EU
Eligible Aviation Fuels and Fossil Kerosene
The revised EU ETS Directive establishes a new support mechanism
for the use of eligible aviation fuels (Article 3c(6)). To
operationalise this support, the Commission is empowered to
establish rules for the yearly calculation of the price difference
between eligible aviation fuels and fossil kerosene. The rules are
provided for in a Commission Delegated Regulation available on the
internet here and here.
Aircraft Fuel Efficiency and Noise Levels
The European Commission welcomed a decision at the International Civil
Aviation Organisation's Committee for Aviation Environmental
Protection establishing new standards for aircraft fuel efficiency,
to take effect on 31 December 2031, and noise levels for new
aircraft, to come into force on 1 January 2029. It indicates that
formal adoption is expected at an upcoming ICAO Council session.
The ICAO states that its Committee's work on sustainable aviation
fuels will
