CDM-MR-FORM

Monitoring report form for CDM project activity

(Version 08.0)

Complete this form in accordance with the instructions attached at the end of this form.

MONITORING REPORT

Title of the project activity Nam Mang 1 Hydropower Project

UNFCCC reference number of the project

10399
activity

Version number of the PDD applicable to

03.0
this monitoring report

Version number of this monitoring report 01.0

Completion date of this monitoring

08/09/2021
report

Monitoring period number 2nd monitoring period

01/11/2019-31/12/2020 (427 days, the first and last days

Duration of this monitoring period
included)

Monitoring report number for this

-
monitoring period

Nam Mang 1 Power Co., Ltd.

Project participants
ACT Financial Solutions B.V.

Host Party Lao PDR

ACM0002 (Version 17.0, EB 89) Grid-connected electricity

Applied methodologies and standardized
generation from renewable sources
baselines
standardized baselines: N/A

Sectoral scopes Sectoral Scope 1: Energy Industries

Amount achieved
Amount achieved Amount achieved
from 1 January
Amount of GHG emission reductions or before 1 January from 1 January
2013 until 31
net anthropogenic GHG removals 2013 2021
December 2020
achieved by the project activity in this
monitoring period
0 tCO2e 136,505 tCO2e 0 tCO2e

Amount of GHG emission reductions or

net anthropogenic GHG removals
147,139 tCO2e
estimated ex ante for this monitoring
period in the PDD

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SECTION A. Description of project activity

A.1. General description of project activity

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Nam Mang 1 Hydropower Project is located in Bolikhamsai Province, the central of Laos. The
project site is about 12 km far from Bolikhamsai Thabok town and about 105 km far from Vientiane
Capital. The project is Developed by Nam Mang 1 Power Co., Ltd. Nam Mang 1 Hydropower
Project is a mixed hydroelectric station and the junction structures mainly consist of head face
rock-fill dam, spillway, diversion system, generation system, etc. The nominal installed capacity of
the project is 64 MW (the actual installed capacity is 63.99MW with three 21.33MW unites), with
annual power supply 224.8 GWh. After the completion of the Project, its electric power will be
delivered to the regional grid consisting of Thailand power grid and the Lao power grid. The
proposed project will mainly take charge in the power generation for residential and industrial
consumption.
Lao PDR possesses abundant hydro resources. The proposed project is to generate clean
electricity with the abundant resources and displace part of the electricity usage from the regional
grid consisting of Thailand power grid and the Lao power grid, in which fossil fuel fired power
plants are the dominated power sources. Thus the proposed project can reduce the CO2 emissions
in this area. About 125,775 tCO2e will be reduced by this project annually.

The project timeline is as follows:

Events Date
Project Start 15/10/2013
Start commercial operation 01/01/2017
Date of CDM registration 17/08/2017
First renewable crediting period 01/10/2017~30/09/2024
1st monitoring period 01/10/2017-31/10/2019
2nd monitoring period 01/11/2019-31/12/2020

During this monitoring period, no special event occurred which may affect the applicability of the
methodology.

The quantity of net electricity generation supplied by the project plant in the current monitoring
period is 243,979.359 MWh and the total emission reduction is 136,505 tCO2e

A.2. Location of project activity

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Nam Mang 1 Hydropower Project is located in Bolikhamsai Province, the central of Laos. The
project site is about 12 km far from Bolikhamsai Thabok town and about 105 km far from Vientiane
Capital. The approximate coordinates of the project site are: (N18.4328°, E103.1653°).
Figure A.1 Show the location of the project:

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Figure A.1. Location of the project

A.3. Parties and project participants

Indicate if the Party involved
Parties involved Project participants wishes to be considered as
project participant (Yes/No)
Nam Mang 1 Power Co., Ltd.
Lao PDR (host Party) No
(Project owner)
Netherlands ACT Financial Solutions B.V. No

A.4. References to applied methodologies and standardized baselines

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Approved consolidated baseline and monitoring methodology ACM0002 (Version 17.0, EB 89):
Consolidated baseline methodology for grid-connected electricity generation from renewable
sources.
This methodology draws upon the following tools:
Tool for the demonstration and assessment of additionality (Version 7.0.0, EB 70), and
Tool to calculate the emission factor for an electricity system (Version 5.0, EB 87)

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Please click following link for more information about the methodology and tool:
http://cdm.unfccc.int/methodologies/PAmethodologies/approved.html

A.5. Crediting period type and duration

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The project activity employs renewable 7 years’ crediting period, the first crediting period that is
from 01/10/2017 to 30/09/2024. The second monitoring period is from 01/11/2019 to 31/12/2020
(the first and last days included), totally 427 days.

