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ANNEX II
Annex II: VCS PD template
The text below is a summary of the VCS PD template version 3.0,
developed in March 2011, and downloadable from the VCS website at
http://v-c-s.org/program-documents.
1) Project details, which shall include:
a) The project title, a summary description of the project, the
sectoral scope(s) of the project and project type.
b) The names, roles and responsibilities of the project proponent(s)
and any other entities involved in the project.
c) The project start date and project crediting period, and the
project scale and the estimated net GHG emission reductions
or removals created by the project.
d) A description of the project activities, a specification of the
project location and geographic boundaries, and a description
of conditions prior to project initiation.
e) Identification and demonstration of compliance with relevant
laws, statutes and other regulatory frameworks, an indication
of whether the project has been registered or rejected under
any other GHG program.
f) Additional information relevant to the project, including
eligibility criteria for new instances of project activities for
grouped projects, a description of any leakage management
plan or mitigation measures and any further information
which may relate to the eligibility of the project, risks to net
GHG emission reductions or removals, and an indication of
commercially sensitive information that has been excluded
from the public project description.
2) The title and reference of the methodologies applied to the project,
a demonstration that the project activities meet the applicability
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