All 51 measures of this act are on the platform. These are the ones it names aviation on.
Grants and other support (e.g. blended finance) from the Innovation Fund, financed by auctioning 200 million allowances from reduced free allocation, are available via open competitive calls for projects scaling up low-/zero-carbon and carbon-negative products, processes and technologies across all Member States.
EU ETS revisionArt. 1(17), inserting Art. 10cb of Directive 2003/87/ECBusinesses/projects in sectors listed in Annex I and III, including CCU, CCS, DACCS, maritime/aviation decarbonisation and clean-technology manufacturingBusinesses
New — no predecessor
Trigger
project involves innovative low-carbon, zero-carbon or carbon-negative products, processes or technologies contributing significantly to decarbonisation of ETS sectors
Benefit
Grants and other support (e.g. blended finance) from the Innovation Fund, financed by auctioning 200 million allowances from reduced free allocation, are available via open competitive calls for projects scaling up low-/zero-carbon and carbon-negative products, processes and technologies across all Member States.
Verbatim
A fund (the ‘Innovation Fund’) is hereby established to support bringing innovation to market, and scaling-up low-, zero-carbon and carbon negative products, processes and technologies that contribute significantly to the decarbonisation of sectors covered by this Directive.
View source →Member States must earmark at least 50% of their ETS auction revenue (excluding indirect-cost compensation) for a defined list of decarbonisation priority purposes (clean energy/grids, industrial decarbonisation, maritime/aviation decarbonisation, modal shift, municipal waste hierarchy measures, circularity, lead markets for low-carbon products, R&D).
EU ETS revisionArt. 1(14)(c), replacing Art. 10(3) of Directive 2003/87/ECMember StatesGovernments
New — no predecessor
Trigger
receipt of revenue from auctioning ETS allowances
Obligation
Member States must earmark at least 50% of their ETS auction revenue (excluding indirect-cost compensation) for a defined list of decarbonisation priority purposes (clean energy/grids, industrial decarbonisation, maritime/aviation decarbonisation, modal shift, municipal waste hierarchy measures, circularity, lead markets for low-carbon products, R&D).
Verbatim
Member States shall use at least 50% of those revenues, with the exception of the revenues used for the compensation of indirect carbon costs referred to in Article 10a(6) of this Directive, or the equivalent in financial value of those revenues, to support the decarbonisation of ETS sectors, for one or more of the following priority purposes:
View source →ETS-sector businesses become eligible recipients of Member-State-channelled ETS auction revenue for decarbonisation investment support across a defined menu of purposes: topping up EU-level support mechanisms, clean energy/grid buildout around industrial clusters, industrial decarbonisation (electrification, CCUS, CO2 transport network), maritime and aviation decarbonisation, modal shift, municipal waste hierarchy measures, circularity, and lead markets for low-carbon products such as green steel.
EU ETS revisionArt. 1(14)(c), replacing Art. 10(3) of Directive 2003/87/ECBusinesses in ETS sectors (industrial, maritime, aviation) and waste management authoritiesBusinesses
New — no predecessor
Trigger
project falls within one of the listed decarbonisation priority purposes and the Member State chooses to fund it from earmarked auction revenue
Benefit
ETS-sector businesses become eligible recipients of Member-State-channelled ETS auction revenue for decarbonisation investment support across a defined menu of purposes: topping up EU-level support mechanisms, clean energy/grid buildout around industrial clusters, industrial decarbonisation (electrification, CCUS, CO2 transport network), maritime and aviation decarbonisation, modal shift, municipal waste hierarchy measures, circularity, and lead markets for low-carbon products such as green steel.
Verbatim
Member States shall use at least 50% of those revenues, with the exception of the revenues used for the compensation of indirect carbon costs referred to in Article 10a(6) of this Directive, or the equivalent in financial value of those revenues, to support the decarbonisation of ETS sectors, for one or more of the following priority purposes:
View source →Aircraft operators can apply annually for free allowances covering 30-100% of the price differential between fossil kerosene and eligible sustainable aviation fuels (with a new electricity category from 1 January 2027), plus long-term contract reservations and a contrail-reduction bonus of up to 0.12% of verified emissions.
EU ETS revisionArt. 1(3)(a), replacing Art. 3c(6) of Directive 2003/87/ECAircraft operators using sustainable aviation fuel or electricityBusinesses
New — no predecessor
Trigger
use of eligible aviation fuel, electricity or hydrogen on flights subject to the Art. 12(3) surrender obligation
Benefit
Aircraft operators can apply annually for free allowances covering 30-100% of the price differential between fossil kerosene and eligible sustainable aviation fuels (with a new electricity category from 1 January 2027), plus long-term contract reservations and a contrail-reduction bonus of up to 0.12% of verified emissions.
Verbatim
The allowances reserved under the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall be allocated by the Member States to cover part of or all of the price differential between the use of fossil kerosene and the use of the relevant eligible aviation fuels, taking into account incentives from the price of carbon and from harmonised minimum levels of taxation on fossil fuels.
View source →A further 110 million allowances (on top of the existing Art. 3c(6) reserve) are set aside until 2040 to fund sustainable-aviation-fuel and electricity price-differential support for aircraft operators, becoming available for all EEA-departing flights from 1 January 2029.
EU ETS revisionArt. 1(31)(d), inserting paragraph 6 in Art. 28a of Directive 2003/87/ECAircraft operatorsBusinesses
New — no predecessor
Trigger
flights departing an EEA aerodrome from 1 January 2029, using eligible aviation fuel or electricity
Benefit
A further 110 million allowances (on top of the existing Art. 3c(6) reserve) are set aside until 2040 to fund sustainable-aviation-fuel and electricity price-differential support for aircraft operators, becoming available for all EEA-departing flights from 1 January 2029.
Verbatim
In addition to the amount reserved for the use of eligible aviation fuels and electricity pursuant to Article 3c(6), taking into account the provisional restriction of the geographical scope pursuant to Article 28a(1), point (d), a further maximum 110 million allowances of the allowances referred to in third subparagraph of paragraph 1 shall be reserved for the purposes laid down in Article 3c(6) until 31 December 2040.
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