An applicant entity may submit a new methodology to the EB only if the following conditions are met:

1. A CDM assessment team (CDM-AT) has been assigned to the AE (i.e. the CDM-AP has undertaken a preliminary consideration of the AE and the AE has agreed to the composition of the CDM-AT), and

2. The AE maintains documentary evidence (e.g. a procedural report) for each new methodology submitted to the EB.

List of applicant entities that meet requirement 1 above(*) (For information on contact and sectoral scope(s) applied for by an AE, click on the name of the entity)
Earthood Services Private Limited
KBS Certification Services Limited
Beijing Carbon Brilliant Technology Ltd.
4K Earth Science Private Limited
Korea Testing & Research Institute
Colombian Institute for Technical Standards and Certification
Safecarbon
Limited Liability Company Small Innovative Enterprise "NES Profexpert"
Deloitte Tohmatsu Sustainability, Co., Ltd.
China Testing & Certification International Group Co., Ltd.
Korean Standards Association
Beijing United Intelligence Certification Co., Ltd
Carbon Check (India) Private Ltd.
Bureau Veritas India Pvt. Ltd.
AENOR INTERNACIONAL, S.A.U.
LGAI Technological Center, S.A.
CTI Certification Co., Ltd.
CEPREI certification body
Japan Quality Assurance Organisation
China Certification Center,Inc.
Korean Foundation for Quality
China Quality Certification Center
China Environmental United Certification Center Co., Ltd.
PONY Testing International Group Co., Ltd.
RINA Services S.p.A.
Ampere for Renewable Energy
TÜV SÜD South Asia Private Limited
EPIC Sustainability Services Pvt. Ltd.
TÜV NORD CERT GmbH
China Classification Society Certification Co., Ltd.

(*) Whenever there is an update to this list, a message will be sent to the UNFCCC CDM news facility.

Background: The Executive Board (EB), at its seventh meeting, provided clarifications on the role of Designated Operational Entities (DOE) with regard to new methodologies proposed by project participants and on the types of activities to be witnessed in the context of the accreditation of applicant entities (AE).
The "tasks to be undertaken by a DOE if it has determined, in accordance with paragraph 38 of the CDM M&P, that the project activity intends to use a new baseline or monitoring methodology: the DOE shall check whether documents are complete and forward, without further analysis, the new methodology to the Board for its review and approval." The EB therefore agreed that witnessing an applicant entity performing this task shall not be the basis for the recommendation to accredit such an entity (see graph in Annex 1 to the report of EB07).

This clarification by the EB made it possible that a new methodology can immediately be submitted to the EB (and its METH panel), through an AE, for its consideration and possible approval.

However, based on a recommendation by the CDM accreditation panel (CDM-AP), at its recent meeting on 6-7 February 2003, the EB agreed to further clarify that:

An applicant entity may submit a new methodology to the EB only if the following conditions are met:

1. A CDM assessment team (CDM-AT) has been assigned to the AE (i.e. the CDM-AP has undertaken a preliminary consideration of the AE and the AE has agreed to the composition of the CDM-AT), and
2. The AE maintains documentary evidence (e.g. a procedural report) for each new methodology submitted to the EB.

In accordance with the CDM M&P, the starting date of the period of consideration by EB is the date of receipt by the EB of the new methodology.