Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2020/1071 of 18 May 2020 amending Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards the exclusion of incoming flights from Switzerland from the EU emissions trading system (Text with EEA relevance)

The second paragraph of the entry ‘Aviation’ of column ‘Activities’ of the table of Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC is amended as follows: (1) the second paragraph of point (j) is replaced by the following: ‘Flights referred to in point (l) or performed exclusively for the transport, on official mission, of a reigning Monarch and his immediate family; Heads of State, Heads of Government and Government Ministers, of a Member State may not be excluded under this point;’; (2) point (k) is replaced by the following: ‘(k) from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2030, flights which, but for this point, would fall within this activity, performed by a non-commercial aircraft operator operating flights with total annual emissions lower than 1000 tonnes per year (including emissions from flights referred to in point (l));’; (3) the following point (l) is added: ‘(l) flights from aerodromes situated in Switzerland to aerodromes situated in the EEA.’.

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2020.