ICM ETS Recommended for Accreditation of Aircraft Under EU Emissions Trading Scheme

ICM ETS Ltd has been recommended for Accreditation for the verification of aircraft emissions and tonne-km data under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).

“This recommendation is a significant step for the company as the very basis of the scheme requires verifiers to have the level of credibility that only accreditation can offer,” said Neil Duffy, Technical Manager at ICM ETS, a verification body dedicated to the aviation industry.

ICM ETS Limited is part of the ICM Group, based in the Isle of Man. The ICM Group has offered aircraft importation and exportation into the EU as well as ownership structures and other corporate services to the aviation sector for many years through its subsidiary companies, Martyn Fiddler Associates Limited and Inter-Continental Management Limited. ICM ETS Ltd has its offices overlooking the business jet apron and runway at Stansted Airport.

“This aviation pedigree provides us with a unique perspective of the industry and as ICM ETS only verifies aircraft emissions, we had a blank slate to work from when designing our systems, so we have been able to focus on aviation at each stage of our verification process,” Duffy said.

Duffy said that working in partnership with Future Perfect, the verification experts in the field of EU ETS, has  meant that their systems met the pre-existing expectations of the regulators.

"Receiving this recommendation demonstrates our ability to deliver a verification service which meets the highest standards,” he said.

The final stage before ICM ETS can be considered to be fully accredited is to have its application reviewed by the accreditation manager. Although accreditation through UKAS only applies to operators assigned to the UK, many other competent authorities will accept the accreditation of foreign verification bodies, meaning ICM ETS can verify in many EU member states.