Commission Regulation (EC) No 994/2008 (repealed)Show full title

CHAPTER II U.K. REGISTRIES AND TRANSACTION LOGS

Article 3 U.K. Registries

1. A registry shall be established in the form of a standardised electronic database by each Member State and the Commission.

2. Member States that are not able to issue AAUs due to reasons other than being determined to be ineligible to transfer ERUs, AAUs and CERs in accordance with the provisions of Decision 11/CMP.1 shall establish registries that conform to the special provisions set out in Chapter VI.

3. Each registry shall conform to the hardware, network and software requirements set out in the Data Exchange Format referred to in Article 9.

Article 4 U.K. Consolidated registries

A Member State or the Commission may establish, operate and maintain their registry in a consolidated manner together with one or more other Member States or the Community, provided that its registry remains distinct.

Article 5 U.K. CITL

1. The CITL shall be established by the Commission in the form of a standardised electronic database.

2. The CITL shall conform to the hardware, network and software requirements set out in the Data Exchange Format referred to in Article 9.

3. The Central Administrator shall operate and maintain the CITL in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation.

4. The CITL shall be capable of executing correctly all processes referred to in Article 31(1).

Article 6 U.K. Direct communication link between registries and the CITL

1. A direct communication link between each registry and the CITL shall be established.

2. The Central Administrator shall activate the communication link after the testing procedures set out in the Data Exchange Format referred to in Article 9 have been completed successfully and the Central Administrator shall notify the relevant registry administrator of that activation.

3. All processes except those concerning Kyoto units shall be completed through the exchange of data via this direct communication link.

Article 7 U.K. Indirect communication link between registries and the CITL via the ITL

1. An indirect communication link between the registries and the CITL via the ITL shall be considered as established when the transaction logs are linked on the basis of a decision taken by the Central Administrator after consulting the Climate Change Committee. The Central Administrator shall establish and maintain such a link when:

(a) all registries have completed the UNFCCC initialisation procedure; and.

(b) the CITL and the ITL are able to provide the necessary functionality and to link to each other.

2. If the conditions set out in paragraph 1 are not met, the Commission may, subject to the majority support of the Climate Change Committee, instruct the Central Administrator to establish and maintain such a link.

3. The decisions referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall, where possible, be adopted at least three months prior to their implementation.

4. All processes concerning Kyoto units shall be completed through the exchange of data via the ITL.

Article 8 U.K. Registry administrators

1. Each Member State and the Commission shall designate a registry administrator to operate and maintain its registry in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation. The registry administrator of the Community registry shall be the Central Administrator.

2. Member States and the Commission shall ensure that there is no conflict of interest between the registry administrator and its account holders or between the registry administrator and the Central Administrator.

3. Each Member State shall notify the Commission of the identity and contact details of the registry administrator for its registry.

4. The Member States and the Commission shall retain ultimate responsibility and authority for the operation and maintenance of their registries.

5. The Commission shall coordinate the implementation of the requirements of this Regulation with the registry administrators of each Member State and the Central Administrator. In particular, the Commission shall regularly convene the registry adminstrators' working group to consult them on issues and procedures related to the operation of registries and the implementation of this Regulation. The registry administrators' working group shall agree on common operational procedures for the implementation of this Regulation. Rules of procedure for the registry administrators' working group shall be adopted by the Climate Change Committee.

Article 9 U.K. Data Exchange Format

The Central Administrator shall make available to registry administrators the Data Exchange Format necessary for exchanging data between registries and transaction logs, including the identification codes, automated checks and response codes, as well as the testing procedures and security requirements necessary for the launching of data exchange. The Data Exchange Format and its revisions shall be adopted with a majority support of the Climate Change Committee after consultation with the registry administrators' working group. The Data Exchange Format shall conform to the functional and technical specifications for data exchange standards for registry systems under the Kyoto Protocol elaborated pursuant to Decision 12/CMP.1.