Effect of withdrawal of an approved methodology during a PoA

If an approved methodology is withdrawn, no new CPAs can be added to the PoA.  If it is subsequently revised or replaced, the PoA must be revised accordingly, and each new CPA must comply with the new version of the PoA.  CPAs already registered must apply the new version at the time of renewing the crediting period:

If the approved methodology is put on hold or withdrawn, not for the purpose of inclusion in a consolidation, no new CPAs shall be added to the PoA ... If the methodology is subsequently revised or replaced by inclusion in a consolidated methodology, the PoA shall be revised accordingly and changes validated by a DOE and approved by the Board. Once changes have been approved by the Board, each CPA included in the PoA thereafter has to use the new version of the PoA. CPAs included prior to the methodology being put on hold, shall apply the new version of the PoA at the time of the renewal of its crediting period. Provisions in paragraph 11 shall apply (EB 32, Annex 38, paragraph 12).

Further clarification on the impacts of changes to an approved methodologies is provided in the Procedures for Registration of a Programme of Activities as a Single CDM Project Activity and Issuance of Certified Emission Reductions for a Programme of Activities (Version 01) (EB 32, Annex 39).

If the approved methodology is put on hold or withdrawn, no new CDM Programme Activities (CPAs) may be added to the Programme of Activities (PoA):

If the approved methodology is put on hold or withdrawn, for any reason other than for the purpose of inclusion in a consolidated methodology, no new CPAs shall be included to the PoA, in accordance with the timelines indicated in latest version of the "Revised procedures for the revision of an approved baseline and monitoring methodology by the Executive Board" (EB 32, Annex 39, paragraph 24).

If the methodology is subsequently revised, the PoA design document (CDM-PoA-DD) must be revised accordingly:

If the methodology is subsequently revised or replaced by inclusion in a consolidated methodology, the PoA shall be revised accordingly and the changes shall be validated by a DOE and approved by the Board. The Board's approval defines a new version of the PoA and the PoA specific CDM-CPA-DD (EB 32, Annex 39, paragraph 25).

Each new CPA must use the updated PoA-specific CPA design document (CDM-CPA-DD):

Once changes have been approved by the Board, each new CPA shall use the latest version of the PoA specific CDM-CPA-DD (EB 32, Annex 39, paragraph 26).

CPAs that were included in the PoA before the methodology was put on hold or withdrawn must apply the latest version of the PoA-specific CDM-CPA-DD at the time of renewing the crediting period:

CPAs that were included before the methodology was put on hold, shall apply the latest version of the PoA specific CDM-CPA-DD at the time of the renewal of the crediting period (EB 32, Annex 39, paragraph 27).