Step 4: Prepare your company’s required annual emissions monitoring plan and optional emissions benchmarking plan.

The Dutch Emissions authority and the UK Environment Agency produced a plain language guidance document which walks operators through completing their annual emissions monitoring plan (required) and emissions benchmarking plan (optional).

View guidance document by Dutch Emissions Authority and the UK Environment Agency.

Operators should use the electronic templates provided by the competent authority of the EU country to which they have been assigned when creating their emissions monitoring and emissions benchmarking plans. In the event that the competent authority does not provide customized templates, templates created by the European Commission can be used.

European Commission Draft Electronic Template: Monitoring Plan For Annual Emissions (Annual Emissions Monitoring Plan)

European Commission Draft Electronic Template: Monitoring Plan For Tonne-Kilometer Data (Emissions Benchmarking Plan)

The UK Environment Agency has created an example of a completed annual emissions monitoring plan for a corporate aviation operator as well as an example of a completed emissions benchmarking plan for a corporate aviation operator.

Example annual emissions monitoring plan for a corporate aviation operator

Example emissions benchmarking plan for a corporate aviation operator

Once you have completed your company’s annual emissions monitoring plan and optional emissions benchmarking plan, proceed to Step 5.