Determining your competent authority

The directive refers to an 'administering member state'. The administering member state acts as the competent authority and is the central liaison for operators allocated to the member state concerned.

1. List of operators that will be administered by BELGIUM
On 2 February 2011 the European Commission published the most recent version of the list of aircraft operators who fall under ETS. For each specific operator, the Member State that has been designated as the 'administering member state' is mentionned. 
More information on the methodology used to establish these lists, can be found on the aviation-website of the European Commission.

2. Allocation of aircraft operators within BELGIUM
Within Belgium, the three Regions (Flemish Region Walloon Region, Brussels Capital Region) will be the administering entities for emission allowance trading for aviation. This means that every aircraft operator administered by BELGIUM, must be allocated to one of the Regions.
The criterion, used for the allocation of aircraft operators to one of the 3 Regions - as determined by the Flemish Parliament on 18 March 2009 - is the following:

"For the year 2012 and the period 2013-2020, the administrative management of the aircraft operator coming under the administrative authority of Belgium shall be carried out by the Region which is allocated the most CO2 emissions, emitted by the aircraft operator in the base year.
 
For each aircraft operator the Flemish Region shall be allocated the CO2 emissions from all flights which relate to an aviation activity that is to be further specified by the Flemish Government, and which:
a) depart from aerodromes situated in the territory of the Flemish Region;
b) arrive at aerodromes situated in the territory of the Flemish Region, provided these flights do not depart from a Member State of the European Union."

3. List of operators that will be administered by the FLEMISH REGION

The list of aircraft operators that will be administered by the FLEMISH REGION can be found here (update: 11 April 2011). The competent authority within the FLEMISH REGION for the aircraft operators is the Air, Nuisance, Risk Management, Environment and Health Division of the Flemish Environment, Nature and Energy Department.