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Decree establishing the Inter-ministerial Commission on Climate Change (CIMGC) and related resolutions

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Passed in 1999

This Decree establishes the Inter-ministerial Commission on Climate Change (CIMGC), composed of nine ministries and headed by the Ministry of Science and Technology, for the purpose of co-ordinating discussions on climate change and integrating the government's policies in these ministries. The CIMGC provides input on the government's involvement with the UNFCCC and sets criteria and makes decisions on Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects.

Order 533, of 29 August 2000, established the by-laws of the CIMGC.

Resolution 1/2003 states that for the purpose of approval of project activities by the Commission, the modalities and procedures for the clean development mechanism are those approved at the seventh Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, detailed in annex I of the resolution.

Resolution CIMGC 9/2009 provides for the program of activities within the scope of the clean development mechanism.

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Decree establishing the Inter-ministerial Commission on Climate Change (CIMGC) and related resolutions

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