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2.3.12 Guidelines
(a) Guidance on the registration of project activities under a PoA as a single CDM project activity,
version 02.1 [EB32, Annex 38]
The EB clarified that the “Procedures for registration of a PoA as a single CDM project activity and
issuance of CERs for a PoA” shall reflect that a DOE shall perform one of the functions related to a
given small scale PoA or small scale A/R PoA: validation or verification and certification in accordance
with the Annex to 3/CMP.1 paragraph 27 (e). Hence, the guidance will undergo required changes
which shall come into effect on 26 October 2007, 17:00 GMT. [EB35, para. 63]
(a) Procedures for registration of a PoA as a single CDM project activity and issuance of CERs for a
PoA, version 02
(b) Guidance for determining the occurrence of debundling under a PoA, version 01 [EB33, Annex
21]
The most recent versions are available on the UNFCCC CDM website:
2.4 Sink or removal type CDM (A/R CDM)
2.4.1 Overview of A/R CDM project activities
It has been determined in the Marrakech Accords that Land use, Land-use Change and Forestry (so
called LULUCF or sink) under the CDM is limited to afforestation and reforestation (A/R) during the
first commitment period. Forest management and revegetation are therefore not allowed under
the A/R CDM scheme. A/R CDM and emission reduction CDM project activities have similar aspects,
such as provisions for participation requirements, project cycle and procedures. However, the unique
characteristic of A/R CDM project activities originating from the issue of temporal storage of GHG
removals in forest, which is referred to as “non-permanence”, results in a distinctive crediting scheme
for A/R CDM project activities. The modalities and procedures, formats and relevant guidelines for
A/R CDM project activities are listed in Appendix 1.
In this section, a brief overview is provided on what project participants need to know in order to
plan an A/R CDM project activity, as well as on SSC A/R project activities. Following the overview
of A/R CDM project activities in this section, more technical information is explained with respect
to key points covered in a project design document for A/R CDM project activities (CDM-AR-PDD),
such as baseline, additionality, monitoring, calculation of GHG removals by sinks, and issue of nonpermanence
in subsequent section 3.6.
2.4.2 Participation requirements
As mentioned above, all provisions of Section F (“Participation requirements”) of the CDM M&P apply
to A/R CDM project activities (i.e. Participation in a CDM project activity is voluntary; Parties involved
have to be a Party to Kyoto Protocol; Parties need to establish DNA; Annex I Party has to calculate and
record assigned amount as well as maintains national registry, etc.).
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