Commission Regulation (EC) No 2216/2004 of 21 December 2004 for a standardised and secured system of registries pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Decision No 280/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) (c. 2216)

ANNEX XI U.K. Administrative processes with response codes

Administrative processes U.K.

1. The Community independent transaction log shall provide the following administrative processes: U.K.

(a)

Transaction clean-up

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all processes under Annex IX which have been initiated but not yet terminated, completed or cancelled within 24 hours shall be cancelled. Transaction clean-up occurs on an hourly basis.

(b)

Outstanding units

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all allowances which have not been cancelled pursuant to Articles 60 or 61 on or after 1 May 2008 and on or after 1 May in the first year of each subsequent five-year period shall be identified.

(c)

Process status

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a registry administrator may query the status of a process under Annex IX which has been initiated by that registry administrator.

(d)

Time synchronisation

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upon request, each registry administrator shall provide the system time of its registry in order that the consistency between the system time of a registry and the system time of the Community independent transaction log can be checked, and that the two times can be synchronised. Upon request, a registry administrator shall change the system time of its registry in order to ensure time synchronisation.

2. After the communication link between the Community independent transaction log and the UNFCCC independent transaction log has been established, the Community independent transaction log shall only continue to provide the administrative process under paragraph 1(b). U.K.

3. Each registry shall be capable of executing correctly the additional administrative processes provided by the UNFCCC independent transaction log, set out in the functional and technical specifications for data exchange standards for registry systems under the Kyoto Protocol, elaborated pursuant to Decision 24/CP.8 of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC. U.K.

Requirements for each process U.K.

4. The message sequence for administrative processes and the components and functions which are utilised during the message sequence are set out in the functional and technical specifications for data exchange standards for registry systems under the Kyoto Protocol, elaborated pursuant to Decision 24/CP.8 of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC. U.K.

Checks for each process U.K.

5. If, during the period referred to in paragraph 2, the Community independent transaction log detects a discrepancy under paragraph 1(a) it shall return the appropriate response codes as set out in the functional and technical specifications for data exchange standards for registry systems under the Kyoto Protocol, elaborated pursuant to Decision 24/CP.8 of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC. U.K.

6. If the Community independent transaction log detects a discrepancy under paragraph 1(b) it shall return the response code 7601. U.K.

7. During the period referred to in paragraph 2 and where a message is received from a registry under paragraph 1(c) for a process referred to in Annex IX the Community independent transaction log shall perform the following checks: U.K.

(a)

Status of a registry: if the communication link between the registry and the Community independent transaction log has not been established or is temporarily suspended pursuant to Article 6(3) in respect of the requested process, the message shall be rejected and the response code 7005 shall be returned.

(b)

Registry version and registry authentication, message viability, and data integrity: if the Community independent transaction log detects a discrepancy, the message shall be rejected and the appropriate response codes shall be returned as set out in the functional and technical specifications for data exchange standards for registry systems under the Kyoto Protocol, elaborated pursuant to Decision 24/CP.8 of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC.

8. During the period referred to in paragraph 2 and where a message is received from a registry under paragraph 1(d) the Community independent transaction log shall perform the following checks: U.K.

(a)

Status of a registry: if the communication link between the registry and the Community independent transaction log has not been established or is temporarily suspended pursuant to Article 6(3) in respect of the requested process, the message shall be rejected and the response code 7005 shall be returned.

(b)

Registry version and registry authentication, message viability, data integrity and time synchronisation: if the Community independent transaction log detects a discrepancy, the message shall be rejected and the appropriate response codes shall be returned as set out in the functional and technical specifications for data exchange standards for registry systems under the Kyoto Protocol, elaborated pursuant to Decision 24/CP.8 of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC.