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Appendix 1. ... Amendments to the “Clean development mechanism project standard (version 07.0)”. ............................................................. 4
1. This document contains the amendments adopted by the Executive Board of the clean development mechanism (CDM) (hereinafter referred to as the Board) at its eightieth meeting, to the CDM project standard (PS) (v.07) (CDM-EB65-A05-STAN). The document will be consolidated in a revised version of the PS.
2. The entry into force of this document is with immediate effect.
1. The following paragraph shall read as follows:
197. The coordinating/managing entity shall define the boundary for the proposed CDM PoA in terms of a geographical area (e.g. municipality, region within a country, country or several countries) within which all CPAs to be included in the PoA will be implemented. The coordinating/managing entity shall take into consideration all applicable national and/or sectoral policies and regulations within the chosen boundary in the establishment of the baseline.
198. As part of the proposed CDM PoA, the coordinating/managing entity shall prepare generic CPA-DDs with generic information applicable to all CPAs that will be included in the PoA. For PoAs applying more than one technology/measure or more than one methodology, the coordinating/managing entity shall prepare a generic CPA for each technology/measure, each methodology and each combination thereof18.
18 For instance a PoA for efficient residential lighting applying more than one methodology will need more than one generic CPA-DD (e.g. a generic CPA-DD for efficient residential lighting under AMS-II.C and a generic CPA-DD for efficient residential lighting under AMS-II.J). Similarly a PoA for energy efficiency activities applying a single methodology but including different technologies will need more than one generic CPA-DD (e.g. a generic CPA-DD for efficient street lighting under AMS-II.C and a generic CPA-DD for efficient water pumping under AMS-II.C). Furthermore, a PoA for treatment of domestic manure would need more than one generic CPA-DD for applying more than one combination of methodologies (e.g. a generic CPA-DD for applying the combination AMS-III.R.+AMS-I.E.+AMS-I.I. and a generic CPA-DD for applying the combination AMS-III.R.+AMS-I.I). However, separate generic CPA-DDs are not required to cover cases that do not differ in terms of emission reduction calculations (e.g. separate generic CPA-DDs are not required for installing prefabricated project stoves of efficiency N under methodology AMS-II.G by manufacturer M1 versus installing prefabricated project stoves of efficiency N under methodology AMS-II.G by manufacturer M2).
198 bis. The coordinating/managing entity shall consider any specific guidance in applied methodologies regarding the requirement to prepare separate generic CPA-DDs for each different technology/measure, taking into account differences in the means of demonstration of additionality, emission reduction calculations, and monitoring methods applicable to the technologies/measures being implemented. As an exception, when the technologies/measures are included in the positive lists for additionality demonstration under the “Guidelines on demonstration of additionality of small-scale project activities” or “Guidelines on demonstration of additionality of microscale project activities” the generic CPA-DD may cover more than one technology/measure, however the CME shall still include all the information related to eligibility criteria, emission reduction calculations and monitoring requirements for each technology/measure separately taking into account any specific guidance in the applied methodologies.
199. Also as part of the proposed CDM PoA, the coordinating/managing entity shall develop specific-case CPAs19 under the PoA as follows:
(a) For PoAs applying the same technology/measure under the same methodology across all CPAs, only one specific-case CPA-DD shall be provided;
(b) For PoAs applying more than one technology/measure or more than one methodology, one specific-case CPA-DD for each generic CPA-DD shall be provided. In cases where not all specific-case CPA-DDs to cover all generic CPA-DDs can be provided at the time of the publication of the PoA-DD for global stakeholder consultation, at least one specific-case CPA-DD corresponding to any of the generic CPA-DDs shall be provided at the time of the publication of the PoA-DD for global stakeholder consultation. In this case, one specific-case CPA-DD shall be provided for each of the remaining generic CPA-DDs at the time of request for registration of the PoA or after the registration of the PoA. In the latter case, the specific-case CPA-DD shall be provided for approval by the Board in accordance with the post-registration change process as defined in the Project cycle procedure. If the generic CPA-DD contains more than one technology/measure in accordance with paragraph 198 bis above, the specific CPA-DD(s) to be submitted may correspond to any one of the technologies/measures or their combination.
