Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2024/2986 of 24 September 2024 on the unilateral inclusion of sectors by Austria in the emissions trading system within the Union for buildings, road transport and additional sectors pursuant to Article 30j of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

• CELEX: Delegated Decision (EU) 2024/2986
• Articles: 5

Article 1 Scope of the unilateral extension approval

The extension, in Austria, of the activity referred to in Annex III to Directive 2003/87/EC to the sectors listed in the Annex to this Decision is approved subject to the conditions listed in Article 3.

Article 2 Authorisation of the issue of additional allowances

Additional allowances shall be issued in 2027 on the basis of the average amount of total emissions of 1 034 563 tCO 2 reported by Austria for the sectors listed in the Annex to this Decision for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 in accordance with the rules set in Article 30c(1) of Directive 2003/87/EC.

Article 3 Monitoring and reporting obligations

Austria shall ensure that each regulated entity monitors and reports, in accordance with Article 30f(2) of Directive 2003/87/EC, to the competent authority, for each calendar year, the emissions corresponding to the quantities of fuels released for consumption in the sectors listed in the Annex to this Decision that have taken place from 1 January 2025.

Article 4 Entry into force and application

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

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX List of additional sectors subject to the EU ETS in Austria pursuant to Article 30j of Directive 2003/87/EC

ANNEX

List of additional sectors subject to the EU ETS in Austria pursuant to Article 30j of Directive 2003/87/EC

IPCC code

Sector

Content

1 A 3 a

Civil Aviation

Emissions from international and domestic civil aviation, including take-offs and landings

1 A 3 c

Railways

Emissions from railway transport for both freight and passenger traffic routes

1 A 3 d

(subset)

Water-borne Navigation

Emissions from fuels used to propel water-borne vessels, including hovercraft and hydrofoils, but excluding commercial activities on the Danube River and on the international lakes (Constance and Neusiedl)

1 A 4 c i

Stationary combustion for agriculture/forestry/fishing

Emissions from fuels combusted in pumps, grain drying, horticultural greenhouses and other agriculture, forestry or stationary combustion in the fishing industry

1 A 4 c ii

Off-road vehicles and other machinery mobile combustion

Emissions from fuels combusted in traction vehicles on farmland and in forests, including use of agricultural vehicles on paved roads

1 A 4 c iii

(subset)

Fishing

(mobile combustion)

Emissions from fuels combusted for fishing

1 A 5 b

(subset)

Mobile combustion – military

Emissions from vehicles, off-road machinery fuel combustion for military use and military aviation, except for fuel used in multilateral operations