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The first is the overall purpose of GIS, to facilitate environmental improvements using the revenues<br />

from emissions trading although allowing an increase in other countries’ emissions. The second<br />

issue concerns the difficulty of proving the additionality of projects, moreover if all risks were<br />

accounted <strong>for</strong> several projects would be rendered unprofitable. There<strong>for</strong>e the first feature of GIS is<br />

its broader scope than JI. A second key issue is the origin of AAUs used and whether revenues<br />

should be restricted to GHG emissions reduction projects. GIS involves less complicated<br />

procedures compared to JI. For instance, the rules <strong>for</strong> baselines and monitoring are simpler. Table<br />

13. gives an overview of the differences between GIS and JI projects.<br />

JI GIS<br />

Kyoto Protocol Rules No Kyoto Protocol rules<br />

Direct “GHG reduction/ ERU” link No direct “GHG reduction/ AAU traded” link<br />

Project by project Programmatic/sector wide<br />

ERUs issued after physical GHG reduction AAUs can be traded ahead of physical GHG reduction<br />

Government and private sector market <strong>Market</strong> mainly governments<br />

ERU full fungibility AAU limited fungibility<br />

Direct transaction between seller and buyer Financial intermediary or fund structure used<br />

No conditionality on revenue use Scope and terms of revenue use negotiated bilaterally<br />

Payment on ERU delivery Flexible financing schemes<br />

Revenue stream to 2012 Revenues possible post-2012<br />

Large number of projects already implemented Less experience<br />

Table 13. JI Projects vs. GIS<br />

Source: Vayrynen, 2007<br />

* * *<br />

New MSs of the <strong>EU</strong> differ from old MSs in the following:<br />

(1) possession of significant surpluses over the pilot phase (except <strong>for</strong> Slovenia),<br />

(2) no measures needed <strong>for</strong> meeting Kyoto targets,<br />

(3) eligibility <strong>for</strong> hosting JI projects,<br />

(4) possibility of revenue generation <strong>for</strong> the government by selling surpluses.<br />

Albeit neither JI projects, nor AAU sales were relevant in the pilot phase, these years were<br />

indispensable <strong>for</strong> <strong>new</strong> MSs to establish their systems <strong>for</strong> JI and GIS. Hungary was the first among<br />

MSs not only to develop a GIS and sell AAUs but also to link its Registry to ITL.<br />

After reviewing Eastern specificities, which may cause the <strong>EU</strong> ETS to be different in the <strong>new</strong> <strong>EU</strong><br />

Member States, let us know focus on <strong>EU</strong> ETS in Hungary.<br />

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