Russia
On the Measures of Implementing Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Government Decree No. 844)
Executive
Decree/Order/Ordinance
Passed in 2009
The Selection Rules were prepared and approved in December 2009 and have been submitted for registration (legal expertise) at the Ministry of Justice but have yet to be approved. Companies can apply for JI projects in energy, agriculture, forestry, waste products, industrial processes and use of solvents and other products. Sberbank (a state-owned bank) is the designated 'carbon units' operator'.
This document expedited the procedure for JI projects' implementation, changed the state bodies involved in the project approval procedure, modified the eligibility criteria for JI projects and introduced some other major changes to legislation in the sphere of Kyoto Protocol mechanisms.
Documents
from the Grantham Research Institute
from the Grantham Research Institute
