Attribution of labels to flights of aircraft operators
Article 4
1. Where the Agency finds the information provided by the aircraft operator in accordance with Article 3 complete and precise it shall, by 30 June of each year: (a) estimate the flight emissions of each flight or set of flights, in accordance with Article 5; (b) generate and attribute the labels to scheduled flights, separating the labels for each of the two upcoming scheduling periods, in accordance with the validity period referred to in paragraph 2; (c) distribute the labels in machine-readable format to aircraft operators, informing them of the deadline to display and the validity period of the labels, through the dedicated module of the digital reporting tool and using the templates laid down in Annex III. 2. The validity period of the labels issued by the Agency shall correspond to the following: (a) for the winter scheduling period of the aircraft operator, the validity period shall be from the moment of issuance of the label until the end of the winter scheduling period, in accordance with the timeline laid down in Annex I; (b) for the summer scheduling period of the aircraft operator, the validity period shall be as of five months before the start of that summer scheduling period until its end, in accordance with the timeline laid down in Annex I. 3. Where the Agency determines that an aircraft operator did not submit all the information necessary for the issuance of labels in accordance with Article 3, or where it has duly justified reasons to consider that the information provided is not complete or precise, the Agency shall request the aircraft operator to correct the information provided or to provide additional information. 4. Where the Agency determines, after making the request referred to in the previous paragraph, that the information provided by the aircraft operator does not comply with the minimum requirements laid down in Article 3, or that the veracity or accuracy of such information cannot be verified, the Agency shall, after giving the aircraft operator the right to be heard, reject the issuance of the labels. The Agency shall inform the concerned aircraft operator thereof. 5. When the information provided by an aircraft operator in accordance with Article 3 needs to be corrected after its submission or after its verification by the Agency or is no longer valid, the aircraft operator shall inform the Agency thereof without any undue delay through the digital reporting tool and shall provide the corrected information with the necessary justification. The Agency, based on the information and justification provided by the aircraft operator, may retroactively update the flight emissions and issue new labels for the flights or set of flights concerned.