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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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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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We do not for each flight. Only what’s delivered from EO to EO consignments

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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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When you are buyer we do not ask for certification details

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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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If your ISCC certificate has collection point scope you can use Part B scope . 
If you certificate possess only point of origin scope we are developing special trade for it where you will be able to register your transaction..

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We are working on this and we expect this by end of Q2

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TDV not needed for UCO

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Please provide more details on the site information.

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UDB does not register non-sustainable quantities. Regarding your specific question please discuss with your  scheme

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Bulk upload of sourcing contact is available .
Bulk upload for Transaction is not available and will be announced when its available.

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Each sale is unique and will create a unique POS in UDB.

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Yes , this will be possible.

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UK will be part of Eu grid.

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Both buyer and seller can enter the delivery location if its already known. If the buyer not registered in UDB it will be marked as consumed .

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For feedstock MJ is only for fuels and Dry tone is for RM. UOM depends on the registered material type.

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1. If outside UDB scope means EO not using UDB scope you can register this transaction in UDB mentioning the Required EO details.
2. If it means non sustainable consignment you don't need to register it in UDB.
If you want to remove it from your mass balance this feature will be possible in future.

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Non certified EO's can be imported into UDB for the transaction.

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The NUTS2 values need to be the ones subject to a decision by EC (RED II), Currently only NUTS2 value for Argentina & and Australia are approved by EC directives.

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If the Blue PoS received can only be registered in UDB at start of next MB period, how can we supply the PoS within 30 calendar days as required?

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UDB does not automatically calculate the emissions and is needed to share to EO further in the value chain. This is the responsibility of the EO

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Yes.. you can accumulate all volumes for the same point of origin, same GHG and same country of origin.

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The transactions can be registered in the past as long as it is within the certification validity

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All transactions after 1st Jan 2024 have to be on UDB

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National schemes should notify EC, DG ENER about the National scheme so that the scheme can be onboarded on UDB. National schemes should further onboard the economic operators and their certificates on UDB

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Regarding an Independent storage site, an trader should ensure this site is listed under his certificate to be able to use the warehouse as the location for the consignments

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Initial stocks is one time registration. It can be registered on UDB based on sustainable stocks held as of 1st January 2024

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UDB is digitizing all sustainable materials as part of traceability. As such UDB will be able to demonstrate Mass-balance of such materials that can only be part of UDB. This view may not be the same as physical stocks held by EO and as such. It is not intended for UDB to replace Mass-Balance document at this point in time.

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Could you please clarify the question

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The seller will have to indicate the buyer in a sale transaction. Buyer shall update the delivery location. If the Buyer is not on UDB or his site is not certified, it will be considered booked out.

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The topic of registering the transaction is explained in the user manual i.e. the 72 hours is applicable from the trigger point. The trigger point is based on economic operators business process giving flexibility to be based on consolidation of shipments under invoice etc.

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Every Consignment should be registered on UDB with UDB PoS

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All Consignments should be registered by your suppliers after 1st Jan

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A supplier can register the transactions retroactively after 1st Jan 2024 in 2024

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Input for initial stock is a onetime activity by the economic operator. Retroactive registration after 1st January allows the possibility for delayed submissions during the transition year. 

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A template based auto conversion will be added in the backlog

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In the current implementation we do not allow to record sales transaction with  negative mass balance.

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In the current implementation we do not show cumulative .

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Possible to register transaction for non ISCC buyer , it will be called as Booked out . This feature is currently not available .

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ISCC is responsible for updating this.

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The question needs to be clarified but the UDB allows to cumulate the GHG emissions. Each Economic operator can see the total GHG emissions cumulated until the previous  stage. 

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once UDB is fully operational and for the types of fuels covered the UDB PoS is the mandatory reference for sustainability certification and traceability. therefore, should be enough for such purposes.  

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All consignments if not on UDB cannot be counted as sustainable if there is no corresponding UDB PoS. When Nabisys is integrated, Nabisy PoS should be integrated on UDB. 

