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Ordinance on the Acquisition of Data on Tonne-Kilometres performed by Aircraft

of ... Draft dated 11 May 2012

The Swiss Federal Council,

on the basis of Article 2 paragraph 3 of the CO2 Act of 8 October 1999¹ and Article 58 paragraph 2 of the Civil Aviation Act of 21 December 1948² in conjunction with Article 47 paragraph 4 of the Government and the Administration Act of 21 March 1997³,

ordains:

Art. 1 Purpose

¹ This Ordinance regulates the acquisition of data relating to distances covered by aircraft in 2013 and the corresponding transported payloads.

² The acquired data are indicated in tonne-kilometres and calculated in accordance with the instructions in Annex 1.

Art. 2 Scope of application

¹ This Ordinance governs the acquisition of tonne-kilometre data for all flights from and to aerodromes in Switzerland.

² It also applies to flights from and to Basel-Mulhouse Airport if they are classified as Swiss flights in accordance with the treaty between Switzerland and France dated 4 July 1949⁴ on the construction and operation of Basel-Mulhouse Airport in Blotzheim.

³ It does not apply to the following flights:

a. flights performed exclusively for the transport on official mission of a reigning monarch and his/her immediate family, heads of state, heads of government and government ministers, where this is substantiated by an appropriate status indicator in the flight plan;

b. military, customs and police flights;

c. flights related to search and rescue, fire-fighting flights, humanitarian flights and emergency medical service flights;