Foreword

(a) The Civil Aviation Requirements for Carbon Offsetting Reduction Scheme for International Aviation entitled as "CAR-CORSIA", have been issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of Oman (hereinafter referred as CAA) under the provisions of the Civil Aviation Law (CAL) issued by the Oman Sultani Decree No. 76/2019 of the Sultanate of Oman.

(b) The Volume IV to ICAO Annex 16 was developed with its 1st edition in response to a request by the ICAO Assembly which, at its 39th Session in 2016, adopted Assembly Resolution A39-3: Consolidated statement of continuing ICAO policies and practices related to environmental protection – Global Market-based Measure scheme. Thus, Member States decided to implement a global MBM scheme in the form of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) and entered into force on 1st September 2019, and it is expected to be applicable with immediate effect.