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Norway adopts updated EU lists of ETS aircraft and ship operators
Aircraft and shipping operators allocated to Norway in the updated EU lists fall under Norwegian ETS administration, with residual national categories unchanged.
By Taxxa AI OyPublished 12 November 2026
Industry: Air transport · Water transport
Norway has incorporated the updated EU allocation listsLovdata that decide which aircraft and ship operators fall under Norwegian administration in the emissions trading system
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By forskrift 5 November 2026 nr. 2304, section 1A-1 of the klimakvoteforskriften provides that Regulation (EC) No 748/2009Lovdata on the list of aircraft operators performing an aviation activity in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC, as included in the EEA Agreement Annex XX No 21as, applies as a regulation, with the adaptations following from Annex XX, Protocol 1 and the Agreement otherwise, and as amended by Regulations 394/2011 through 2024/1030 and the new Regulation (EU) 2026/784. Norway is the administering state for the aircraft operators allocated to Norway in that Regulation.
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Section 1A-2 provides that Decision (EU) 2024/411 on the list of administering authorities for shipping companies, as included in the EEA Agreement Annex XX No 21alv, applies as a regulation with the same EEA adaptationsLovdata, as amended by Decision (EU) 2025/2452. Norway is the administering state for the ship operators allocated to Norway in that Decision.
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Both sections keep national residual categories for operators not in the EU lists.Lovdata Norway remains the administering state for aircraft operators holding a Norwegian licence or operating permit for commercial air transport of passengers and cargo, and for operators with no EEA licence whose largest share of emissions in their first calendar year with flights under section 1-4 is attributable to Norway, meaning emissions from flights from a Norwegian airport and flights from outside the EEA to a Norwegian airport. For ships, Norway remains the administering state for operators registered in Norway, operators registered outside the EEA with the most EEA port calls in Norway over the last four reporting years, and operators registered outside the EEA with no EEA port calls in that period whose first EEA port call is in Norway. The climate-quota Act and regulation rules for aviation and maritime transport activities apply to the operators covered by each section.
The practical effect is allocative: because both EU acts replace the annex holding the full operator list, the administering state for an individual aircraft or ship operator follows the updated lists.
At EU level, Regulation 2026/784 of 26 March 2026 replaces the annex of Regulation 748/2009 with an updated operator listEuropa drawn from the latest Eurocontrol data, as part of the two-yearly update, and enters into force on the third day after its publication in the Official Journal on 31 March 2026. Inclusion in the trading system turns on performing an Annex I aviation activity, not on being named in the list. Decision 2025/2452 of 5 December 2025 replaces the annex of Decision 2024/411 with an updated shipping-company list
Europa drawn from Thetis-MRV data, enters into force on the twentieth day after publication, and applies from 1 January 2026 to align with the compliance cycle.
Legal basis is Forskrift om kvoteplikt og handel med kvoter for utslipp av klimagasser (klimakvoteforskriften) sections 1A-1 and 1A-2 as amended by forskrift 5 November 2026 nr. 2304Lovdata, with section 1A-1 incorporating Regulation (EC) No 748/2009 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/784
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Compliance officers for aircraft and ship operators should verify their administering state against the updated lists and confirm Norwegian quota duties where Norway administers them.
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- Forskrift om kvoteplikt og handel med kvoter for utslipp av klimagasser (klimakvoteforskriften)
- COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2025/2452 of 5 December 2025 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/411 to update the list of shipping companies specifying the administering authority in respect of a shipping company in accordance with Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)
- COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2026/784 of 26 March 2026 amending Regulation (EC) No 748/2009 to update the list of aircraft operators performing an aviation activity listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)