Commission Regulation (EC) No 2216/2004 (repealed)Show full title

CHAPTER VII AVAILABILITY AND RELIABILITY OF INFORMATION

Article 68 Availability and reliability of registries and the Community independent transaction log

The Central Administrator and each registry administrator shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that:

(a)

the registry is available for access by account holders 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and that the communication link between the registry and the Community independent transaction log is maintained 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, thereby providing backup hardware and software in the event of a breakdown in operations of the primary hardware and software;

(b)

the registry and the Community independent transaction log respond promptly to requests made by account holders.

They shall ensure that the registry and Community independent transaction log incorporate robust systems and procedures for the safeguarding of all data and the prompt recovery of all data and operations in the event of a disaster.

They shall keep interruptions to the operation of the registry and Community independent transaction log to a minimum.

Article 69 Suspension of access

The Central Administrator may suspend access to the Community independent transaction log and a registry administrator may suspend access to his registry if there is a breach of security of the Community independent transaction log or of a registry which threatens the integrity of the Community independent transaction log or of a registry or the integrity of the registries system and the back-up facilities under Article 68 are similarly affected.

Article 70 Notification of suspension of access

1. In the event of a breach of security of the Community independent transaction log that may lead to suspension of access, the Central Administrator shall promptly inform registry administrators of any risks posed to registries.

2. In the event of a breach of security of a registry that may lead to suspension of access, the relevant registry administrator shall promptly inform the Central Administrator who shall, in turn, promptly inform other registry administrators of any risks posed to registries.

3. If the registry administrator becomes aware that it is necessary to suspend either access to accounts or other operations of the registry, he shall give all relevant account holders and verifiers, the Central Administrator and other registry administrators such prior notice of the suspension as is reasonably practicable.

4. If the Central Administrator becomes aware that it is necessary to suspend access to operations of the Community independent transaction log, it shall give all registry administrators such prior notice of the suspension as is reasonably practicable.

5. The notices referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 shall include the likely duration of the suspension and shall be clearly displayed on the public area of that registry’s web site or on the public area of the Community independent transaction log's web site.

Article 71 Testing area of each registry and the Community independent transaction log

1. Each registry administrator shall establish a testing area within which any new version or release of a registry can be tested in accordance with the testing procedures set out in Annex XIII so as to ensure that:

(a) any testing procedures on a new version or release of a registry are completed without reducing the availability to account holders of the version or release of the registry which currently has a communication link with the Community independent transaction log or UNFCCC independent transaction log; and

(b) any communication link between a new version or release of a registry and the Community independent transaction log or UNFCCC independent transaction log is established and activated with minimum disruption to its account holders.

2. The Central Administrator shall establish a testing area so as to facilitate testing procedures referred to in paragraph 1.

3. The registry administrators and the Central Administrator shall ensure that the hardware and software of their testing area shall perform in a manner that is representative of the performance of the primary hardware and software referred to in Article 68.

Article 72 Change management

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.

2. If, as a result of a these amendments, 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.

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.