EMISSION REDUCTION PURCHASE AGREEMENT (ERPA)
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Exhibit 10.1
EMISSION REDUCTION PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(ERPA)
between
(the "Purchaser")
UNITED BEST TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Address: Suite 0000-0X, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx,
000-000 Xxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Tel : 000-0000-0000
Fax: 000-0000-0000
Email: xxxxxxxxxxx0000@xxxxx.xx
President -General Director: Dr. Tri Xx Xxxxxx
and
(the " Suoi Chim 2 Hydro Power-CDM Project Proponent")., henceforth
“VIETNAM PROJECT PROPONENT”
Sponsor: HONG KONG CONSTRUCTION INVESTMENT JOINT STOCK
COMPANY (HTIC., JSC)
Address: Xxxxxx 0, Xxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Son District, Son La Province., Vietnam
Mobile phone:x00 000000000.
Telephone: x00 00 000 000
Fax: x00 00 000 000.
General Director: Xx. Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx
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Interpretation and Definitions | ||
In this Agreement, unless otherwise required by the context, all capitalized terms shall have the | ||
meaning set forth in the definitions below. | ||
Additional | Means any Certified Emission Reduction (CER) generated by the Project | |
Emission | that is in excess of [50,000] Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) per | |
Reduction: | annum. | |
Agreement: | Means this Emission Reduction Purchase Agreement. | |
Annex B Countries: | Means the countries listed in Annex B to the Kyoto Protocol having | |
committed themselves to reduce or limit their GHG emissions. | ||
Annex I Countries: | Means the parties to the UNFCCC listed in Annex I thereto (Annex I | |
consists of industrial countries and countries in transition). | ||
Anticipated | Means up to [50,000] Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) per annum | |
Emission | during the Crediting Period, anticipated to be generated by the Project | |
Reduction: | and calculated in accordance with the Kyoto Rules. | |
Baseline: | Means the scenario that reasonably represents the anthropogenic | |
emissions of GHG that would occur in the Host Country in the absence of | ||
the Project, determined in accordance with the Kyoto Rules. | ||
Business Day: | Means a day on which banks are open for general business in Vietnam. | |
Carbon Dioxide | Means a metric measure used to compare the emissions of various GHG | |
Equivalent: | based upon their global warming potential. | |
Certification: | Means the written confirmation by an Operational Entity of an Emission | |
Reduction resulting from a CDM project and having passed the | ||
Verification procedure according to the Kyoto Rules. | ||
Certified Emission | Means a unit of Emission Reduction issued pursuant to Article 12 of the | |
Reduction (CER): | Kyoto Protocol and the requirements of the Kyoto Rules (including | |
Certification), equal to one metric ton of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent | ||
resulting from a CDM project. | ||
Clean Development | Means the flexible mechanism established by Article 12 of the Kyoto | |
Mechanism (CDM): | Protocol providing for Annex I Countries to implement projects that reduce | |
emissions in non-Annex I Countries in return for CERs and assist the non- | ||
Annex I Countries in achieving sustainable development and contributing | ||
to the ultimate objective of the UNFCCC. | ||
Crediting Period: | Means, until December 31, 2026. | |
Emission | Means reduction in emission of GHG achieved, calculated in accordance | |
Reduction: | with the Kyoto Rules. | |
Executive Board: | Means the international authority elected by the representatives of the | |
parties to the Kyoto Protocol responsible for monitoring the CDM process. | ||
First Commitment | Means October 25, 2007 until December 31, 2026. | |
Period: | ||
Force Majeure: | Means any circumstance or condition beyond the control of either party to | |
this Agreement affecting the performance of its obligations under this | ||
Agreement including in particular wars, insurrection, natural disaster or | ||
equivalent circumstances. |
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Greenhouse Gases | Means the six gases listed in Annex A to the Kyoto Protocol. | |
(GHG): | ||
Host Country: | Vietnam | |
Kyoto Protocol: | Means the protocol to the UNFCCC adopted at the third conference of the | |
parties to the UNFCCC in Kyoto, Japan, on December 11, 1997. | ||
Kyoto Rules: | Means the UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol, the Bonn agreement, the | |
Marrakesh Accords, any relevant decisions, guidelines, modalities and | ||
procedures made pursuant to them and/or any succeeding international | ||
agreements as amended and/or supplemented from time to time and | ||
which include those rules specifically required to be met for the issuing | ||
and transfer of CERs. | ||
Letter of Approval | Means a binding approval of the Project by the Host Country together with | |
(LOA): | an approval of the transfer of CERs. | |
Monitoring Report: | Means an annual report to be provided by Owner setting out the total | |
number of Emission Reductions generated by the Project during the | ||
previous year according to the Kyoto Rules, international Monitoring rules | ||
and the PDD. | ||
Monitoring: | Means the collection and record of data allowing the assessment of | |
reductions in GHG emissions resulting from the Project conducted in | ||
accordance with the Kyoto Rules. | ||
Operational Entity: | Means an independent entity accredited by the Executive Board being the | |
executive body for CDM and inter alias responsible for determining | ||
whether a project and the resulting Emission Reductions meet the | ||
