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Appendix 4: Joint implementation letter of approval example

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Appendix 4:

Date

Address of investor

Project approval and investor authorisation under Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol

The Ministry for the Environment, acting as New Zealand’s Designated Focal Point (DFP) for Joint Implementation, for the purposes of Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol and the decisions adopted pursuant to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,

Referring to:

  • project reference: JI Supervisory Committee or host party reference number (specify)

  • project title: ‘The JI project’

  • project participant: ‘the investor’

  • host party:

  • accredited independent entity:

declares that:

  1. The Government of New Zealand has ratified the Kyoto Protocol.

  2. New Zealand participates in the flexibility mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol on a voluntary basis.

  3. This letter constitutes the DFP’s approval, as required by Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol and paragraph 31(a) of the Annex to 9/CMP.1, of the project based activity.

  4. This letter constitutes the DFP’s authorisation, as required by Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol, of ‘the investor’s’ involvement as a project participant in the JI project.

  5. In granting approval and authorisation, the DFP has not considered those matter that fall within the competence of the:

  6. host party

  7. accredited independent entity

  8. Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee.

  9. This letter does not imply or provide a commitment on the part of the New Zealand Government to support the JI project in the event that any host party legal or environmental requirement for the construction and operation of the JI project is not fulfilled and the JI project therefore is unable to proceed.

  10. This letter has effect according to its terms and is not binding on the Government of New Zealand.

  11. This letter does not imply or provide a commitment on the part of the New Zealand Government to support the JI project in the event that any host party legal or environmental requirement for the construction and operation of the JI project is not fulfilled and the JI project therefore is unable to proceed.

  12. This letter has effect according to its terms and is not binding on the Government of New Zealand.

Signed

________________________________________________ Date:

Manager, Carbon markets

New Zealand’s Designated Focal POint

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