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Swiss Emissions Trading Scheme (CH ETS) Services
The Swiss Emissions Trading System (ETS), aligned with the EU ETS since January 1, 2020, marks a pioneering effort in harmonizing carbon reduction initiatives across borders. This collaboration, endorsed by the Swiss Parliament in 2019, encompasses aviation and fossil-thermal power plants, promoting equitable and efficient carbon pricing. Our services in Swiss ETS verification stand for excellence, ensuring rigorous compliance with both Swiss and EU standards for accurate, reliable emissions reporting and verification.
- Regulatory Adherence: Ensure strict compliance with Swiss ETS regulations, avoiding penalties and legal consequences.
- Improve your monitoring and reporting process: Streamline and enhance your emissions monitoring and reporting process, identifying areas for improvement, and ensuring accuracy in reporting.
- Global Accreditation Assurance: Rely on services backed by global accreditation, providing credibility and assurance to stakeholders and authorities within the Swiss ETS framework.
- Environmental Responsibility: Demonstrate commitment to environmental responsibility by participating in efforts to offset and reduce aviation emissions in alignment with Swiss ETS standards.
The Swiss Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) and the EU Emission Trading System (ETS) were linked on January 1, 2020. This agreement means that operators now report intra-EEA flights, Swiss domestic flights, and flights between Switzerland and the EEA through a single Competent Authority, the Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) for Swiss operators.
The linked ETS covers intra-EEA flights, flights between the EEA and Switzerland, and Swiss domestic flights. Flights departing from the EEA and arriving in Switzerland fall under the EU ETS, while Swiss domestic flights and flights departing from Switzerland and arriving in the EEA are accounted for in the Swiss ETS.
A one-stop-shop approach streamlines compliance, where operators report to only one authority, submit emission reports and monitoring plans to one registry, and surrender allowances for both systems through the same process.
The table below summarizes the distinction of coverage of flights under each of the systems.
Operators must use an updated EU ETS Annual Emissions Report (AER) template, distinguishing between flights subject to EU ETS and Swiss ETS. Flights departing the EEA and arriving in Switzerland are reported in the EU ETS sections, while Swiss domestic flights and flights departing from Switzerland to the EEA are reported in the Swiss ETS sections.
Allowances, including free allowances, can be used interchangeably to meet surrendering obligations for both EU ETS and Swiss ETS. Qualified operators have received additional free allowances based on the expanded scope of EU ETS to include EEA-Switzerland flights. Operators eligible for Swiss free allocation have been informed by FOCA about the allocated amount.