National Electronic Registry of Anthropogenic Emissions and Absorption of Greenhouse Gases of Ukraine

National Electronic Registry of Anthropogenic Emissions and Absorption of Greenhouse Gases of Ukraine is an automatic system for accounting and processing of information regarding anthropogenic emissions and absorption of greenhouse gases.

The Registry consists of hardware and software system and an informational resource that includes a public website of the Registry in the Internet and an electronic database containing data from individual or corporate bodies generating emissions or absorption of greenhouse gases.

The Registry is formed and filled by National Environmental Investments Agency of Ukraine that is its Administrator for accurate issuance, holding, transfer, acquisition, cancellation and retirement of Assigned amount units (AAUs), Certified emission reductions (CERs), Emission reduction units (ERUs) and Removal units (RMUs), as well as carry-over of ERUs, CERs and AAUs. The purpose of the Registry establishment and maintenance is to carry out the Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC, Article 7, paragraph 4.

Administration of the Registry foresees:

data input regarding reserving of Carbon Units for projects aimed at mitigation of anthropogenic emissions or increasing of absorption of greenhouse gases according to Article 6 of Kyoto Protocol;

issuance, holding, transfer, acquisition, cancellation and retirement of Carbon Units;

data communication with other national registries through the central communication hub of the International Transaction Log (ITL) for checkout and approval of transactions for issuance, holding, transfer, acquisition, cancellation and retirement of Carbon Units;

Change of data regarding issuance, transfer, acquisition, cancellation and retirement of AAUs can be performed on the basis of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Resolution.

Data contained in the Registry is state property. A part of the information determined by National Environmental Investment Agency is disseminated by media.