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If the EO registers the consignment using Initial stocks for 2023 stocks they continue to be subject to audits during certification renewal

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Ambient litres will be considered

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In UDB you can use internal transfer option to move stock from one site to another site internally but the site need to be registered(Certified) .

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Bulk Upload Transaction will included in the backlog

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All EO should contact your voluntary scheme .
For technical support-EC-UDB-SUPPORT@ec.europa.eu. 
For functional topics- EC-UNION-DB@ec.europa.eu.

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Yes, a company can have several 
users registered to work on a (UDB) system. 

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Point of origin Economic Operators like farmers & restaurants.
These types of EOs are not expected to participate in reporting trade transactions to UDB. 
The trades from POO shall be registered by 1st Gathering or collection point.

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Kindly contact your voluntary scheme to update the certificate if status is expired.
If the certificate is expired that certificate sites are not possible to register stock and transaction

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We plan to create adjustment/loss feature , In future buyer should be able to include adjustment/loss linked to the consignment  .

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If the certification number is incorrect, again we need to create a new certificate. Once the certificate has been created, certificate number edit is not possible

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Yes, a company can have several users. 

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Feature would be available in future

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The NUTS2 values need to be the ones subject to a decision by EC (RED II), Currently only NUTS2 value for Argentina & and Australia are approved by EC directives.

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The purpose of the initial stock registration 
is to allow economic operators to register an initial available sustainable stock of raw materials or fuels that would allow them later to trade. This feature will be available only during transitioning into the union database to enable economic operators to start registering transactions.
is it a truckload or shipment or current inventory at that location? 

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For the raw material Corn unit, should be kgCO2eq/DMT. 
For all fuel type unit, should be gCO2eq/MJ.

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Initial stock held by the Economic Operator at a site listed in the certificate as on 1st January 2024 to be registered as a one-time activity to kick start the UDB application. 
Initial stock is the quantity available to the EO at a particular site as on 1st January 2024. Stock should be issued 1 st Jan 2024,
No other future dates are possible.

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Currently for NUTS2 region available only for 
Argentina for the material Soyabean and Australia for the material Canola Seed
Material: rapeseed (crop)) with NUTS2 method type. How could we register NUTS2 crop stocks to UDB?

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Bulk Upload Transaction is Feature for us to implement 

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UDB POS is the true source of sustainability information in UDB.
Yes edelivery can be used for bulk upload.

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Currently for registering certificate mass balance duration could be 1 months,2 months,
3 months or 12 months

Once the mass balance start date & duration is specified and the transactions are recorded on UDB, the transactions executed would be visible within the specific mass-balance period. The feature for Mass-balance period would be available within Q1 2024 for use. It is not necessary to specify the mass-balance start date for every period. The UDB will auto generate the mass-balance periods based on initial last known mass balance start date and duration. The carry forward of available stocks from one mass-balance period to the next will be automatically calculated for every new period, & hence it is not necessary to manually move the volumes.

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Only sustainable material will be traced on UDB except in the case of blending. 

With regards to sustainable fuel, only those consignment reported on UDB (by fuel producers) and further sold to fuel suppliers on UDB will be available to the final fuel supplier to mark the fuel as consumed in the market. Offline reporting of consignments put on market will not be allowed on UDB as this defeats the purpose of UDB from traceability point of view and will lead to double counting/ irregularities. EO would have the report of all consignments put for consumption by final fuel suppliers on real time basis. Additionally an annual report can be extracted by both EO and the Member states for sustainable fuel.

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Company reference should be the Internal company reference that can directly or indirectly link the evidence supporting the traded consignment. This reference is to be used during the certification audit. 

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Stock should be issued 1 st Jan 2024, it could be registered at any time.

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The NUTS2 values need to be the ones subject to a decision by EC (RED II).

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We plan to create adjustment/loss feature , In future buyer should be able to include adjustment/loss linked to the consignment  .

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Stock should be issued 1 st Jan 2024,
No other future dates are possible.

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Physical location(site- address mentioned in your certificate)
where you store your stock

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Yes . several user rights can be added

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Using e delivery you can upload several transaction 

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Yes, It is a onetime exercise

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Could you please address to
 EC-UNION-DB@ec.europa.eu through more details

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All mandatory fields are marked with red star on the top. *

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Adding sourcing contact(farmer) is available all the time . 

