Relevant rules/decisions

3/CMP.1, Annex, paragraph 66 defines the issuance of CERS.

3/CMP.1, Annex, paragraph 64 defines the request for issuance.

3/CMP.1, Annex, paragraph 66 defines the power for the Executive Board to instruct issuance of CERs

3/CMP.1, Annex, paragraph 65 sets out the date that issuance is considered final.

4/CMP.1, Annex II, paragraph 11 states the modalities and procedures for issuance of CERs also apply to issuance of CERs from small-scale CDM project activities

5/CMP.1, Annex, paragraph 37 states the modalities and procedures for issuance of CERs also apply to issuance of tCERs and lCERs from afforestation and reforestation CDM project activities

5/CMP.1, Annex, paragraph 36 describes how requests for issuance in relation to A/R project activities are dealt with.

The rule that the modalities and procedures for conducting a review of a proposed issuance of CERs also apply to reviews in relation to CERs from small-scale project activities is set out in 4/CMP.1, Annex II, paragraph 11.

The rule that the modalities and procedures for conducting a review of a proposed issuance of CERs apply to reviews in relation to tCERs and lCERs is set out in 5/CMP.1, Annex, paragraph 37.

EB 55, Annex 41 – "Procedure for Review of Requests for Issuance of CERs" (Version 1.2) – describes how a review of a request for issuance is conducted.

EB 54, Annex 35 – "Procedures for Requests for Issuance of CERs" (Version 1.2) – describes how a request for issuance, request for review, and finalization of a request for issuance that does not receive a request for review, are conducted.