SECTION B. Implementation of project activity

B.1. Description of implemented project activity

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Nam Mang 1 Hydropower Project is a mixed hydroelectric station and the junction structures
mainly consist of head face rock-fill dam, spillway, diversion system, generation system, etc. The
nominal installed capacity of the project is 64 MW (the actual installed capacity is 63.99MW with
three 21.33MW unites), with annual power supply 224.8 GWh. The three 21.33MW generators will
be supplied to Ban Thabok Substation through 115kV transmission line and then distributed in Lao
Power Grid which is connected with Thailand Power Grid. The power generated by the project will
be supplied to transformer substation and linked with EDL system to the regional grid consisting of
Thailand Power Grid and the Lao Power Grid. The project activity is a renewable energy project
and will achieve greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions of 125,775 tCO2e annually. During
this monitoring period, according to the operational data, the emission reductions over the
monitoring period are 136,505 tCO2e.

The technical parameters of the main equipment are as follows:

 Key parameters of turbines:
Parameter Unit Value
Model - HLA858a-LJ-182
Installed number - 3
Rated Power kW 22,100
Rated head m 90
Rated flow 3
m /s 27.1
Direction of rotation - clockwise
Rated speed r/min 428.6
Runaway speed r/min 819
Lifetime Years 40
Manufacturer - DEC Dongfeng Electric Machinery Co., Ltd.

 Key parameters of generators:

Parameter Unit Value
Model - SF21.33-14/3640
Installed number - 3
Rated power kW 21,330
Rated frequency Hz 50
Rated voltage V 11,000
Rated Current A 1,399.4
Power factor - 0.8
Lifetime Years 40
Manufacturer - DEC Dongfeng Electric Machinery Co., Ltd.

There are no events or situations occurred during the monitoring period, which may affect the
applicability of the methodology. The project’s implementation schedule as follows:

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Events Date
Project Start 15/10/2013
Start commercial operation 01/01/2017
Date of CDM registration 17/08/2017
First renewable crediting period 01/10/2017-30/09/2024
1st monitoring period 01/10/2017-31/10/2019
2nd monitoring period 01/11/2019-31/12/2020

B.2. Post-registration changes

B.2.1. Temporary deviations from the registered monitoring plan, applied methodologies,
standardized baselines or other methodological regulatory documents
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There is no temporary deviation from registered monitoring plan or applied methodology.

B.2.2. Corrections
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There is no corrections.

B.2.3. Changes to the start date of the crediting period

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Not applicable

B.2.4. Inclusion of monitoring plan

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There are no changes to project design of registered project activity.

B.2.5. Permanent changes to the registered monitoring plan, or permanent deviation of

monitoring from the applied methodologies, standardized baselines, or other
methodological regulatory documents
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Not applicable

B.2.6. Changes to project design

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Not applicable

B.2.7. Changes specific to afforestation or reforestation project activity

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Not applicable

SECTION C. Description of monitoring system

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Data collection procedures
The purpose of the monitoring plan is to ensure that the monitoring and calculation of emission
reductions of the project within the crediting period is complete, consistent, clear and accurate. The
plan was implemented by the project owner with the support of the grid corporation.

1. Monitoring organization

The monitoring process is carried out and responsibility by the project owner. A monitoring panel
will be established by the plant managers to take charge of monitoring the data and information
relating to the calculation of emission reductions with the cooperation of the Technical and

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Financial Department. A CDM manager is assigned to full charge the monitoring works. The
operation and management structure are shown below:

Monitoring panel

CDM manager Technical department Financial department

Supervise the project Calibrating and maintaining Collecting financial data
operation related to data the meters, and checking, required by the checking
monitoring, ensure a archiving and managing data. activity, including meter
smooth and orderly readings and the receipts
monitoring process. of electricity sales
Statistician
Measuring and recording the
meter readings, and making a
regular summary according to
requirement of the monitoring
panel.

Figure C.1 Organization structure of the monitoring activity

2. Monitoring apparatus and installation:

The meters are installed in accordance with relevant national or international standard. Before the
operation of the project, the metering equipment have been clarified and examined by the project
owner and the power grid company according to the above regulation.

