CDM-EB80-A05-AMEN

Standard. Amendment to version 07.0 of the CDM validation and verification standard

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1....... Amendments introduced in the CDM validation and verification standard related to PROGRAMME OF activities. ..................................................... 3

Appendix 1..... Amendments to the “Clean development mechanism validation and verification standard (version 07.0)”. .................................... 4

1. Amendments introduced in the CDM validation and verification standard related to programme of activities

1. This document contains the amendments adopted by the Executive Board of the clean development mechanism (CDM) (hereafter referred to as the Board) at its eightieth meeting, to the CDM validation and verification standard (VVS) (v.07.0) (CDM-EB65-A05-STAN). This document will be consolidated in a revised version of the VVS.

2. The entry into force of this document is with immediate effect.

Appendix 1. Amendments to the “Clean development mechanism validation and verification standard (version 07.0)”

1. Change to Section 8.5.3. Description of a PoA/CPAs

1. The current paragraph 234 should read as:

234.     The DOE shall assess the CDM-PoA-DD and the PoA-specific CDM-CPA-DD that is submitted by the coordinating/managing entity and shall confirm:

(a) The framework developed for the implementation of the PoA, and defining a CPA under the PoA;

(b) The policy/measure or stated goal that the proposed CDM PoA seeks to promote;

(c) That the proposed CDM PoA is a voluntary action by the coordinating/managing entity;

(d) That the specific CPA is neither registered as a CDM project activity nor included in another registered PoA.

2. Change to Section 8.5.4. Application of multiple methodologies

2. The current paragraph 235 should read as:

235.     The DOE shall assess the application of multiple methodologies in accordance with the “Standard for demonstration of additionality, development of eligibility criteria and application of multiple methodologies for programme of activities’’.

235 bisThe DOE shall confirm that a generic CPA-DD has been prepared for each technology/measure, each methodology and each combination thereof, or that technologies/measures have been combined in one generic CPA-DD subject to the provisions in paragraph 198 and 198 bis of the PS.

235 terThe DOE shall also confirm that for PoAs applying more than one technology/measure or more than one methodology, at least one specific-case CPA-DD for each generic CPA-DD has been completed. In cases where not all specific-case CPA-DDs covering 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 section 6.2 of the Project cycle procedure.

3. Change to Section 10.3.1. Post-registration change to boundary of programme of activities

3. The title of the section should read:

Section 10.3.1. Post-registration changes to programme of activities

4. The following paragraphs should read as follows:

344.     The DOE shall determine whether the CDM PoA has been amended post-registration

(a)       To expand the geographic coverage or to include additional host Parties; or

(b)       To revise the eligibility criteria for the inclusion of CPAs; or

(c)       To remove methodologies and/or standardized baselines from the registered PoA.

345.     If the PoA has been amended to expand the geographic coverage or to include additional host Parties, then the DOE shall assess and confirm that:

(a)       The existing registered PoA design document (CDM-PoA-DD) has been revised to reflect the changes, in particular the eligibility criteria for inclusion of CPAs;

(b)       The baseline established in the CDM-PoA-DD is applicable to the expanded PoA boundary;

(c)       In the case of inclusion of additional host Parties:

(i)         The DNAs of the new host Parties have issued letters of approval for the PoA and letters of authorization for the coordinating/managing entity;

(ii)        One specific-case CPA-DD for each host Party has been submitted and it meets the eligibility criteria specified in the CDM-PoA-DD.

346.     If the PoA has been amended to revise the eligibility criteria for the inclusion of CPAs, then the DOE shall assess and confirm that:

(a)       The revision of the eligibility criteria complies with provisions and conditions set out in the “Standard for demonstration of additionality, development of eligibility criteria and application of multiple methodologies for programme of activities”;

(b)       The revised eligibility criteria meet the requirements of the methodologies and, where applicable, the standardized baselines that are applied in the PoA;

(c)       The existing registered PoA design document (CDM-PoA-DD) is revised appropriately to reflect the revised eligibility criteria for inclusion of CPAs.

347.     If the PoA has been amended to remove approved baseline and monitoring methodologies and/or standardized baselines, then the DOE shall assess and confirm that:

(a)       The change only involves the removal and no addition of methodologies and/or standardized baselines;

(b)       The removal of the methodologies and/or standardized baselines does not affect the physical design of and the end-use service provided by the CPAs that apply the approved methodologies and/or standardized baseline that remain (i.e. the methodologies and/or standardized baselines that were not removed).

348.     The DOE shall determine whether the CDM PoA has been amended post-registration to add specific-case CPA-DDs. Where specific-case CPA-DDs were added, the DOE shall assess and confirm that the specific-case CPA-DDs that were added correspond to generic CPA-DDs for which specific-case CPA-DDs had not been submitted at the time of request for registration of the PoA.

349.     The DOE shall determine whether the registered generic CPA and specific CPA have been amended post-registration to change the project design due to modifications to or addition of technologies/measures. Where the project design has been changed, the DOE shall assess and confirm that:

(a)       The applicability conditions of the applied methodologies including applied tools and, where applicable, the applied standardized baselines cover the modified or added technologies/measures (i.e. the modified or added technologies/measure are applicable under the applied methodologies including applied tools and, where applicable, the applied standardized baselines);

(b)       The modified or added technologies/measures were either: (i) already included in the originally registered PoA-DD and the eligibility criteria for these technologies/measures had been specified in the originally registered PoA-DD or (ii) subsequently included in the revised PoA-DD following the submission by the CME and approval by the Board of a request for post-registration changes in accordance with the “Clean development mechanism project cycle procedure”;

(c)       The amendments comply with all the applicable requirements, including those set out in the Project standard, the “Standard for demonstration of additionality, development of eligibility criteria and application of multiple methodologies for programme of activities”, the applied methodologies and, where applicable, the applied standardized baselines.

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Document information

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Date

Description

01.0

18 July 2014

EB 80, Annex 5

Initial adoption.

Decision Class: Regulatory
Document Type: Amendment
Business Function: Issuance, Registration
Keywords: post-registration change, programme of activities, project design document, validation and verification standard