Proposed Text for Appendix B, Part Four of the Chairman's Note: Reporting

Submission by Australia, Canada, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Russian Federation, Ukraine, and the United States

31 January, 2000

  1. Each Annex B Party shall report annually to the Secretariat, in a standard electronic format:

    a)the serial numbers of AAUs, ERUs, and CERs held in its national registry at the start of the year;
    b)the serial numbers of any AAUs issued into its national registry during the year and the reasons for their issuances;
    c)the serial numbers of AAUs, ERUs, and CERs transferred to each other Party's national registry and specify which Party(ies); 
    d)the serial numbers of AAUs, ERUs, and CERs acquired from each other Party's national registry and specify which Party(ies); 
    e)the serial numbers of CERs acquired pursuant to Article 12;
    f)the serial numbers of AAUs, ERUs, and CERs that have been moved into the Party's retirement account; and
    g)the serial numbers of AAUs, ERUs, and CERs held in its national registry at the end of the year.

  2. Parties shall report to the Secretariat prior to the [insert reporting deadline for end of commitment period final assigned amount], the serial numbers of any AAUs, ERUs, and CERs that they are banking forward to a subsequent commitment period pursuant to Article 3.13.