Figure C.2 Power connection diagram

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3. Data collection:

The specific steps for data collection and reporting are listed below:

a) During the crediting period, both the grid company and the project owner will record the values
displayed by the main meter.
b) Simultaneously to step a), the project owner will both record the values displayed by the
backup meters.
c) The meters will be calibrated according to the relevant regulation and request of EDL.
d) The main meter’s readings will be cross-checked with record document confirmed by EDL.
e) The project owner and the grid company will record both output and input power readings from
the main meter. These data will be used to calculate the amount of net electricity delivered to
the grid.
f) The project owner will be responsible of providing copies of record document confirmed by
EDL to the DOE for verification.

If the reading of the main meter in a certain month is inaccurate and beyond the allowable error or
the meter doesn’t work normally, the grid-connected power generation shall be determined by
following measures:

g) Read the data of the backup meters.

h) If the backup meter’s data is not so accurate as to be accepted, or the practice is not
standardized, the project owner and the grid corporation should jointly make a reasonable and
conservative estimation method which can be supported by sufficient evidence and proved to
be reasonable and conservative when verified by DOE.
i) If the project owner and the grid corporation don’t agree on an estimated method, arbitration
will be conducted according the procedures set by the agreement to work out an estimation
method.

4. Calibration

Calibration of Meters & Metering should be implemented according to relevant standards and rules
accepted by the grid company EDL. After the examination, the meters should be sealed. The lift of
the seals requires the presence of both the project owner and the grid company. One party must
not lift the seals or fiddle with the meters without the presence of the other party.

All the meters installed shall be tested by a qualified metering verification institution commissioned
jointly by the project owner and the grid company within 10 days after:

1) Detection of a difference larger than the allowable error in the readings of both meters;
2) The repair of all or part of meter caused by the failure of one or more parts to operated in
accordance with the specifications.

5. Data management system

Physical document such as the plant electrical wiring diagram will be gathered with this monitoring
plan in a single place. In order to facilitate auditors’ access to project documents, the project
materials and monitoring results will be indexed. All paper-based information will be stored by the
technical department of the project owner and all the material will have a copy for backup. All data,
including calibration records, will be kept until 2 years after the end of the total crediting period.

6. Monitoring Report

During the crediting period, at the end of each year, the monitoring officer shall produce a

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monitoring report covering the past monitoring period. The report shall be transmitted to the
General Manager who will check the data and issue a final monitoring report in the name of the
projects participants. Once the final report is issued, it will be submitted to the DOE for verification.

SECTION D. Data and parameters

D.1. Data and parameters fixed ex ante

Data/Parameter EFgrid,CM,y
Unit tCO2/MWh
Combined margin CO2 emission factor for grid connected power generation
Description
in year y
Source of data Registered PDD
Value(s) applied 0.5595
Choice of data -
or measurement methods
and procedures
Purpose of data/parameter Calculation of baseline emissions or baseline net GHG removals
Parameters FCi,y, NCVi,y, EFCO2,i,y, EGy and EGimport,y used to determine
EFgrid,CM,y, are fixed ex ante in the registered PDD. Therefore, the parameter
Additional comments fixed ex ante in this monitoring period is the same as in the registered PDD.
This parameter is ex ante determined in PDD and fixed during the first
crediting period.

Data/Parameter ABL
Unit m2
Area of the reservoir measured in the surface of the water, before the
Description
implementation of the project activity, when the reservoir is full
Source of data Project site
Value(s) applied 0
Choice of data For new reservoirs, this value is zero.
or measurement methods
and procedures
Purpose of data/parameter Project Emission Calculation
Additional comments -

Data/Parameter CAPBL
Unit MW
Installed capacity of the hydro power plant before the implementation of the
Description
project activity.
Source of data Project site
Value(s) applied 0
Choice of data For new hydro power plants, this value is zero.
or measurement methods
and procedures
Purpose of data/parameter Project Emission Calculation
Additional comments -

D.2. Data and parameters monitored

Data/Parameter EGfacility,y
Unit MWh

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Quantity of net electricity generation supplied by the project plant/unit to the
Description
grid in year y
Measured/calculated/
Calculated
default
Source of data EGfacility,y = EGoutput,y - EGinput,y
Value(s) of monitored Year 2019 2020 Sum
parameter Value 14,449.984 229,529.375 243,979.359
Monitoring equipment Please refer to EGoutput,y and EGinput,y
Measuring/reading/recording
Continuous measurement and monthly recording
frequency
Calculation method
EGfacility,y = EGoutput,y- EGinput,y
(if applicable)
QA/QC procedures Please refer to EGoutput,y and EGinput,y
Purpose of data/parameter Baseline Emission
Additional comments -

Data/Parameter EGoutput,y
Unit MWh
Description Electricity supplied by the project to the grid in year y
Measured/calculated/
Measured
default
Source of data Meters

