The Civil Aviation (Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation) Regulations, 2025
2. Interpretation
2. Interpretation
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—“aerodrome” means a defined area on land or water (including any buildings, installations and equipment) intended to be used either wholly or in part for the arrival, departure and surface movement of aircraft;“aerodrome pair” means a group of two aerodromes composed of a departing aerodrome and an arrival aerodrome;“aeroplane” means a power-driven heavier-than-air aircraft, deriving its lift in flight chiefly from aerodynamic reactions on surfaces which remain fixed under given conditions of flight;“aeroplane owner” means person, organization or enterprise identified via item 4 (name of owner) and item 5 (address of owner) on the certificate of registration of an aeroplane;“air operator certificate (AOC)” means a certificate authorizing an operator to carry out specified commercial air transport operations;“Authority” means the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority established under section 4 of the Act;“baseline phase” means the period from January 2019 to December 2020;“cancel” means the permanent removal and single use of a CORSIA Eligible Emissions Unit within a CORSIA Eligible Emissions Unit Programme designated registry such that the same emissions unit may not be used more than once. This is sometimes also referred to as “retirement”, “cancelled”, “cancelling” or “cancellation”;“CERT” means CO2 Estimation and Reporting Tool;“CO2” means Carbon dioxide;“CO2e” means Carbon dioxide equivalent;“CORSIA” means Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation;“CORSIA eligible fuel” means a CORSIA sustainable aviation fuel or a CORSIA lower carbon aviation fuel, which an operator may use to reduce their offsetting requirements;“conversion process” means a type of technology used to convert a feedstock into aviation fuel;“CORSIA sustainable aviation fuel” means a renewable or waste-derived aviation fuel that meets the CORSIA Sustainability Criteria;“data gaps" means are missing data which is necessary for the correct determination of CO2 emissions but cannot be taken from primary sources anymore and cannot be reconstructed from secondary sources;“domestic flight” means the operation of an aircraft from take-off at an aerodrome in Kenya or its territories, and landing at an aerodrome in Kenya or its territories;“emissions monitoring plan” means a collaborative tool authority and air operator that identifies the most appropriate means and methods for CO2 emissions monitoring and facilitates the reporting of required information to the Authority;“emissions unit” means one metric tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent;“feedstock” means a type of unprocessed raw material used for the production of aviation fuel;“flight plan” means specified information provided to air traffic services units, relative to an intended flight or portion of a flight of an aircraft;“fuel uplift” means measurement of fuel provided by the fuel supplier, as documented in the fuel delivery notes or invoices for each flight (in litres);“GHG” means Green House Gases;“great circle distance” means the shortest distance, rounded to the nearest kilometre, between the origin and the destination aerodromes, measured over the earth’s surface modelled according to the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84);“international flight” means the operation of an aircraft from take-off at an aerodrome in Kenya or its territories, and landing at an aerodrome of another State or its territories;“ICAO” means International Civil Aviation Organization;“ISO” means International Organization for Standardization;“material change” means an event, occurrence, change in condition or any other change that would affect monitoring of CO2 emissions reporting by Aeroplane Operator.“MRV” means Monitoring, Reporting and Verification;“national accreditation body” means a body authorized by State which attests that a verification body is competent to provide specific verification services;“new entrant” means any aeroplane operator that commences an aviation activity falling within the scope of these Regulations on or after its entry into force and whose activity is not in whole or in part a continuation of an aviation activity previously performed by another aeroplane operator;“operator” means the person, organization or enterprise engaged in or offering to engage in an aircraft operation;“pilot phase” means the period from January 2021 to December 2023;“reporting period” means a period which commences on 1 January and finishes on 31 December in a given year for which an aeroplane operator or State reports required information and the flight departure time (UTC) determines which reporting period a flight belongs to;“RTK” means Revenue Tonne Kilometres;“state pair” means a group of two States composed of a departing State or its territories and an arrival State or its territories;“Tribunal” means the National Civil Aviation Administrative Review Tribunal established under section 66 of the Act;“verification of report” means an independent, systematic and sufficiently documented evaluation process of an emissions report and, when required, a cancellation of eligible emissions units report;“verification body” means a legal entity that performs the verification of an Emissions Report and, when required, an Emissions Unit Cancellation Report, as an accredited independent third party;“verification team” means a group of verifiers (the team can be supported by technical experts), or a single verifier that also qualifies as a team leader, belonging to a verification body conducting the verification of an Emissions Report and, when required, an Emissions Unit Cancellation Report; and“verification report” means a document, drafted by the verification body, containing the verification opinion and required supporting information.Source: Kenya Law