Council Decision (EU) 2020/954 of 25 June 2020 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the International Civil Aviation Organization as regards the notification of voluntary participation in the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) from 1 January 2021 and the option selected for calculating aeroplane operators’ offsetting requirements during the 2021-2023 period

1 The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as regards the notification to the ICAO in respect of the voluntarily participation of the Member States in the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) from January 2021 shall be the following: each Member State that is a member of the ICAO shall notify ICAO the following text, by 30 June 2020: ‘Pursuant to paragraph 3.1.3 of Chapter 3 of Part II and Appendix 1 of Annex 16, Volume IV to the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation: Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), [Member State] notifies the ICAO of its voluntary participation in CORSIA from 1 January 2021.’.

2 The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the ICAO as regards the notification to the ICAO in respect of the option selected for calculating aeroplane operators’ offsetting requirements during the 2021-2023 period shall be the following: each Member State that is a member of the ICAO shall notify ICAO the following text, by 30 June 2020: ‘Pursuant to paragraph 3.2.1 of Chapter 3 of Part II and Appendix 1 of Annex 16, Volume IV to the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation: Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), [Member State] notifies the ICAO that for the purpose of calculating aeroplane operators’ offsetting requirements during the 2021-2023 period the selected option is OE = Aeroplane operator’s CO2 emissions covered by 3.1 in the given year y.’.

3 The notifications referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall be accompanied by the following text: ‘This notification is without prejudice to differences, under Article 38 of the Chicago Convention, with the provisions of Annex 16, Volume IV to the Chicago Convention.’.

The positions referred to in Article 1 shall be expressed by each Member State of the Union that is a member of the ICAO.

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.