Value(s) of monitored Year 2019 2020 Sum

parameter
Monitoring equipment
Measuring/reading/recording
frequency
Calculation method
(if applicable)
QA/QC procedures
Purpose of data/parameter
Additional comments
Value 14,586.393 230,081.162 244,667.555
During the 2nd monitoring period, the meter functioned well, and the meter
validity period covered all of monitoring period.
Continuous measurement and monthly recording
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According to the recommendation by the manufacturer or the regulations of
the grid company, meters will be calibrated periodically. Data measured by
meters will be cross-checked with the record document confirmed by EDL.
Baseline Emission
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Data/Parameter EGinput,y
Unit MWh
Description The electricity used by the project and input from the grid in year y
Measured/calculated/
Measured
default
Source of data Meters

Value(s) of monitored Year 2019 2020 Sum

parameter
Value 136.409 551.787 688.196
During the 2nd monitoring period, the meter functioned well, and the meter
Monitoring equipment
validity period covered all of monitoring period.
Measuring/reading/recording
Continuous measurement and monthly recording
frequency
Calculation method
-
(if applicable)

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QA/QC procedures
Purpose of data/parameter
Additional comments
Data/Parameter
Unit
Description
Measured/calculated/
default
Source of data
Value(s) of monitored
parameter
Monitoring equipment
Measuring/reading/recording
frequency
Calculation method
(if applicable)
QA/QC procedures
Purpose of data/parameter
Additional comments
Data/Parameter
Unit
Description
Measured/calculated/
default
Source of data
Value(s) of monitored
parameter
Monitoring equipment
Measuring/reading/recording
frequency
Calculation method
(if applicable)
QA/QC procedures
Purpose of data/parameter
Additional comments
D.3. Implementation of sampling plan
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N.A.
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According to the recommendation by the manufacturer or the regulations of
the grid company, meters will be calibrated periodically. Data measured by
meters will be cross-checked with the record document confirmed by EDL.
Baseline Emission
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CAPPJ
W
Installed capacity of hydropower plant after the implementation of the
project activity
Measured
Project site
63,990,000
Checking nameplate of the installed capacity at the beginning of each
crediting period
Once at the beginning of each crediting period
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Project Emission Calculation
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APJ
m2
Area of the reservoir measured in the surface of water, after the
implementation of the project activity, when the reservoir is full.
Measured
Measuring report of the reservoir in the surface of water calculated on the
basis on measurement data from the project site.
319,893
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Once at the beginning of each crediting period
The water level of the reservoir will be daily recorded in the operation
period. The highest one of reservoir level records of a calendar year will be
used to determine the water surface area of the reservoir of that year by the
project owner. Base on the elevation chart of the reservoir, water level
records correspond to specific area of the reservoir. With computer-aid
design program, the area determined by the record can be calculated, thus
the data APJ is achieved.
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Project Emission Calculation
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SECTION E. Calculation of emission reductions or net anthropogenic removals

E.1. Calculation of baseline emissions or baseline net removals

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According to Methodology, if the project activity is the installation of a new grid-connected
renewable power plant/unit at a site where no renewable power plant was operated prior to the
implementation of the project activity, then: EGfacility,y =EGoutput,y - EGinput,y.
EGoutput,y (MWh) EGinput,y (MWh)
Meter EGfacility,y
Meter (MWh)
Period ETNs reading ETNs
readings Max(C,
Min(A,B) s
D)
E = Min(A,B)
A B C D
- Max(C,D)
01/11/2019-
14,586.393 14,586.393 14,586.393 136.409 136.409 136.409 14,449.984
31/12/2019
01/01/2020-
230,081.162 230,081.162 230,081.162 551.787 551.787 551.787 229,529.375
31/12/2020
Total 244,667.555 244,667.555 244,667.555 688.196 688.196 688.196 243,979.359

Therefore, the Baseline emission calculation is listed below.

EGoutput,y EGinput,y EGfacility,y EFgrid,CM,y BEy
Monitoring Period A B C=A-B D E=C*D
MWh MWh MWh tCO2e/MWh tCO2e
01/11/2019-31/12/2019 14,586.393 136.409 14,449.984 8,084
01/01/2020-31/12/2020 230,081.162 551.787 229,529.375 0.5595 128,421
Total 244,667.555 688.196 243,979.359 136,505

E.2. Calculation of project emissions or actual net removals

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According to Methodology, the project emissions shall be calculated by the following equation:
PEy=PEEF, y + PEGP, y + PEHP, y

For this project, does not involve the fossil fuel consumption and geothermal power, so PEFF, y=0,
PEGP, y =0.

