aircraft operators pursuant to Article 3f of Directive 2003/87/EC for the purpose of Article 5 of the Implementing Decision 2014/389/EU for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020 shall be 0,000642186914222035 allowances per tonne-kilometre per year.

Calculations relating to a number of allowances to be allocated in accordance with the benchmarks set out in Article 1 shall be rounded down to the nearest allowance.

This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.