What is registration?

Registration is defined in 3/CMP.1, Annex, paragraph 36:

Registration is the formal acceptance by the Executive Board of a validated project as a CDM project activity. Registration is the prerequisite for the verification, certification and issuance of CERs relating to that project activity (3/CMP.1, Annex, paragraph 36).

The procedures for registration of a CDM project activity for review of a request for registration apply equally to a Programme of Activities (PoA):

The procedures for registration of a CDM project activity as referred to in paragraph 40 of Decision 3/CMP.1 and the procedures for review as contained in Annex III to Decision 4/CMP.1 shall apply to a PoA (EB 32, Annex 39, paragraph 8).

To have a PoA registered the coordinating or managing entity must have provided:

... the framework to the Board, in accordance with the guidance and provisions, so that CDM programme activities under a programme of activities can be registered as a single CDM project activity (EB 32, Annex 38, Acronyms, (c)).

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) outline the specific procedure which must be followed to register a PoA with the Executive Board (in addition to the general procedures for registration of CDM project activities).

Essentially, once validation is complete, the DOE will submit a request for registration of a proposed PoA to the Executive Board using the PoA registration request form (F-CDM-POA-REG), together with the validation report and any supporting documentation:

A designated operational entity (DOE) shall submit a request for registration of a proposed PoA using the "Programme of Activities registration request form" (F-CDM-POA-REG) along with a validation report and supporting documentation (EB 32, Annex 39, paragraph 6).