PD=(CapPJ-CapBL) / (APJ-ABL)
The actual installed capacity of the project is 63.99MW; the area of reservoir at full water level is
319,893 m2. Therefore, the power density (PD) = 63,990,000/319,893 = 200.04 W/m2 which is
greater than 10 W/m2, thus PEHP, y= 0. Then PEy= 0 tCO2

E.3. Calculation of leakage emissions

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No leakage emissions are considered.

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E.4. Calculation of emission reductions or net anthropogenic removals
Baseline GHG emission reductions or net anthropogenic
Project GHG removals
GHG
GHG (tCO2e)
emissions Leakage
emissions
or GHG From
or actual
baseline emissions Before 01/01/ From
net GHG Total
net GHG (tCO2e) 01/01/ 2013 01/01/
removals amount
removals 2013 until 31/12/ 2021
(tCO2e)
(tCO2e) 2020
Total 136,505 0 0 - 136,505 - 136,505

E.5. Comparison of emission reductions or net anthropogenic removals achieved with

estimates in the registered PDD
Amount estimated ex ante for this monitoring
Amount achieved during this monitoring period
period in the PDD
(t CO2e)
(t CO2e)
136,505 147,139

E.5.1. Explanation of calculation of “amount estimated ex ante for this monitoring period in
the PDD”
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The duration of this monitoring period is from 01/11/2019 to 31/12/2020 (including the first and last
day), totally 427 days. The ex-ante ER annually in registered PDD is 125,775 tCO2e. The values
estimated in ex-ante calculation of registered PDD in this monitoring period is 125,775 tCO2e /
365days*427 days = 147,139 tCO2e.

E.6. Remarks on increase in achieved emission reductions

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Table in E.5. shows that the actual value is 7.23% lower than the estimated emission reduction of
the registered CDM PDD during this monitoring period. The main reason is the electricity supplied
to the grid is controlled by Electric Power Company through power dispatching, then the actual
operating hours within this monitoring period was thus less than the value expected. Considering
the hydro resource fluctuation and the less power generation, the actual emission reductions
reported in this monitoring period are reasonable and appropriate.

E.7. Remarks on scale of small-scale project activity

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N.A.

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Document information

Version Date Description

08.0 6 April 2021 Revision to:

• Reflect the “Clarification: Regulatory requirements under
temporary measures for post-2020 cases” (CDM-EB109-
A01-CLAR).
07.0 31 May 2019 Revision to:
• Ensure consistency with version 02.0 of the “CDM project
standard for project activities” (CDM-EB93-A04-STAN);
• Add a section on remarks on the observance of the scale
limit of small-scale project activity during the crediting period;
• Add "changes specific to afforestation or reforestation project
activity" as a possible post-registration changes;
• Clarify the reporting of net anthropogenic GHG removals for
A/R project activities between two commitment periods;
• Make editorial improvements.
06.0 7 June 2017 Revision to:
• Ensure consistency with version 01.0 of the “CDM project
standard for project activities” (CDM-EB93-A04-STAN);
• Make editorial improvements.
05.1 4 May 2015 Editorial revision to correct version numbering.
05.0 1 April 2015 Revisions to:
• Include provisions related to delayed submission of a
monitoring plan;
• Provisions related to the Host Party;
• Remove reference to programme of activities;
• Overall editorial improvement.
04.0 25 June 2014 Revisions to:
• Include the Attachment: Instructions for filling out the
monitoring report form (these instructions supersede the
"Guideline: Completing the monitoring report form" (Version
04.0));
• Include provisions related to standardized baselines;
• Add contact information on a responsible person(s)/
entity(ies) for completing the CDM-MR-FORM in A.6 and
Appendix 1;
• Change the reference number from F-CDM-MR to CDM-MR-
FORM;
• Editorial improvement.
03.2 5 November 2013 Editorial revision to correct table in page 1.
03.1 2 January 2013 Editorial revision to correct table in section E.5.
03.0 3 December 2012 Revision required to introduce a provision on reporting actual
emission reductions or net GHG removals by sinks for the period up
to 31 December 2012 and the period from 1 January 2013 onwards
(EB 70, Annex 11).

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Version Date Description

02.0 13 March 2012 Revision required to ensure consistency with the "Guidelines for
completing the monitoring report form" (EB 66, Annex 20).
01.0 28 May 2010 EB 54, Annex 34. Initial adoption.
Decision Class: Regulatory
Document Type: Form
Business Function: Issuance
Keywords: monitoring report

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