Completing the Monitoring Report Form (CDM-MR)

The Guidelines for completing the Monitoring Report Form (CDM-MR) (Version 01) (EB 54, Annex 34) provide guidelines to assist project participants in completing the CDM Monitoring Report Form (CDM-MR). General guidance includes the following:

1. These guidelines seek to assist project participants in completing the Monitoring Report Form (CDM − MR).
2. If the project participants wish to submit a project activity for verification and issuance, they shall submit a fully completed CDM − MR. 
3. The CDM − MR may be obtained electronically from the UNFCCC CDM website. 
4. The CDM-Executive Board (the Board) may revise the CDM − MR. 
5. Revisions will come into effect once adopted by the Board, making allowance of guideline 6 below. 
6. Revisions to the CDM-MR do not affect monitoring reports for project activities that have already been submitted for the process of requesting issuance prior to the adoption of the revised CDM-MR. 
7. In accordance with the CDM modalities and procedures, the CDM-MR shall be completed in English as the working language of the Board. 
8. The CDM-MR template shall not be altered, that is, the form shall be completed using the same font without modifying the font and size, and document headings, or logo. 
9. Tables and their columns shall not be modified or deleted. However, rows may be added as needed. 
10. If a section of the CDM-MR is not applicable, it shall be explicitly stated that the section is left blank on purpose. 
11. The presentation of values in the CDM-MR, including those used for the calculation of emission reductions, should be in international standard format, e.g. 1,000 representing one thousand and 1.0 representing one. The units used for weights should be accompanied by their equivalent in the international system of units (SI) units and norms (e.g. thousand, million) as part of the requirement to ensure transparency and clarity.
12. The presentation of values in the CDM-MR, including those used for the calculation of emission reductions, must be in the international system of units. Large numbers should be presented using the short scale naming system e.g. million = 10^6 and billion =10^9. (EB 54, Annex 34, Part I paragraphs 1-12).

In relation to the CDM-MR specifically, EB 54, Annex 34 clarifies that the CDM-MR is to contain information in relation to the following:

i. status of the implementation of the project activity;

ii. actual operation of the project activity;

iii. approved monitoring plan applied to the project activity;

iv. monitoring procedures;

v. baseline emissions;

vi. project emissions;

vii. leakage emissions; and

viii. emission reductions achieved (EB 54, Annex 34, Part II paragraph 2).

Furthermore,  project participants are to submit the completed version of the CDM-MR, together with the attachments, to a designated operational entity for verification of the project activity for the relevant monitoring period (EB 54, Annex 34, Part II paragraph 2).