The following is the steps of getting Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Certified Emissions Reduction (CER) certification. Getting this certification is a must for applying for carbon credits.
(Pre- Registration Activities)
1. For project activities with a start date on or after 2 August 2008, the project participants shall notify the designated national authority (ies) (DNAs) of the host Party (ies) of the project activity and the secretariat in writing of the commencement of the project activity and their intention to seek the CDM status within 180 days of the start date of the project activity.
2. The secretariat shall maintain a publicly available list of such notifications on the UNFCCC CDM website.
3. The project participants of a proposed CDM project activity shall complete a PDD, in accordance with the “Clean development Mechanism project standard”, and submit it/them together with supporting documentation, to the designated operational entity (DOE).
4. The DOE shall make the PDD or PoA-DD publicly available through a dedicated interface on the UNFCCC CDM website for global stakeholder consultation. The duration of the period for submission of comments for the global stakeholder consultation shall be 30 days. (Except for afforestation and reforestation (A/R), duration is 45 days)
5. At 180 days subsequent to the end of the period for submission of comments on the PDD or PoA-DD, the DOE shall provide, through a dedicated interface on the UNFCCC CDM website, an update on the status of its validation activity, unless it has submitted a request for registration of the proposed CDM project activity. The DOE Shall include one of the following statuses in the update.
(a) The validation contract has been terminated.
(b) The DOE has issued a negative validation opinion
(c) DOE is seeking further clarification to the responses received from the project participants or the coordinating/managing entity.
(d) The DOE has finalized a positive validation opinion with the exception of the receipt of a valid letter of approval from one or more Party(ies) involved.
(e) The DOE is performing validation activities and it has not yet sent any corrective action or clarification requests to the project participants or the coordinating/managing entity.
6. If deviation is done from the actual PDD, then there are other procedures. But, if there is no deviation then the procedure is almost completed.
(Request for registration)
7. Submission of request for registration: The DOE, after determining that a proposed CDM project activity or PoA meets all relevant requirements in the “Clean development mechanism project standard” by following the relevant provisions of the “Clean development mechanism validation and verification standard” and other CDM requirements, can register for a request form for the CDM.
8. The secretariat shall maintain a publicly available list of all submitted requests for registration for which the applicable registration fee has been received on the UNFCCC CDM website. (In the case of Nepal the registration charge is not levied as there is a provision of reg-charge exemption for least developed countries.
9. The secretariat shall commence the completeness check stage in accordance with the schedule.
10. Upon positive conclusion of the information and reporting check stage, the secretariat shall publish the request for registration on the UNFCCC CDM website, and the request for registration shall be deemed received by the Board for consideration.
11. The secretariat shall, subject to the guidance of the Board, prepare and send to the Board a summary note on the request for registration within 14 days of the date of publication of the request for registration.
12. Registration process is duly completed.
(Post-Registration Activities)
13. If there are changes in regard to the formerly presented PDD, then other activities should be carried
out otherwise there are no specific activities to do.
(Pre-Issuance Activities)
14. Publication of monitoring report: The project participants of a registered CDM project activity or the coordinating/managing entity of a registered CDM PoA shall prepare (a) monitoring report(s) in accordance with the “Clean development mechanism project standard”, and submit it/them together with supporting documentation to the DOE.
15. At 180 days subsequent to the publication of the monitoring report, the DOE shall provide, through a dedicated interface on the UNFCCC CDM website, an update of the status of its verification activity.
(Issuance of Certified Emission Reductions)
16. Submission request for issuance: The DOE shall submit a request for issuance of CERs by using the “CDM project activity issuance request form” (F-CDM-ISS)ISS), as applicable, only after it verifies that the monitored GHG emission reductions or removal enhancements meet the relevant requirements in the “Clean development mechanism project standard” and certifies the quantity of CERs claimed in the monitoring report.
17. Processing request for issuance: The secretariat shall maintain a publicly available list of all submitted requests for issuance on the UNFCCC CDM website. The secretariat shall make publicly available the schedule of processing the requests for issuance, including the expected date of commencement. The secretariat shall schedule the commencement of the processing of the requests for issuance in accordance with the secretariat’s operational plans, i.e. monthly quotas, which shall also incorporate any relevant instructions from the Board.
18. Upon positive conclusion of the information and reporting check stage, the secretariat shall publish the request for issuance on the UNFCCC CDM website, and the request for issuance shall be deemed received by the Board for consideration.
19. If the Board’s final decision made is to issue the CERs, the Board shall instruct the CDM registry administrator to issue a specified quantity of CERs into the pending account of the Board in the CDM registry.
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