19 Also referred to as actual case or real case CPA-DD.
(c) For PoAs hosted in more than one Party, one specific-case CPA-DD for each host Party shall be provided at the time of the publication of the PoA-DD for global stakeholder consultation. In this case, if the PoA-DD defines more than one generic CPA-DD, the specific-case CPA-DD for a host Party may correspond to any generic CPA-DD. However, the requirements in subparagraph (b) above shall still apply to the PoA as a whole.
2. The following paragraph shall read as follows:
224. The local stakeholder consultation, as per section 7.5 above, may be carried out for the whole PoA or at the CPA level. The coordinating/managing entity shall specify the level of consultation applied.
225. For the actual CPA part of the proposed CDM PoA, the local stakeholder consultation shall be completed before submission of the PoA for validation. If the local stakeholder consultation is carried out at the CPA level, for CPAs to be included in the registered PoA, the local stakeholder consultation shall be completed before inclusion in the PoA.
3. The following paragraph shall read as follows:
242. To include a CPA in a registered CDM PoA, the coordinating/managing entity shall ensure that the proposed CPA meets all applicable requirements, including the eligibility criteria for inclusion of a CPA under the PoA specified in the latest version of the registered CDM PoA.
4. The following sections and paragraphs shall read as follows:
1. Any corrections to project information1 of a registered CDM project activity or PoA that do not affect the design of the project activity or the PoA do not require prior approval by the Board.
2. If project participants have temporarily not monitored parameters related to baseline GHG emissions or are unable to produce evidence related to such monitoring, prior approval by the Board is not required if project participants report these parameters as zero.
3. If project participants have temporarily not monitored parameters related to project GHG emissions or are unable to produce evidence related to such monitoring, prior approval by the Board is not required if project participants estimate these parameters assuming that the source of the GHG emissions operated at maximum capacity for the full period of the missing data. In the case of project GHG emissions related to the consumption of electricity, the estimate shall include an addition of 10% to account for transmission and distribution losses.
3 bis The provisions in paragraphs 2 and 3 above are also applicable to PoAs.
4. If the monitoring equipment actually installed has a lower accuracy level than the one stipulated in the applied methodology, where applicable, the applied standardized baseline and/or the registered monitoring plan, and the monitoring equipment is under the control of the project participants, prior approval by the Board is not required if project participants adjust the value measured with the equipment as follows:
(a) If the parameter is used for calculating baseline GHG emissions, the difference between the accuracy level of the installed monitoring equipment and the accuracy prescribed by the applied methodology, where applicable, the applied standardized baseline and/or the registered monitoring plan is deducted from the measured value;2
(b) If the parameter is used for calculating project GHG emissions, the difference between the accuracy level of the installed monitoring equipment and the accuracy prescribed by the applied methodology, where applicable, the applied standardized baseline and/or the registered monitoring plan is added to the measured value.3
5. Changes to the monitoring of the registered CDM project activity of a type listed below do not require prior approval by the Board:
(a) Change of calibration frequency or practice for monitoring equipment not within the control of project participants;
(b) Change of accuracy/type/model of meter(s) as per a power purchase agreement (PPA); or
(c) Change of location of meter(s) as per a power purchase agreement (PPA).
5bis. The provisions in paragraphs 4 and 5 are also applicable to PoAs.
6. Proposed or actual changes to the project design of a registered CDM project activity that do not adversely impact any of the following do not require prior approval by the Board:
(a) The applicability and application of the applied methodology and, where applicable, the applied standardized baseline under which the project activity has been registered;
(b) The additionality of the project activity;
(c) The scale of the project activity.
7. Types of changes listed in the “Guidelines on accounting of specified types of changes in A/R CDM project activities from the description in registered project design document” do not require prior approval by the Board.
6. Types of additional changes specific to PoAs
8. For PoAs, the use of a positive list for demonstrating additionality based on the latest approved version of the “Guidelines on the demonstration of additionality of small-scale project activities” or the “Guidelines on demonstrating additionality of microscale project activities” does not require prior approval.
1 Such corrections may include typographical errors, location, names and numbers of components, etc.
2 For example, if the accuracy level required by the monitoring plan is 0.2s and the accuracy level of the installed equipment is 0.5s, the measured value shall be adjusted as follows: adjusted value = measured value - measured value * 0.003.
3 For example, if the accuracy level required by the monitoring plan is 0.2s and the accuracy level of the installed equipment is 0.5s, the measured value shall be adjusted as follows: adjusted value = measured value + measured value * 0.003.
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18 July 2014 |
EB 80, Annex 4 Initial adoption. |
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