JQA experiences as a DOE

and Current status of CDM

10 March 2005 in Malaysia
CDM Department
Japan Quality Assurance Organization
 Ｃontents
• JQA experiences as a DOE
– Steps to a DOE
– Validation experiences

• Current topics of CDM

– Approved methodologies
– Registration of project activities
• Request for review
 Steps to a DOE
• Roles of a DOE           Role
• Designation procedures
– Application for a DOE
– Assignment of CDM-AT(AE)
– Assessment
• Desk review
• On-site assessment (Indicative Letter)
• Witnessing WOI
– Accreditation (provisional DOE)
– Designation (DOE)
D
 In the case of JQA
2002/08 Application for DOE
2002/11 Assignment of CDM-AT
2003/10 On-site Assessment & Witnessing
2003/12 Issuance of Indicative Letter
2004/03 Provisional DOE
2004/12 Designated Operational Entity
 Witnessing group / Sectoral Scope
1 1 Energy industries
2 Energy distribution
3 Energy demand
2 4 Manufacturing industries
5 Chemical industry
6 Construction
7 Transport
10 Fugitive emissions from fules
Fugitive emissions from production & consumption of halocarbons &
11
SF6
12 Solvent use
3 8 Mining/Mineral production
9 Metal production
4 13 Waste handling and disposal
5 14 Aforestation/Reforestation
6 15 Agriculture
 Competence criteria
for operational entities

• At the management level

• At the audit team level
 At the management level
a. Assessment of resources required
b. Contract review
c. Training and selection of audit teams
d. Management of the decision-making
process
 The level of the audit team
a. Leading the team and managing the audit process
b. Regulatory and applicable legal requirements of the
CDM
c. Baselines and monitoring methodologies
d. Management systems and auditing methods
e. Applicable environmental and social impacts and
aspects of CDM project activity
f. Current technical and operational knowledge of the
specific sectoral scope
g. Sector specific technologies and their applications
JQA registration criteria for CDM
assessors

• ISO 14001 assessor

• Personal attribute
• Work experiences
• Audit experiences
• Environmental laws and regulations
• 40 hrs. or more CDM training
• CDM validation experiences
 Validation criteria
UNFCCC criteria:
- Kyoto protocol KP
- CDM Modalities and procedures M&P
- COP/MOP and CDM-EB decisions EB

Host Party criteria:

- Sustainable development priorities
- DNA approval
 CDM Validation Process
Develop Project Validator Validation Contract Validation
Documentation Selection Establishment Team Selection

EB Approval of Public Stakeholder Comment

Methodologies Process (30 days)

Baseline & Monitoring Document Background Follow-up Draft Validation

Methodology Check Review Investigations Interviews Report

Resolution of Corrective Final Validation EB Registration

Action Requests Report and Opinion of project

NM CL CAR
 Team selection

– Technical
– Environmental
– Legal
– Host Country
– Financial
 Checklist for Registration
• Paragraph 37
– Para. 28-30
– Local stakeholder comments
– Environmental impacts
– Additionality
– Approved methodologies
– Monitoring provisions
– COP/MOP, EB decisions
• Paragraph 40
– written approval of voluntary
participation
– publicly available the project
design document
– comments on the validation
requirements from Parties,
stakeholders
– a determination as to whether
the project activity should be
validated
– Inform project participants of its
determination on the validation
of the project activity
– Submit to the executive board,
if it determines the proposed
project activity to be valid
 CDM/JI experiences of JQA
Project Activity Sectoral Scope Host Country
HFC23 Decomp. 11 Korea   K
Landfill gas 1
capture and 13 Armenia A
power generation
Bio-Mass JI East Europe
1,7,13 South East Asia
Renewable 1 South East Asia
energy
Energy saving 3 South East Asia
Approved methodologies

• Submitted methodologies : 95
• Approved methodologies : 21
• Other methodologies
– Consolidated methodologies : 2
– Small scale methodologies : 15
 Methodologies and Project Activities
9 60

8
50
7

Project Activites
Methodologies

6 40

5
30
4

3 20

2
10
1

0 0
1 3 3 4 5 7 10 11 13 15

Sectoral Scope
Current Registration Status
• Request for registration : 8
– Registered : 2(008,028) automatically
2(001, 003) at EB18
– Review : 3(009,024,029) at EB18
– Resubmission : 1 (010) at EB18
Registration of project activities
• CDM M&P paragraph 41:
The registration by the executive board shall
be deemed final eight weeks after the date of
receipt by the executive board of the request
for registration, unless a Party involved in the
project activity or at least three members of
the executive board request a review of the
proposed CDM project activity.
 Scopes against 003 project activity

(a) Crediting for the destruction of HFC23

collected before the start of the
crediting period
(b) Plan to increase the HCFC22
production
(c) Measurements of the two HFC23 flow
meters
(d) Effect of HCFC22 as a GHG
 Response to the scope
(a) The starting date of crediting period :
- Start from the collection activity, or
- Without the destruction of HFC23 collected
(b) The same level or lower than the past max.
production of HCFC22
(c) Lower value to be applied for calculation
(d) No additional leakage of HCFC22
 New EB Decisions

• Disclaimer in validation reports   D

• Unilateral project activity U
Thank you very much
for your attention

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