accounts, 9,825,706 CERs were held in entity holding accounts, 390,357 CERs in the other cancellation accounts and 17,573,419 CERs were held in the retirement account. The registry did not contain any RMUs, t-CERs or l-CERs. There were no units in the Article 6 issuance and conversion accounts; no units in the Article 3.3 and Article 3.4 issuance or cancellation accounts and no units in the Article 12 afforestation and reforestation accounts. The total amount of the units in the registry corresponded to 1,042,815,673 tonnes CO2 eq.
The Netherlands’ assigned amount is 1,001,262,141 tonnes CO2 eq. Annual Submission Item Submission 15/CMP.1 annex I.E paragraph 11: Standard Electronic Format (SEF)
The Standard Electronic Format report for 2013 has been submitted to the UNFCCC Secretariat electronically (SEF_ NL_2014_1_13-52-30 13-1-2014.xls). The contents of the report (R1) can also be found in Annex A6.6 of this document.
12.3 Discrepancies and notifications
Annual Submission Item Submission
15/CMP.1 annex I.E paragraph 12: List of discrepant transactions No discrepant transactions occurred in 2013. 15/CMP.1 annex I.E paragraph 13 & 14: List of CDM notifications No CDM notifications occurred in 2013. 15/CMP.1 annex I.E paragraph 15: List of non-replacements No non-replacements occurred in 2013. 15/CMP.1 annex I.E paragraph 16: List of invalid units No invalid units exist as at 31 December 2013. 15/CMP.1 annex I.E paragraph 17 : Actions and changes to
address discrepancies
No actions were taken or changes made to address discrepancies for the period under review.
12.4 Publicly accessible information
Annual Submission Item Submission
15/CMP.1 annex I.E
Publicly accessible information
The information as described in 13/CMP.1 annex II.E paragraphs 44-48 is publicly available at the following internet address (URL);
http://www.emissieautoriteit.nl/english/public-information-kyoto
All required information for a Party with an active Kyoto registry is provided with the following exceptions;
paragraph 46
Article 6 Project Information. the Netherlands does not host JI projects as laid down in National legislation. This fact is stated on the mentioned internet address.
That the Netherlands does not host JI projects is implied by article 16.46c of the Environment Act (Wet milieubeheer) and explicitly stated in the explanatory memorandum to the act implementing the EC linking Directive (Directive 2004/101/EC, the Directive that links the ETS to the project based activities under the Kyoto Protocol). As is explained in the memorandum, the government decided not to allow JI projects in the Netherlands since it would only increase the existing shortage of emission allowances / assigned amount units. paragraph 47a/d/f/l in/out/current
Holding and transaction information is provided on a holding type level, due to more detailed information being declared confidential by EU regulation.
This follows from article 10 of EU Regulation 2216/2004/EC, that states that “All information, including the holdings of all accounts and all transactions made, held in the registries and the Community independent transaction log shall be considered confidential for any purpose other than the implementation of the requirements of this Regulation, Directive 2003/87/EC or national law.”
paragraph 47c
the Netherlands does not host JI projects as laid down in National legislation (ref. submission paragraph 46 above).
paragraph 47e
the Netherlands does not perform LULUCF activities and therefore does not issue RMUs. paragraph 47g
No ERUs, CERs, AAUs and RMUs have been cancelled on the basis of activities under Article 3, paragraphs 3 and 4 to date.
paragraph 47h
No ERUs, CERs, AAUs and RMUs have been cancelled following determination by the Compliance Committee that the Party is not in compliance with its commitment under Article 3, paragraph 1 to date.
paragraph 47i
The number of other ERUs, CERs, AAUs and RMUs that have been cancelled is published by means of the SEF report.
paragraph 47j
The number of other ERUs, CERs, AAUs and RMUs that have been retired is published by means of the SEF report.
paragraph 47k
12.5 Calculation of the commitment
period reserve (CPR)
In April 2008, the Netherlands became eligible under the Kyoto Protocol. Its assigned amount was fixed at 1,001,262,141 tonnes CO2 equivalent. The CPR was calculated at that point in time at 901,135,927 tonnes CO2 equivalent. The CPR has not been changed.
12.6 KP-LULUCF accounting
The Netherlands has elected to account for KP-LULUCF activities at the end of the commitment period. This year, for the first time, information on the accounting of the KP-LULUCF is therefore included in the SEF tables. In Table 12.1, data on accounting for the KP-LULUCF activities are given. According to this information, the Netherlands would be able to issue RMUs corresponding to the amount of 2.1 Tg CO2 eq.
Table 12.1 Information table on accounting for activities under Articles 3.3 and 3.4 of the Kyoto Protocol (Gg CO2 eq).
Activities Net emissions/removals Accounting
quantity
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total
A. Article 3.3 activities A.1. Afforestation and Reforestation A.1.1. Units of land not harvested since the beginning of the commitment period
-413.65 -434.83 -633.14 -644.86 -656.21 -2,782.69 -2,782.69
Extensive information on the national inventory system is described in this National Inventory Report under the appropriate sections as required by the UNFCCC
guidelines. More extensive background information on the National System is also included in the Netherlands 6th National Communication and in the Initial Report. The Initial Review in 2007 concluded that the Netherlands National System has been established in accordance with the guidelines.
There have been no changes in the National System since the last submission and since the Initial Report, with the exception of the following issues:
• The co-ordination of the Emission Registration Project, in which emissions of about 350 substances are annually calculated, was performed until 1 January 2010 by PBL. As of 1 January 2010, co-ordination has been assigned to RIVM. Processes, protocols and methods remain unchanged. Many of the former experts from PBL have also shifted to RIVM.
• The name of SenterNovem (single national entity/NIE) has changed, as of 1 January 2010, to of NL Agency. • The name of NL Agency (single national entity/NIE) has
changed, as of 1 January 2014, to Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl)
• The name of the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM) has changed, as of October 2010, to the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (IenM), as a result of a merger with the