Application for the issuance of labels by the Agency
Article 3
1. An aircraft operator seeking the issuance of labels for its flights shall submit an application to the Agency, by 1 February of each year, through the dedicated module of the digital reporting tool. The aircraft operator shall, for that purpose, indicate the scope of the flights to be covered, in accordance with Article 14(2) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2405. On the basis of the application, the Agency shall engage with the aircraft operator. 2. By 1 May of each year, the aircraft operators mentioned in paragraph 1 shall report, through the dedicated module of the digital reporting tool, the information listed in paragraphs 3 and 4 on their scheduled flights and on the operations carried out during the previous calendar year. 3. The aircraft operator shall report the following information on its scheduled flights for the two upcoming scheduling periods: (a) the routes, with reference to the departure and arrival airports, defined by their respective International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and International Air Transport Association (IATA) codes; (b) aircraft type or types to be used, including the seat capacity per cabin class and its ICAO and IATA codes; (c) the estimated number of flights to be operated for each route, accompanied by a detailed justification of the estimation; (d) the scheduling period or periods of the operations; (e) voluntarily, for scheduled flights which are new, or when operating conditions significantly differ from past operations, the following information accompanied by a detailed justification: (i) estimated amount of block aviation fuel; (ii) estimated number of passengers per cabin class; (iii) estimated amount of freight. 4. The aircraft operator shall report the following information on the operations carried out during the previous calendar year: (a) for each aircraft operated: (i) the aircraft type defined by its respective ICAO and IATA codes; (ii) the number of available seats by cabin class for each cabin configuration; (iii) where available, the seating area by cabin class; (b) for each flight operated on a given route, the: (i) aircraft type defined by its respective ICAO and IATA codes; (ii) route, with reference to the departing and arrival airports, defined by their respective ICAO and IATA codes; (iii) number of flights operated under the same operating conditions; (iv) number of passengers and seats per cabin class; (v) amount of freight; (vi) amount of block aviation fuel; (vii) block time; (viii) month and year of operation; (c) for each batch of aviation fuels uplifted at a given departure airport, purchased from aviation fuel suppliers and for which benefits have been claimed and, voluntarily, for all other batches of aviation fuels: (i) the amount, in tonnes, the batch number, and an identification of the aviation fuel supplier; (ii) the airport, defined by its respective ICAO and IATA codes, and a proof of purchase and of delivery to that airport; (iii) the aviation fuels life cycle emissions, in grammes of carbon dioxide equivalent per megajoule (g CO 2 eq/MJ); (iv) where applicable, a declaration of the aviation fuels greenhouse gas scheme for which benefits have been claimed, the reference to the legal instrument under which the benefits have been claimed, and an identification of the authority to which the claim has been submitted. 5. The Agency shall use the information referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4, with the necessary confidentiality considerations, for the purpose of processing the application and issuing the labels. 6. The Agency shall also take into account the information reported by aircraft operators and by aviation fuel suppliers under Articles 8 and 10 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2405. 7. The Agency may require the aircraft operator to provide any additional information necessary for the estimation of flight emissions and for the issuance of labels. 8. Before an aircraft operator provides the Agency with the information referred to in paragraphs 4 and 6, the information shall be verified by an independent verifier identified in the report of the aircraft operator. The verification shall be performed in accordance with the requirements set out in Article 8(3) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2405. The aircraft operator shall provide the verifier with all the relevant supporting documents to facilitate the process of verifying the information referred to in paragraphs 4 and 6. In addition, the information provided under paragraph 4, point (c) related to the aviation fuels life cycle emissions shall be verified by one of the certification bodies identified in the framework of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 or of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA).