F1On 30 June 2006, 2007 and 2008 the registry administrator shall cancel a number of allowances, CERs, and force majeure allowances held in the Party holding account pursuant to Articles 52, 53 and 54. The number of allowances, CERs, and force majeure allowances to be cancelled shall be equal to the total number at the moment of cancellation of surrendered allowances entered in the surrendered allowance table for the periods 1 January 2005 until the moment of cancellation in 2006, from the moment of cancellation in 2006 until the moment of cancellation in 2007 and from the moment of cancellation in 2007 until the moment of cancellation in 2008.

Cancellation shall take place by transferring CERs, with the exception of CERs resulting from projects referred to in Article 11a(3) of Directive 2003/87/EC, from the Party holding account into the cancellation account for the 2008-2012 period, and by transferring allowances and force majeure allowances from the Party holding account to the retirement account for the 2005-2007 period, in accordance with the retirement (2005-2007) process set out in Annex IX.

On 30 June 2009 and on 30 June of each year thereafter, the registry administrator shall cancel allowances surrendered for the 2008-2012 period and each subsequent five year period, in accordance with the retirement (2008-2012 onwards) process set out in Annex IX, by:

1. (a)

   converting a number of allowances issued for that five-year period and held in the Party holding account, equal to the total number of allowances surrendered pursuant to Article 52 as entered in the surrendered allowance table since 1 January 2008 on 30 June 2009 and since 30 June of the preceding year on 30 June of the subsequent years, into AAUs by removing the allowance element from the unique unit identification code of each such AAU comprising the elements set out in Annex VI; and

2. (b)

   transferring a number of Kyoto units of the type specified by the competent authority, with the exception of Kyoto units resulting from projects referred to in Article 11a(3) of Directive 2003/87/EC, equal to the total number of allowances surrendered pursuant to Articles 52 and 53 as entered in the surrendered allowance table since 1 January 2008 on 30 June 2009 and since 30 June of the preceding year on 30 June of the subsequent years, from the Party holding account to the retirement account for the relevant period.