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ROMANIA ACTION PLAN on Reducing of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Civil Aviation 2011-2020 ROMANIA ACTION PLAN on reducing of greenhouse gas emissions in civil aviation 2011-2020 Photo: Henri Coanda New Terminal Romanian Ministry of Transport -2017- Bdul Dinicu Golescu nr. 38, Sector 1, București Tel.: 021 319.62.09, Fax: 021 319.61.62; [[email protected]] www.mt.ro Second Edition 2016 ICAO Action Plan on CO2 Emission Reduction of Romania Acronyms RCAA - Romanian Civil Aviation Authority EFA - Environment Fund Administration NMA - National Meteorological Administration ATM - Air Traffic Management EBRD - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development CER - emission reduction certificates CNG - Carbon Neutral Growth EU ETS - European Union scheme for trading emissions of greenhouse gases certificates GHG - greenhouse gas NSI - National Statistics Institute JI - Joint Implementation MT - Ministry of Transports ME - Ministry of Environment NEPA – National Environmental Protection Agency MECBE - Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Business Society ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization ROMATSA -Romanian Air Traffic Services Administration RTK - revenue per tonne / kilometre ECAC-European Civil Aviation Conference 2 ICAO Action Plan on CO2 Emission Reduction of Romania TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2. CURRENT STATE OF AVIATION IN ROMANIA CHAPTER 3. SUPRA-NATIONAL ACTIONS, INCLUDING THOSE LED BY THE EU 3.1. ECAC BASELINE SCENARIO 3.2. AIRCRAFT - RELATED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 3.3. ALTERNATIVE FUELS 3.4. IMPROVED AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE USE 3.5. ECONOMIC / MARKET –BASED MEASURES 3.6. SUPPORT TO VOLUNTARY ACTIONS: ACI AIRPORT CARBON ACCREDITATION CHAPTER 4. NATIONAL ACTION PLAN TO REDUCE EMISSION OF GREENHOUSE GASES IN CIVIL AVIATION FOR 2011-2020 ANNEX 1: LEGISLATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ANNEX 2: DESCRIPTION OF ACTIONS AT NATIONAL LEVEL FOR REDUCING OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN CIVIL AVIATION DURING THE PERIOD 2011-2020 3 ICAO Action Plan on CO2 Emission Reduction of Romania CHAPTER1. INTRODUCTION With an area of 238,400 square kilometres, Romania is the twelfth largest country in Europe. Located in Southeastern Europe, bordering on the Black Sea, the country is halfway between the equator and the North Pole and equidistant from the westernmost part of Europe—the Atlantic Coast—and the most easterly—the Ural Mountains. Romania has 3,195 kilometres of border. Republic of Moldova lies to the east; Bulgaria lies to the south, Serbia and Hungary to the west and Ukraine to the North. In the southeast, 245 kilometres of sea coastline provide an important outlet to the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Romania became a member State of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in 1965, European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) member in 1991, EUROCONTROL member in 1996 and since 2007 Romania is a European Union Member State. ECAC is an intergovernmental organisation covering the widest grouping of Member States1 of any European organisation dealing with civil aviation. It is currently composed of 44 Member States, and was established in 1955. ECAC States share the view that environmental concerns represent a potential constraint on the future development of the international aviation sector, and together they fully support ICAO’s ongoing efforts to address the full range of these concerns, including the key strategic challenge posed by climate change, for the sustainable development of international air transport. Romania, like all of ECAC’s forty-four States, is fully committed to and involved in the fight against climate change, and works towards a resource-efficient, competitive and sustainable multimodal transport system. Romania recognises the value of each State preparing and submitting to ICAO a State Action Plan on emissions reductions, as an important step towards the achievement of the global collective goals agreed at the 39th Session of the ICAO Assembly in 2016. Romania shares the view of all ECAC States that a comprehensive approach to reducing aviation emissions is necessary, and that this should include: i. mission on reductions at source, including European support to Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) work; ii. research and development on emission reductions technologies, including public-private partnerships; 1Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom 4 ICAO Action Plan on CO2 Emission Reduction of Romania iii. the development and deployment of low-carbon sustainable alternative fuels, including research and operational initiatives undertaken jointly with stakeholders; iv. the optimisation and improvement of Air Traffic Management and infrastructure use within Europe, in particular through the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR), and also beyond European borders, through the Atlantic Initiative for the Reduction of Emissions (AIRE) in cooperation with the US FAA; v. Market-based measures, which allow the sector to continue to grow in a sustainable and efficient manner, recognising that the measures at (i) to (iv) above cannot, even in aggregate, deliver in time the emissions reductions necessary to meet the global goals. This growth becomes possible through the purchase of carbon units that foster emission reduction in other sectors of the economy, where abatement costs are lower than within the aviation sector. In Romania, a number of actions are undertaken at the national level, including by stakeholders, in addition to those of a supra-national nature. These national actions are reported in Chapter 4 of this Plan. In relation to actions, which are taken at a supranational level, it is important to note that: i. the extent of participation will vary from one State to another, reflecting the priorities and circumstances of each State (economic situation, size of its aviation market, historical and institutional context, such as EU/ non EU). The ECAC Member States are thus involved to different degrees and on different timelines in the delivery of these common actions. When an additional State joins a collective action, including at a later stage, this broadens the effect of the measure, thus increasing the European contribution to meeting the global goals; ii. nonetheless, acting together, the ECAC Member States have undertaken to reduce the region’s emissions through a comprehensive approach which uses each of the pillars of that approach. Some of the component measures, although implemented by some but not all of ECAC’s 44 States, nonetheless yield emission reduction benefits across the whole of the region. 5 ICAO Action Plan on CO2 Emission Reduction of Romania CHAPTER 2. CURRENT STATE OF AVIATION IN ROMANIA 2.1. Competent authorities and national legislation for civil aviation and environmental protection Ministry of Transportation, hereinafter referred to MT, is the central public authority responsible for the development, regulation and implementation of transport strategies and policies in Romania. In accordance with the Civil Aviation Law, it represents the Government in specific international and European organizations, in the field of civil aviation. The Romanian Civil Aviation Authority, hereinafter referred to RCAA, is an autonomous national public interest body under the authority of MT, technical body with competences in the field of flight safety supervision. The Ministry of Environment, hereinafter referred to as ME, is the central public authority developing environmental policy at national level and coordinating activities to integrate environmental protection requirements into other sector policies, in accordance with the European and international requirements and standards, according to the Government Decision no. 19/2007 on the organization and functioning of the Ministry of Environment. National Environmental Protection Agency, hereinafter referred to as NEPA, is a public institution under the authority of the Ministry of Environment, with responsibility for implementing policies and legislation on environmental protection, according to Government Decision no. 1000/2012 on the reorganization and functioning of the National Environmental Protection Agency and public institutions subordinated to it, as amended, respectively that on climate change. According to Government Decision no. 780/2006 regarding the scheme of trading of greenhouse gases emissions certificates, as amended and supplemented, ANPM was designated as the competent authority for implementation of Directive 2008/101/EC (which includes aviation activities in the greenhouse gas emission trading scheme) in addition to other responsibilities regarding the verification and approval of plans for monitoring and reporting emissions of greenhouse gases. 2.2. International law applicable for environmental protection Annex number one to the National action plan presents the legal acts representing the basis for implementing in Romania of the measures to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. 2.3. Airlines and airports in Romania The list of Romanian airlines and airports is posted on the website of RCAA, respectively http://www.caa.ro/. 6 ICAO Action Plan on CO2 Emission Reduction of Romania 2.4. Statistics Table.1.
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