S.L. 643.3 Art. 1Citation and scope.

(1) The title of these regulations is the European Union

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading System for Aviation

Regulations.

(2) These regulations provide for the implementation in Malta of the European Union system for greenhouse gas emissions allowance trading, established by Directive 2003/87/EC, for activities listed in Schedule 1 to these regulations, for the period commencing 1st January, 2013, and any subsequent periods.

(3) The scope of these regulations is to:

(a) transpose:

(i) Directive 2003/87/EC;

(ii) Directive 2004/101/EC amending Directive 2003/87/EC;

(iii) Directive 2008/101/EC amending Directive 2003/87/EC;

(iv) Directive 2009/29/EC amending Directive 2003/ 87/EC;

(v) Decision (EU) 2015/1814 amending Directive 2003/87/EC;

(vi) Directive (EU) 2018/410 amending Directive 2003/87/EC;

(vii) Directive (EU) 2023/958 amending Directive 2003/87/EC;

(viii) Directive (EU) 2023/959 amending Directive 2003/87/EC; and

(b) implement the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2017/ 2392 amending Directive 2003/87/EC.