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
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• PoA Procedural and Projects Development
• Current PoA Rules compare to CDM
• Required New Rules for PoA Registraion
• Required New Rules for CPA Inclusion
• Required New Rules for PoA Issuance
• Recommendations
Stand 23.11.2009
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1 PoA Procedural and Projects Development
Milestones
2007
2009
EB 47 issued
EB 32 issued PoA
Procedures for
Procedural Procedures for
review of erroneous
development registration and inclusion of a CPA
issuance
and Procedures to
(Concept comes EB 36 approved
approve PoA
PoA-DD / CPAout in 2005)
application of multiDD templates
methodologies
Key events
2010
2011
EB 55 updated PoA
EB 60 issued
Procedures
Clarifications on PoA
registration and
Procedures (Annex 26) &
issuance (Annex 38)
Priority Area for PoA
and
Regulatory Revision
Procedures for review
(Annex 27)
of erroneous inclusion EB 63 plans further PoA
of a CPA (Annex 37)
Regulatory Revision
1st PoA GSP on 1st PoA registered 961 new CPAs included
2007-12-4
on 2009-07-31
on 2010-08-20
(by 2011-05-01)
No. of PoAs
No. of PoAs
No. of PoAs
No. of PoAs/CDM
At validation
1
38
73
78/2921
Registered
0
2
5
8/3034
Incl. new CPAs
0
0
1
2/-
Issued CERs
0
0
0
0/1034
Source: UNFCCC website
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2 Current Specific PoA Rules compare to CDM
 3 Templates
 Section structure
 Guidance
 CME Authorization
 PoA Indication
 Not for CPAs
 Multi-Meth Approval  3 DDs
 PoA Additionality
 2 Reports
 Sampling Plan
 No CC Scheduling
PoA Doc.
Design
DNA
Approval
Validation
Registration
Issuance
Verification
Monitoring
Further CPA
Inclusion
 No MR template
 No GSP interface
 Sampling?
 Materiality level
 No same DOE
…
 100% Records
 CME Responsibility
 Sampling?
…
 No Iss. interface
 Materiality level?
 Cancellation Acc.
…
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 No EB Approval
 DNA/EB review
 Eligibility Criteria
 CPA Additionality
 DOE liability
 Sampling/Materiality
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3 Required New Rules for PoA Registration
1) Consistent Section Structure
 Current PoA-DD and CPA-DD Template compare to CDM PDD:
Sec.
PDD
PoA-DD
CPA-DD
A.
General description of
project activity
… of PoA
… of CPA
B.
Application of a baseline and Duration of the Eligibility of CPA
monitoring methodology
PoA
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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2) Further Guidance
 PoA-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 Required New Rules for PoA Registration
3) DNA Approval
 Guidance for new Host countries Approvals after PoA
Registration
 Optional DNA approvals for CPA inclusions – requested by
some DNAs
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3 Required New Rules for PoA Registration
4) PoA Validation
 Priority area for EB 63
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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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3 Required New Rules for PoA Registration
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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4 Required New Rules for CPA Inclusion
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
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4 Required New Rules for CPA Inclusion
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))
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5 Required New Rules for PoA Issuance
1) PoA/CPA Verification
a) 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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5 New Rules for PoA Issuance
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
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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
sustainable PoA/CPAs
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Work closely!
Source: Module 2 Lesson 1 Transcript, World Bank E-learning course on the CDM PoA
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 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) 825-2139
jwang@tuev-nord.de
www.tuev-nord.de