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Zertifizierung

Requirement of New Rules for PoA:

DOEs Perspective

UNFCCC Workshop on PoA under the CDM: Challenges and the Road Ahead

Jun Wang; TÜV NORD CERT GmbH

2011-05-07

Table of Contents

Stand 23.11.2009 2

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1 PoA Procedural and Projects Development

Milestones 2007 2009 2010 2011

Procedural Procedural development development

(Concept comes out in 2005)

EB 32 issued PoA Procedures for

registration and issuance

EB 36 approved PoA-DD / CPA-DD templates

EB 47 issued Procedures for

review of erroneous inclusion of a CPA and Procedures to

approve PoA application of multi-

methodologies

EB 55 updated PoA Procedures

registration and issuance (Annex 38)

and Procedures for review of erroneous inclusion

of a CPA (Annex 37)

EB 60 issuedClarifications on PoA

Procedures (Annex 26) & Priority Area for PoA Regulatory Revision

(Annex 27)EB 63 plans further PoA

Regulatory Revision

Key eventsKey events 1st PoA GSP on 2007-12-4

1st PoA registered on 2009-07-31

961 new CPAs included on 2010-08-

20(by 2011-05-01)

No. of PoAs No. of PoAs No. of PoAs No. of PoAs/CDM

At validationAt validation 1 38 73 78/2921

RegisteredRegistered 0 2 5 8/3034

Incl. new CPAsIncl. new CPAs 0 0 1 2/-

Issued CERsIssued CERs 0 0 0 0/1034

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2 Current Specific PoA Rules compare to CDM

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3 Templates Section structure Guidance

CME Authorization PoA Indication Not for CPAs

Multi-Meth Approval PoA Additionality Sampling Plan

No MR template No GSP interface Sampling? Materiality level No same DOE …

100% Records CME Responsibility Sampling? …

3 DDs 2 Reports No CC Scheduling

No EB Approval DNA/EB review Eligibility Criteria CPA Additionality DOE liability Sampling/Materiality

No Iss. interface Materiality level? Cancellation Acc. …


3 Required New Rules for PoA Registration

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Sec. PDD PoA-DD CPA-DD

A. General description of project activity

… of PoA … of CPA

B. Application of a baseline and monitoring methodology

Duration of the PoA

Eligibility of CPA Estimated ER

C. Duration of the project/ crediting period

EI EI

D. Environmental Impacts (EI) SC SC

E. Stakeholders' Comments (SC)

for CPA -

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1) Consistent Section Structure Current PoA-DD and CPA-DD Template compare to CDM PDD:

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2) Further GuidancePoA-DD template

Starting Date of PoA A.4.4.2 Monitoring Plan Vs. E.7.2 CPA Monitoring Plan

Sampling method/procedure for verifications with different or identical verification periods

E.7.1 Table for Monitoring Parameters Value of data applied for the purpose of calculating expected

emission reductions in section B.5

CPA-DD template CPA implementer/Operator v.s. entity/individual responsible

for the CPA B.6 missing tables for monitoring parameters



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3) DNA ApprovalGuidance for new Host countries Approvals after PoA

RegistrationOptional DNA approvals for CPA inclusions – requested by

some DNAs



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4) PoA Validation Priority area for EB 63

PoA Additionality incl. Policy driven PoA (EB 60 Annex 27 3(a)) Multi-Meth Approval (EB 60 Annex 27 3(b)) Eligibility Criteria for CPA inclusion (EB 60 Annex 27 3(c)) Sampling Plan Guidance (EB 60 Annex 27 5(d))

Clarification on SSC meth. leakage req. under PoA: “The scrapping of replaced equipment should be documented and

independently verified.” - Who is responsible, how and when to verify? DOE, consultant, 3rd party, before/during verification…?

Clarification on mandatory policy PoA V.s. current CDM decision on mandatory policies (EB 54 para. 54): Definition/quantification on improvement of the mandatory policy

enforcement, e.g., 50% threshold in AM0025?

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5) PoA Registration As per Procedure for requests for registration of proposed

CDM project activities (EB59 Annex 13): “5. The DOE shall submit the required documents listed in latest

applicable version of the completeness checklist for requests for registration, which the secretariat will make publicly available by publishing it on the UNFCCC CDM website.”

“11. …The schedule of requests for registration to be processed, including the expected date of commencement, shall be made publicly available.”

