
Article 1 

1. Without prejudice to Article 25a of Directive 2003/87/EC, the benchmark to be used to allocate allowances free of charge to aircraft operators pursuant to Article 3e(1) of that Directive for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2012 shall be 0,000679695907431681 allowances per tonne-kilometre.
2. Without prejudice to Article 25a of Directive 2003/87/EC, the benchmark to be used to allocate allowances free of charge to aircraft operators pursuant to Article 3e(1) of that Directive for the period from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2020 shall be 0,000642186914222035 allowances per tonne-kilometre.
Article 2 
Calculations relating to a number of allowances to be allocated in accordance with the benchmarks set out in Article 1 shall be rounded down to the nearest allowance.
Article 3 
This Decision shall enter into force on the 3rd day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 26 September 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO