In the demo it shows mass balance duration for 12 months and it seems it cannot be edited. Shouldn’t this be 3 months?
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We have mass balance for 1, 2, 3 and 12months, once provided by EO it cannot be edited .We plan to implement edit of mass balance duration by certification body only .
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If holding Nabisy POS in a mass balance will mapping of Nabisy POS codes to UDB material codes be provided? Will Annex IX status align with member state lists?
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On UDB a certified material at the point of production is based on certification subject by the schemes that are compliant to RED. It is not allowed and is illegal to relabel the same material to another name. For the purpose of promotion a Member states may decide to interpret the same material differently within the member state. Such cross-referencing can be done by the member states during harmonization process initiated by the member states with Union Database. This will however not lead to change in Annex IX status.
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Will aviation fuel suppliers be expected to record a transaction for each individual flight? Or can these be aggregated on a monthly/quarterly/annual basis?
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We do not for each flight. Only what’s delivered from EO to EO consignments
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What is a non-primary residual flow?
Response:
primary residual flows' refer to 'agricultural, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry residues and wastes' and 'non-primary residual flows' refer to 'processing residues and wastes'.
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Please can you show us how to trade corn bought under different certification scheme, KZR Inig, when we are in UDB just ISCC certified holder.
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When you are buyer we do not ask for certification details
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How can fuel suppliers remove biofuel from their stocks when this fuel has been used against e.g SAF mandate?
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Basically remove means report that the fuel has been use. We use put-on-market to register this.
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Material processing
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Field name ? To be specified
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A guideline for material processing will cover most of these questions.
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Scope: to be specified? Is it the type of processing (e.g.: Trituration or Esterification)
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If the scope of site is meant here, then the scope of materials valid for the site is what is meant. This should also be specified in the certificate & is normally the responsibility of VS.
If the scope of an EO is referred to here, then it is as per the definition in the certificate. Please refer to the below link about the possible values of scope of EO.
Date of processing : can we group by week or month ? NB: We do not have this information in our systems today
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Date of processing can be grouped as long as the emission characteristics for processing within the date range is constant. i.e. The EO may chose to use the last day of the week or month to apply conversion.
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Is it possible to automate the implementation with industrial yields? We have the impression that the UDB imposes an entry for the input and one for the output, in fact, the two are correlated and this would avoid an additional operation
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The conversion allows indeed input or output material & quantity. In such case UDB can recognize the yield at site level but not necessarily at each individual step unless those steps are registered on UDB for each processing step / material created. Implementing a standard yield approach would mean further corrections in subsequent stage for rounding off or variations. We understand that there is no standard yield that can be applied through out the year. Hence this approach is universal for all types of processing. In such cases using a standard yield may not provide accurate information to UDB about the reality to the auditors during audits thereby the reliability of information on UDB.
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What is the assignment of POS during an implementation?
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A batch of input materials with same emission characteristics when converted to an output materials, a new PoS is generated by UDB. An EO will be informed about the different consignments (unique emission & origin characteristics) that he converted in order to use them for future trades. The implementation specifics both on online & e-Delivery will be explained in the guidelines.
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How to manage downgrades or losses in line
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Losses can be adjusted during conversion process. Alternatively UDB will provide an feature to adjust losses during mass-balance period.
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How to manage transfers between sites?
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Transfers between sites for same EO & same certificate will be enabled.
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How to manage contract work (when we crush for other actors, or when other actors crush for us with a service contract)
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If the crushing activity is executed at the same site and can be uniquely identifiable on UDB as a new material name then this can be registered on UDB using a trade transaction. In the case where the material name is same after crushing & there is a need to recognize the losses after crushing in terms of quantity then the losses features can be applied.
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Explain which scopes are allowed to register a conversion. (background: during testing, we have managed to register conversions under the scopes first gathering point).
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Currently there is no restriction. But this will be restricted soon to EOs who are modifying or converting the materials.
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Clarify if EOs can aggregate material processing, and on which basis (weekly, monthly, etc.)
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Yes, this can be done and is up to the EO to manage the level of granularity subject to common emission method type, conversion factors and evidence that will be used during the audit.