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If your sourcing contact is already registered in UDB , no need to reregister .When the delivery happens the new sourcing contact has to be registered.

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If you mean EO details(Suppliers), yes if they are linked to ISCC they should be automatically transferred. 

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Only one.

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You can register multiple sites in your ISCC certificate .

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Currently you are able to upload sourcing contacts without NTR and UDB will generate the NTR, We are giving 3 months of expiry for this sourcing contact. Within this 3 months you should be able to provide a unique reference from your system and not just the name so we can create a NTR template for these sourcing contacts.

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Currently you are able to upload sourcing contacts without NTR and UDB will generate the NTR, We are giving 3 months of expiry for this sourcing contact. Within this 3 months you should be able to provide a unique reference from your system and not just the name so we can create a NTR template for these sourcing contacts.

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The NUTS2 values need to be the ones subject to a decision by EC (RED II).

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No, Currently only one certificate is possible to 
create point of origin buyer trade

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You can record same date for both.

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POO should be recorded when you buy the material.

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If the site is certified you should be able to select the 'place of delivery ' while accepting the transaction.

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Currently only one transaction can register,
Multiple register Transaction is Feature for us to implement 

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Bulk Upload PoO
is Feature for us to implement

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Mass upload will only be possible for sourcing contact . 

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Yes you can register multiple transaction on one delivery date.

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Currently not possible (unless edelivery is being used).

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This requirement does not go beyond legislation since the RED II as a higher-level legal act cannot regulate all the details of implementing an information system. Nevertheless, article 28.2 stipulates that the UDB should register all transactions in the value chain. Regarding the 72h, please bear in mind that aggregation of quantities is allowed if the inherent sustainability attributes of these quantities are the same. Therefore, the transaction registration could be based on an invoice that covers an aggregated consignment. 

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Currently not possible - feature coming soon.

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First Collection Point can use it.
EO must have a valid certificate with at least one of the scope activities.
CP - Collecting Point (for waste/residue material not grown/harvested on farms/plantations)
CNPW - Collector of non-primary residual flows

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No, Currently only one certificate is possible to add in a Transaction

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On accepting the transaction buyer would enter the delivery location.

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Your MB book is separate and needed by your CB's and Auditor's.

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On the transaction list view page you should be able to see the POS generated.

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Both

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Bulk Upload Transaction is Feature for us to implement 

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This will not be possible. 

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In the current implementation we cannot mass approve transactions.

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POO should be recorded when you buy the material.

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You can choose the unit according the selected material.

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The EO has flexibility to decide the trigger point at which the information is sufficiently available for the EO to introduce the transaction on the UDB except for PoS. The examples for trigger points can be – invoice, bill of lading, surveyor report of internal reference that links multiple evidence. These trigger points are to be linked to the evidence being shared to the auditor.

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The EO has flexibility to decide the trigger point at which the information is sufficiently available for the EO to introduce the transaction on the UDB except for PoS. The examples for trigger points can be – invoice, bill of lading, surveyor report of internal reference that links multiple evidence. These trigger points are to be linked to the evidence being shared to the auditor.

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The NUTS2 values need to be the ones subject to a decision by EC (RED II).

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Gaseous Value chain for non-GoO is to go live before 21st November 2024. Testing will be possible on bilateral basis with EOs and TSO/DSO in Q2 & Q3 2024

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Transactions can be registered retroactively from 1st January 2024 based on the initial stocks or transactions received from suppliers after 1st January 2024.

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We will be publishing when a new feature is available - Announcements

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Currently selling to Non certified EO is not available . But we are currently working on implementing this feature. 

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Contact your Voluntary Scheme

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Please try again ,Currently the sessions will be active unto 30 mins.

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Yes, In the transaction if the POS set to 'NO' then it will be in Provisional status i.e. transaction doesn't send to buyer it remains back in seller transaction it can be longer editable

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TDV stands for Total Default Value
TDV fetches the value from the fuel production step only.