CDM Executive Board report (EB21) / Clarifications received

(1) REPORT OF EB 21 Please be informed that the report of the twenty-first meeting of the CDM Executive Board (28 - 30 September 2005), including its annexes, is now available on the UNFCCC CDM web site. Please refer to < http://cdm.unfccc.int/EB/Meetings >. Annexes to the report: Accreditation of operational entities Annex 1: Phasing of accreditation Methodologies for baselines and monitoring plans Annex 2: Revised procedures for submission and consideration of a proposed new methodology (version 8) Annex 3: Revised pre-assessment form (“F-CDM-NMas”) Annex 4: New methodologies expert form (lead reviewer) Annex 5: New methodologies expert form (second reviewer) Annex 6: Revised “Procedures for the revision of an approved baseline or monitoring methodology by the Executive Board” (version 2) Annex 7: Recommendations on multiple regression analysis to estimate baseline emissions or project emissions Annex 8: Revision to the approved baseline and monitoring methodology ACM0002 (“Consolidated methodology for grid-connected electricity generation from renewable sources“) Annex 9: Revision to the approved baseline and monitoring methodology ACM0001 (“Consolidated methodology for landfill gas project activities”), Annex 10: Revision to the approved baseline and monitoring methodology AM0003 (“Simplified financial analysis for landfill gas capture projects”) Annex 11: Revision to the approved baseline and monitoring methodology AM0011 (“Landfill gas recovery with electricity generation and no capture or destruction of methane in the baseline scenario”) Annex 12: ACM0005 “Consolidated methodology for increasing the blend in cement production” Annex 13: ACM0006 “Consolidated methodology for grid-connected electricity generation from biomass residues” Annex 14: Approved baseline and monitoring methodology AM0024 (based on NM0079-rev) Annex 15: Approved baseline and monitoring methodology AM0025 (based on NM0090) Issues relating to procedures for afforestation and reforestation project activities Annex 16: Tool for demonstrating the additionality of afforestation and reforestation Annex 17: Summary recommendation form “F-CDM-AR-NMSUMarwg” Annex 18: Procedures for submission and consideration for a proposed new baseline and monitoring methodology for afforestation and reforestation project activities Annex 19: Guidelines for completing CDM-AR-PDD, CDM-AR-NMB and CDM-AR-NMM Annex 20: Clarifications regarding ex-ante estimations of actual net GHG removals by sinks and identification and justification of most likely baseline scenario Issues relating to small-scale CDM project activities Annex 21: Principles for bundling Annex 22: Amendments to the simplified methodologies for small-scale CDM project activities (Appendix B) Matters relating to the registration of CDM project activities Annex 23: Draft on possible streamlining of registration procedures Annex 24: Scope of review Nubarashen Landfill Gas Capture and Power Generation Project in Yerevan (069) CDM management plan and resources for the work on the CDM Annex 25: CDM management Plan (available in due course) Annex 26: Recommendation on share of proceeds Relationship with stakeholders, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations Annex 27: Procedures for external communication Other business Annex 28: Provisional agenda for EB22 ************* (2) CLARIFICATIONS BY CDM PROJECT PARTICIPANTS TO PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS Please be also informed that in accordance with the procedures for submission and consideration of proposed new methodologies, clarifications to preliminary recommendations by the Methodologies Panel have been provided by project participants for the following proposals: NM0078-rev: Conversion of single-cycle to combined cycle power generation in Ghana NM0105: Bus Rapid Transit System for Bogotá, Colombia: TransMilenio Phase II to IV NM0111: Baseline Methodology for catalytic N2O destruction in the tail gas of Nitric Acid Plants NM0117: Nanjing Chemical Industries Co Ltd (NCIC) Nitrous Oxide Abatement Project NM0118: The model project for renovation to increase the efficient use of energy in brewery NM0123: Substitution of raw material in cement processing NM0124: PFC emission reductions at ALUAR Aluminio Argentino All submitted documentation is available under the following link: < http://cdm.unfccc.int/methodologies/process >.