F1CHAPTER IVPROVISIONS APPLYING TO AVIATION AND STATIONARY INSTALLATIONS

F1Article 18aAdministering Member State

1.

The administering Member State in respect of an aircraft operator shall be:

(a)

in the case of an aircraft operator with a valid operating licence granted by a Member State in accordance with the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 of 23 July 1992 on licensing of air carriers 21 , the Member State which granted the operating licence in respect of that aircraft operator; and

(b)

in all other cases, the Member State with the greatest estimated attributed aviation emissions from flights performed by that aircraft operator in the base year.

2.

Where in the first two years of any period referred to in Article 3c, none of the attributed aviation emissions from flights performed by an aircraft operator falling within paragraph 1(b) of this Article are attributed to its administering Member State, the aircraft operator shall be transferred to another administering Member State in respect of the next period. The new administering Member State shall be the Member State with the greatest estimated attributed aviation emissions from flights performed by that aircraft operator during the first two years of the previous period.

3.

Based on the best available information, the Commission shall:

(a)

before 1 February 2009 , publish a list of aircraft operators which performed an aviation activity listed in Annex I on or after 1 January 2006 specifying the administering Member State for each aircraft operator in accordance with paragraph 1; and

(b)

before 1 February of each subsequent year, update the list to include aircraft operators which have subsequently performed an aviation activity listed in Annex I.

4.

The Commission may, in accordance with the F2examination procedure referred to in Article 22a(2) , develop guidelines relating to the administration of aircraft operators under this Directive by administering Member States.

5.

For the purposes of paragraph 1, ‘base year’ means, in relation to an aircraft operator which started operating in the F2Union after 1 January 2006 , the first calendar year of operation, and in all other cases, the calendar year starting on 1 January 2006 .