Technical Advisory Body (TAB)

Call for Public Comments

By 1 September 2021, ICAO received three material updates to previously-assessed programmes:

The public is invited to submit comments on the material updates to previously-assessed programmes, in particular regarding the alignment of applicant organizations with the EUC. The public is requested to use this form to provide structured comments on these responses. Comments are not invited on responses submitted under previous assessment cycles. The deadline for submitting comments is Friday 31 December, 2021. Comments should be sent by email to officeenv@icao.int.

Public comments received will be published on the ICAO CORSIA website following the decision by Council in respect of TAB's eligibility recommendations on these material updates. ICAO reserves its rights to exclude from publication any submissions that are inconsistent with these guidelines, or which contain information that can be perceived as offensive, defamatory, and/or third-party advertising (e.g. spam). All comments received by the deadline are considered in full, but due to time constraints, ICAO is unable to provide individualized responses.

2021 TAB Assessment

From 11 January and 18 February 2021, ICAO invited emissions unit programmes to apply for assessment by TAB against the CORSIA Emissions Unit Criteria (EUC).

ICAO received three responses to the call for applications. The responses provided - except for the information labelled as business confidential - are included below.

In addition to the three new programme applications above, ICAO received the following two material updates to previously-assessed programmes submitted by 10 December 2020:

ICAO also received the following four material updates to previously-assessed programmes submitted by 15 April 2021:

2021 Webinar for Emissions Unit Programmes

Understanding CORSIA Eligible Emissions Units

On Tuesday 2 February 2021, ICAO held a webinar to inform stakeholders about the TAB assessment process, key documents for understanding CORSIA eligibility, recent developments and next steps in the work of the Technical Advisory Body (TAB).

Public Comments

In April 2021, ICAO invited the public to submit comments on responses to the call for applications and two material updates to previously-assessed programmes submitted by 10 December 2020, including regarding their alignment with the EUC. ICAO received 6 public comments, which are available in a consolidated form here.

In May 2021, ICAO invited the public to submit comments on four material updates to previously-assessed programmes submitted by 15 April 2021, including regarding their alignment with the EUC. ICAO received 3 public comments, which are available in a consolidated form here.

TAB Recommendations

TAB submitted its fourth report to Council in September 2021. After consideration, Council accepted TAB's recommendations, and approved the associated ICAO document "CORSIA Eligible Emissions Units". TAB's recommendations in the TAB Report (September 2021) are available in all six ICAO official languages.

Call for Applications

The next call for applications is foreseen to begin in January 2022.

Application Form

Application Form Appendix A - Supplementary Information

Application Form Appendix B - Programme Assessment Scope

Application Form Appendix C - Programme Exclusions Scope

Application Form Appendix D - Registry Attestation

Material Change Form

Programmes which are approved to supply CORSIA Eligible Emissions Units are encouraged to use the Material Change Form to inform TAB of any material changes, the procedures for which are described in Section 8 of the TAB Procedures.

Previous TAB Assessments

TAB completed assessments in 2019 and 2020. Detailed information about those assessments can be accessed below:

2019 TAB Assessment

2020 TAB Assessment

Technical Advisory Body (TAB)

TAB Terms of Reference

TAB Procedures
List of TAB Members

TAB Work Programme and Timeline