Completeness Check automatic scheduling and reporting to be adopted to the new CDM registration procedures and system Keep deadlines of the subsequent completeness check steps

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1) DOE CPA inclusion liabilities – EB 60 Annex 27 para. 3(d) 5(e)

2) Revise PoA Procedures for Registration and Issuance Current version 4.1- EB55 Annex 38:

“26. If a DNA involved in the PoA or a Board member identifies information that may disqualify a CPA from inclusion in the PoA or renewal of its crediting period, the Secretary of the Board shall be notified, in accordance with the “Procedures for review of erroneous inclusion of a CPA” within one year after the inclusion of CPA into a registered PoA or renewal of the crediting period of the CPA, or six (6) months after the first issuance of CERs for that CPA, whichever is the later, Such a request for review shall be related to issues associated with the compliance of the CPA with the eligibility criteria specified in the CDM-POA-DD. ”

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3) Revise CPA Erroneous inclusion Review Procedures Current version 4.1- EB55 Annex 37:

“10. A DOE, that has not performed validation, registration, inclusion or verification functions with regard to this PoA shall conduct the review referred to in paragraph 9, by assessing a random sample of 10% of all CPAs currently included and submitting a report to Board within eight weeks. ”

“16. The consequences of the extension of the review are that: (a) …

(b) A further sample of 15% of included CPAs shall be reviewed in accordance with the modalities contained in paragraphs 10 to 13;

(c) If this second review also leads to the exclusion of further CPAs, the Board may decide to extend the review to all included CPAs. ”

Consequences: Re-open the review to all CPAs included!

Need clear definition on review scope of issues, materiality and limited timeframe




4) Guidance on CPA inclusion Eligibility Criteria incl. CPA Additionality requirements (EB 60 Annex 27 3(c))

5) Guidance on Sampling of CPA Validations and Materiality (EB 60 Annex 27 5(d))




1) PoA/CPA Verificationa) No CPA MR template or MR GSP interface

A version of the standardized format for monitoring reports applicable to Programme of Activities (PoA) shall be established as per EB 54 meeting report para. 72;

b) Applicable guidelines to CPAs “Procedures for revising monitoring plans” and “Procedures

for requests for deviation prior to submitting request for issuance”;

c) Sampling Plan Guidance (EB 60 Annex 27 5(d)) Sampling for Baseline, Monitoring and Verification

d) Materiality Guidance incl. Materiality level e) Procedures to approve same DOE conducting PoA

Validation/CPA Inclusion and PoA Verification E.g. automatic approval for SSC PoA as per para. 20 of the

decision 4/CMP.1, Annex II


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2) PoA/CPA Issuance Checklist and Submission Interface

Procedure for requests of Issuance of CERs (EB54 Annex 35)

“6. The DOE shall submit the required documents listed in latest applicable version of the completeness checklist for requests for issuance, which the secretariat will make publicly available by publishing it on the UNFCCC CDM website. The DOE shall submit the required documents using the electronic, internet-based, submission tool provided by the secretariat to the DOE.”

CER Cancellation/Compensation Account In case of erroneous inclusion or issuance Compensate CERs from CME/PP‘s other issuance


5 New Rules for PoA Issuance

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EB 60 Annex 27, Priority areas for the forthcoming revision of the regulatory framework for PoA, para. 4 :

“The Board agreed that the work on this matter should be progressed in conjunction with the consolidation of project cycle rules and requirements into clear standards and procedures. The Board requested the secretariat to develop the project cycle consolidation in a manner that is unambiguous regarding the applicability of project requirements to programmes and ensures that exemptions and derogations are explicitly defined.

Work closely to Smoothen the rules for qualified/ eligible and Work closely to Smoothen the rules for qualified/ eligible and sustainable PoA/CPAssustainable PoA/CPAs

6 Recommendations

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6 Recommendations

Work closely!Work closely!

Thank you for your attention!

Mrs. Jun Wang

PoA Product Manager

GHG Auditor - Lead Assessor

TÜV NORD CERT GmbH

Langemarckstraße 20, D-45141 Essen

Fon +49 (201) 825-2778

Fax +49 (201) [email protected]

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poa gsp

date of poa

cdmcurrent poa rules

poa issuancerequired

poa eligibility of cpa

poa registration slide

poa procedures annex

issued poa procedures