Article 96

Environmental footprint of space activities

1. Sustainability shall cover sustainability in space and sustainability on Earth (environmental sustainability).

2. Union space operators, except for those referred to in Article 10(4), shall calculate the EF of the space activities they carry out.

3. Union space operators shall by contract require their suppliers to provide all data needed by Union space operators to meet the obligation referred to in paragraph 2.

4. As part of the application for authorisation referred to in Article 6, applicants shall submit an Environmental Footprint Declaration (‘EFD’) to competent authorities.

5. The EFD shall attest that the Union space operators have calculated, in accordance with Article 97, the EF of the space activities they intend to carry out.

6. The EFD referred to in paragraph 4 shall be accompanied by all of the following:

(a) an EF certificate which shall be delivered in accordance with Article 98(2).

(b) the EF study supporting the results of the EFD.

(c) the aggregated and disaggregated datasets on the basis of the EF which has been calculated in accordance with paragraph 2.

(d) the proof of transmission of the aggregated and disaggregated datasets to the Commission, in accordance with Article 99(1), first subparagraph.

7. The EFD shall contain the following information:

(a) the name, the registered trade name or registered trademark of the Union space operators, their postal address and electronic means of communication.

(b) information about the type of space activities that are planned to be carried out and the type of products, substances or materials to which the EFD applies.

(c) the proof that the EF that has been calculated and verified in accordance with the calculation and verification rules laid down in the implemented act adopted pursuant to Article 97(4).

(d) the EF performance class to which the spacecraft belongs to, in accordance with the rules laid down in the implemented act adopted pursuant to Article 97(4). The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 114(2), to lay down the templates and content for the information to be reported pursuant to the paragraph 6, first subparagraph.

8. Until 31 December 2031 the following Union space operators shall be exempt from the obligations laid down in Article 96:

(a) small-sized enterprises;

(b) research and education institutions.;

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