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1: Paragraph 90 of VVS-PoA and paragraph 77 of PS-PoA (footnote 10):
As per page 12 of the PoA-DD, the CPA will disseminate biomass-based or charcoal based ICS to the rural and lower-income urban households. And as per page 14 of the PoA-DD, all ICS under a CPA will replace existing traditional wood/charcoal stoves. The CME/DOE is requested to clarify: (a) Whether biomass-based ICS will replace traditional wood stoves and charcoal-based ICS will replace traditional charcoal stoves; (b) Whether project device in any CPAs will require a specific fuel (e.g. briquettes, pellets, woodchips), considering page 16 of the PoA-DD says there is no change in fuel type used than baseline scenario but page 20 of the PoA-DD indicates the use of briquette, pellets, and woodchips; (c) Why separate generic CPA-DD is not prepared for each of the possible scenarios under PoA, including when project fuel includes briquette, pellets, and woodchips; (d) The users of the ICS. Page 12 of the PoA-DD mentions the users rural/lower-income urban households, whereas page 31 of PoA-DD states that the end users are from rural area; (e) Whether the CPAs will distribute single pot only. Page 12 of the PoA-DD mentions single pot ICS whereas page 14 also indicates multi-pot ICS.

2: Paragraph 122 of VVS-PoA:
The generic CPA-DD has not included equations or formulas to calculate emission reductions for CPAs which include replacement of traditional wood stoves with charcoal-based ICS or replacement of traditional charcoal stoves with biomass-based ICS.

3: Paragraph 124(a) of VVS-PoA:
The following have been observed in regard to the parameters not monitored:
(a) Parameter Bold,HH: (i) The measurement methods and procedures have not included reference to "Standard: Sampling and surveys for CDM project activities and programme of activities" as required by the methodology when sample survey is conducted; (ii) The "Choice of data or Measurement methods and procedures" refers to survey to determine the annual quantity of woody biomass have been used per person in absence of the project activity. However, this parameter refers to annual quantity of woody biomass per household; (iii) There is a provision that assessments, information and results established in initial CPAs may be used in subsequent CPAs in lieu of conducting fresh assessments at each CPA level in absence of new data. However, the PoA-DD has defined that the parameter is to be determined at CPA level, therefore the CPA shall determine the parameter following the provision or option described in the methodology;
(b) Parameter Bold,c,HH: (i) The measurement methods and procedures have not included reference to "Standard: Sampling and surveys for CDM project activities and programme of activities" as required by the methodology when sample survey is conducted; (ii) There is a provision that assessments, information and results established in initial CPAs may be used in subsequent CPAs in lieu of conducting fresh assessments at each CPA level in absence of new data. However, the PoA-DD has defined that the parameter is to be determined at CPA level, therefore the CPA shall determine the parameter following the provision or option described in the methodology;
(c) Parameter Bold,i,j: There is a provision that assessments, information and results established in initial CPAs may be used in subsequent CPAs in lieu of conducting fresh assessments at each CPA level in absence of new data. It is not clear how this provision is in line with the measurement procedures defined in the methodology (i.e. 𝐵𝑜𝑙𝑑,𝐻𝐻 divided by 𝑁𝑑,𝐻𝐻), considering that Nd,HH is a monitored parameter;
(d) Calculation of parameter fNRB,y:
- It is not clear why the data of some parameters are extrapolated to year 2019, while data of other parameters are not. The following data of extent of forest and other wood land are observed either to be not extrapolated or that the sources and vintage are not clear: (i) The source of the areas that are in worksheet "Forest details" to determine "Tropical rain forest 2018" is not provided, hence the vintage cannot be confirmed; (ii) "Shrubland/Savannah wood land 2018" in worksheet "fNRB Calculation". The source is not provided, hence the vintage cannot be confirmed; (iii) "Tropical dry forest 2018" in worksheet "fNRB Calculation". The source indicates data vintage of 2015, instead of 2018, and it also indicates the data for Kenya, while the PoA is located in Rwanda; (iv) The source of the areas that are in worksheet "Forest details" to determine "Planted forest 2018" is not provided, hence the vintage cannot be confirmed;
- The parameter MAI: (i) The link for source or MAI of eucalyptus in worksheet "Forest details" indicates the value is for Kenya, while the PoA is located in Rwanda; (ii) The source for MAI for Pinus and Grevillea in "Forest details" is not clear; (iii) The calculation of MAI(forest) of 1.24 t/ha/year in worksheet "fNRB Calculation", including the sources, is not provided; (iv) The source for MAI(other wooded land) of 0.15 t/ha/year in worksheet "fNRB Calculation" is not provided and in the formula/cell there is a factor of 0.25 which is not explained; (v) The source for MAI(other land) of 0.0008 t/ha/year in worksheet "fNRB Calculation" is not provided; (vi) The source of "Other wooded land (in 1990)", "Other wooded land (in 2015)", "Other land (in 1990)" and "Other land (in 2015)" in worksheet "fNRB Calculation" indicates the value is for Kenya, while the PoA is located in Rwanda; (vii) There is no DOE validation on the consideration of MAI for other mixed species as 1 m3/ha/year for the calculation of MAI (planted forest) which is stated on page 41 of the PoA-DD.

4: Paragraph 129 of VVS-PoA:
The following have been observed in regard to the sampling plan:
(a) The sampling plan defines the confidence/precision level for when the annual or biennial sampling for parameters Ny,i,j, μy,i,j and ηnew,i,j is conducted. However:
(i) The PoA-DD has defined the use of paragraph 37(c) and 37(d) for loss of efficiency, and as per this paragraph, the loss of efficiency is to determine only annually;
(ii) As the PoA will include only microscale CPAs, there is no information how paragraph 23 of Standard: Sampling and surveys for CDM project activities and programmes of activities (version 08.0) has been taken into account in determining the confidence/precision level;
(b) The sampling plan has defined the primary sampling unit for parameter Ny,i,j. However it has not defined the primary sampling unit for parameters ηnew,i,j and μy,i,j;
(c) The sampling frame (page 31 of PoA-DD) states that all CPAs will have same group of end users which is from rural area. The CPAs are to be implemented in rural areas; thus, it is expected that the geographical locations do not have influence on the parameter of interest. However, as per page 12 of the PoA-DD, the ICS are also disseminated to lower-income urban households;
(d) Provision for sample size of when the parameter of interest is a numeric mean value described in paragraph 14 of Standard: Sampling and surveys for CDM project activities and programmes of activities (version 08.0) has not been taken into account.

5: Paragraph 129 of VVS-PoA:
The following have been observed in regard to the monitoring plan:
(a) Page 20 of the PoA-DD indicates the use of briquette, pellets, and woodchips as fuel. However, the monitoring plan in the generic CPA-DD has not included the monitoring of consumption of such fuel as required by paragraph 7 of AMS-II.G, version 11.1;
(b) As per section I.6.1 of the generic CPA-DD, the loss in efficiency of the project device type i shall be determined based on paragraph 37(c) or 37(d) of the methodology. The CME/DOE is requested to describe options that are based on paragraph 37(c) and 37(d) of the applied methodology in the generic CPA-DD and to clearly state the applicable sub paragraphs 37 under parameter ηnew,i,j.