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Date of meeting: 11 September 2017
Place of meeting: Mexico City, Mexico
Joint Committee of the Joint Crediting Mechanism
between Mexico and Japan
Second Meeting
Meeting Report

Agenda item 1. Opening
Mr. Eduardo Olivares, Chief Advisor, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources,opened the second meeting of the Joint Committee (JC) of the Joint Crediting Mechanism(JCM) and gave opening remarks.
Mr. Toru Shimizu, Minister, Embassy of Japan in Mexico, gave opening remarks.
Table: Attendance
JC Members from Mexican side
Mr. Eduardo OLIVARESMinistry of Environment and Natural Resources

Mr. Mario DUARTE

Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources

Mrs. Neydi CRUZ

Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources

Ms. Daniela NORIEGAMinistry of Environment and Natural Resources

Mr. Benjamin HERAS

Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources

Ms. Diana KARIN

Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources

Mrs. Juana NIETO

Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources

Mr. Rubén HERNANDEZ

Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources

JC Members from Japanese side
Mr. Toru SHIMIZU

Embassy of Japan in Mexico

Ms. Mihoko KAWAMURA (alternate)

Ministry of Foreign AffairsMr. Wataru MATSUMURA

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Mr. Naoki TORII (alternate)

Ministry of the Environment

Ms. Naoko TSUKADA

Forestry Agency

Mr. Kota YAMAMOTO

Embassy of Japan in Mexico

Embassy of Japan in Mexico
Mr. Jun MORIKAWA* The names of members present at the meeting are in bold print above.

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Agenda item 2. Organizational matters
Agenda item 2.1. Adoption of the agenda
The JC adopted the agenda of the meeting.
Agenda item 2.2. Approval on attendance of observers
The Co-Chairs introduced the observer and the JC gave its consent to attendance of theobserver at this JC meeting.

Agenda item 3. Rules and guidelines
Agenda item 3.1. Revisions related to issuance of JCM credits
The JC considered the draft revisions on “Rules of Implementation for the Joint Crediting
Mechanism (JCM)”, “JCM Project Cycle Procedure” and “JCM Credits Issuance RequestForm”, and adopted them, as contained in Annexes (Annex 1, 2 and 4) to this meeting report.
Agenda item 3.2. Revisions related to extension of the JCM
The JC considered the draft revisions on “Rules of Implementation for the JCM”, “JCMVerification Report Form”, “JCM Credits Issuance Request Form” and “JCM Guidelines forDeveloping Project Design Document and Monitoring Report”, and adopted them, ascontained in Annexes (Annex 1, 3, 4 and 5) to this meeting report.
Agenda item 3.3. Revisions related to editorial matters
The JC considered the draft revisions on “Rules of Implementation for the JCM”, “JCMProject Cycle Procedure”, “JCM Guidelines for Developing Project Design Document andMonitoring Report” and “JCM Guidelines for Designation as a Third-Party Entity”, andadopted them, as contained in Annexes (Annex 1, 2, 5 and 6) to this meeting report.
Agenda item 3.4. Common Specifications of the JCM Registry
The JC considered the draft “Common Specifications of the JCM Registry” and adopted it, ascontained in Annex 7 to this meeting report.

Agenda item 4. JCM methodology
Agenda item 4.1. Installation of Solar PV System
The JC considered the proposed methodology “Installation of Solar PV System” andconsented to start public inputs of the JCM proposed methodology, which will be followed byan electronic decision process as applicable.

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JCM_MX_JC02_Mtg RepAgenda item 5. Third-Party Entity
Agenda item 5.1. Addition of new sectoral scopes (Japan Management Association)
The JC designated Japan Management Association (JMA) for the additional sectoral scopesof 1, 2 and 3 for verification.

Agenda item 6. Other matters
Agenda item 6.1. Promoting development of JCM projects in Mexico
The Japanese side explained the financing programme for the JCM and updated informationon the JCM model projects which are currently implemented in Mexico.
The Japanese side also explained the JCM promotion scheme, JCM Demonstration Project,
MRV Application Study and JCM Feasibility Study.

Agenda item 7. Conclusion of the meeting
The Co-Chairs gave closing remarks and closed the meeting.

Annexes to the report
Annex 1 Rules of Implementation for the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) (version 02.0)
Annex 2 JCM Project Cycle Procedure (version 02.0)
Annex 3 JCM Verification Report Form (version 02.0)
Annex 4 JCM Credits Issuance Request Form (version 02.0)
Annex 5 JCM Guidelines for Developing Project Design Document and Monitoring Report(version 02.0)
Annex 6 JCM Guidelines for Designation as a Third-Party Entity (version 02.0)
Annex 7 Common Specifications of the JCM Registry3