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Reporting and review by the Commission concerning the implementation of ICAO’s global market-based measure

1. Before 1 January 2027 and every three years thereafter, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council on progress in the ICAO negotiations to implement the global market-based measure to be applied to emissions from 2021, in particular with regard to:

(a) the relevant ICAO instruments, including standards and recommended practices, as well as the progress in the implementation of all elements of the ICAO basket of measures towards the achievement of the long-term global aspirational goal adopted at ICAO’s 41st Assembly;

(b) ICAO Council-approved recommendations relevant to the global market-based measure, including any possible changes to baselines;

(c) the establishment of a global registry;

(d) domestic measures taken by third countries to implement the global market-based measure to be applied to emissions from 2021;

(e) the level of participation in offsetting under CORSIA by third countries, including the implications of their reservations as regards such participation; and (f) other relevant international developments and applicable instruments, as well as progress to reduce aviation’s total climate change impacts.

In line with the global stocktake of the Paris Agreement, the Commission shall also report on efforts to meet the aviation sector’s long-term global aspirational goal of reducing aviation CO2 emissions to net zero by 2050, assessed in line with the criteria referred to in the first subparagraph, points (a) to (f).

2. By 1 July 2026, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report in which it shall assess the environmental integrity of ICAO’s global market-based measure, including its general ambition in relation to targets under the Paris Agreement, the level of participation in offsetting under CORSIA, its enforceability, transparency, the penalties for non-compliance, the processes for public input, the quality of offset credits, monitoring, reporting and verification of emissions, registries, accountability as well as rules on the use of biofuels. The Commission shall publish that report also by 1 July 2026.

3. The Commission’s report referred to in paragraph 2 shall be accompanied by a legislative proposal, where appropriate, to amend this Directive in a way that is consistent with the Paris Agreement temperature goal, the Union’s economy-wide greenhouse gas emission reduction commitment for 2030 and the objective of achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest, and with the aim of preserving the environmental integrity and effectiveness of the Union’s climate action. An accompanying proposal shall, as appropriate, include the application of the EU ETS to departing flights from aerodromes located in States in the EEA to aerodromes located outside the EEA from January 2027 and exclude arriving flights from aerodromes located outside the EEA where the report referred to in paragraph 2 shows that:

(a) the ICAO Assembly by 31 December 2025 has not strengthened CORSIA in line with achieving its long-term global aspirational goal, towards meeting the Paris Agreement goals; or (b) States listed in the implementing act adopted pursuant to Article 25a(3) represent less than 70 % of international aviation emissions using the most recent available data.

The accompanying proposal shall also, as appropriate, allow the possibility for aircraft operators to deduct any costs incurred from CORSIA offsetting on those routes, to avoid double charging. If the conditions referred to in the first subparagraph, points (a) and (b) of this paragraph are not met, the proposal shall amend this Directive, as appropriate, to continue applying the EU ETS only to flights within the EEA, to flights to Switzerland and to the United Kingdom and to flights to States not listed in the implementing act adopted pursuant to Article 25a(3).