1.The Central Administrator shall coordinate with registry administrators and the Secretariat to the UNFCCC the preparation and implementation of any amendments to this Regulation resulting in changes in the functional and technical specifications of the registry system before their implementation.[F1After such coordination, the Central Administrator shall decide on the date of implementation by registries and the Community independent transaction log of each new version of the functional and technical specifications for data exchange standards for registry systems under the Kyoto Protocol.]
[F22. If a new version or release of a registry is required, each registry administrator and the Central Administrator shall successfully complete the testing procedures set out in Annex XIII before a communication link is established and activated between the new version or release of that registry and the Community independent transaction log or UNFCCC independent transaction log.]
[F12a. The Central Administrator shall convene regular meetings of the registry administrators to consult them on issues and procedures related to change management, incident management and any other issues of a technical nature related to the operation of registries and the implementation of this Regulation.]
3.Each registry administrator shall continuously monitor the availability, reliability and efficiency of his registry in order to ensure a level of performance which meets the requirements of this Regulation. If, as a result of this monitoring or the suspension of the communication link pursuant to Article 6(3), a new version or release of a registry is required, each registry administrator shall successfully complete the testing procedures set out in Annex XIII before a communication link is established and activated between the new version or release of that registry and the Community independent transaction log or UNFCCC independent transaction log.
Textual Amendments
F1 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 916/2007 of 31 July 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 2216/2004 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).
F2 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 916/2007 of 31 July 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 2216/2004 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).