requirements of Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol. | ||
ProjectDesign | Means a detailed description of the Project to be submitted for Validation | |
Document (PDD): | prepared in accordance with the Kyoto Rules, the UFG and the Directive | |
and attached as Annex III. The Purchaser will be responsible for providing | ||
PDD development for Registration of the Project. | ||
Project: | Means the proposed CDM project described in the PDD and other | |
documents describing the implementation and economics of the Project | ||
attached in Annex IV. | ||
Registration: | Means the official registration of a CDM project by the Executive Board | |
according to the Kyoto Rules. | ||
UNFCCC: | Means the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | |
adopted in New York on May 9, 1992. | ||
Unit Price: | Means the price payable by Purchaser to Project Proponent per Certified | |
Emission Reduction (CER) which is equal to: | ||
United Best Technology will purchase certified CER generated by this | ||
project for the year 2007 to 2012 with options of extension for another 7 | ||
years plus 7 years under same terms and conditions. The Project | ||
Proponent will be paid (85)% of net revenue from sale of certified CER | ||
generated as received by Viet nam Project Proponent from this project | ||
after initial one time $(75,000) USD of first revenue payment to United | ||
Best Technology for the funding the CDM process. The purchase price by | ||
United Best Technology is fixed as (10)$US/CER minus tax and sale | ||
commission. |
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Validation: | Means the assessment of the PDD, including the Baseline, by an | ||||
Operating Entity, determining its compliance with the Kyoto Rules. | |||||
Verification: | Means the periodic independent review and ex post determination of the | ||||
monitored reductions in GHG emissions that the Project has achieved | |||||
during a specified period of time by an Operational Entity in accordance | |||||
with the Kyoto Rules. The project's owner will be Responsible for | |||||
providing periodical monitoring. | |||||
Unless otherwise specified, references to clauses are to clauses of this Agreement, references to | |||||
legal provisions are references to such provisions as in effect from time to time, use of a gender | |||||
includes any gender and use of the plural includes the singular and vice versa where the context | |||||
requires. | |||||
All headings and titles are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed part of this | |||||
Agreement or taken into consideration in its interpretation. | |||||
1. | Preamble | ||||
The Project is located on the territory of the Host Country. | |||||
2. | Contractual Obligations | ||||
2.1. | Anticipated Emission Reductions | ||||
2.1.1. | Upon Registration of the Project, Purchaser shall endeavor to implement the Project in | ||||
accordance with the PDD and other documents describing the implementation and | |||||
economics of the project attached in Annex IV at its own risk and expense. It is hereby | |||||
acknowledged and agreed between the parties hereto that Purchaser does not warrant | |||||
the generation of, and is not obliged to generate, any CERs, whether by the Project or | |||||
otherwise. | |||||
2.1.2. | If the Project generates CERs during the crediting period, Project Proponent shall, to the | ||||
extent it is legally possible and permissible, exclusively transfer or cause to be | |||||
transferred to Purchaser all rights (and, to the extent legally possible and permissible, | |||||
legal title) which Project Proponent may have in the Anticipated Emission Reductions | |||||
generated during the Crediting Period to Purchaser. | |||||
2.1.3. | Purchaser shall pay to Project Proponent the Unit Price for each Anticipated Emission | ||||
Reduction generated by the Project and in which the Project Proponent's rights are | |||||
transferred to Purchaser in accordance with clause 3 below. | |||||
2.2. | Additional Emission Reductions | ||||
2.2.1. | If Additional Emission Reductions are generated by the Project during the Crediting | ||||
Period, Project Proponent shall offer any Additional Emission Reductions to Purchaser | |||||
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and at a price per Additional | |||||
Emission Reduction equal to the Unit Price. If Purchaser does not wishes to exercise the | |||||
purchase option then Project Proponent may deal with the Additional Emission | |||||
Reductions as it wishes. |
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2.2.2. | Additional Emission Reductions offer by the Purchaser shall be made as soon as | ||
possible after such Additional Emission Reductions have been generated, but no later | |||
than December 31 of the year subsequent to the calendar year in which such Additional | |||
Emission Reductions have been generated. | |||
2.2.3. | Purchaser shall be entitled to accept such offer as a whole or in part and shall notify to | ||
Project Proponent within one month after receipt of such offer, whether and to what | |||
extent it accepts the offer. If Purchaser does not respond within this deadline the offer | |||
shall be deemed to be rejected by Purchaser. | |||
2.2.4. | To the extent Purchaser accepts the offer, Project Proponent shall, to the extent it is | ||
legally possible and permissible, transfer or cause to be transferred to Purchaser all | |||
rights (and, to the extent legally possible and permissible, legal title) which Project | |||
Proponent may have in those Additional Emission Reductions in respect of which | |||
Purchaser has accepted such offer, within two months after acceptance of such offer by | |||
Purchaser. | |||
2.2.5. | To the extent Purchaser rejects such offer of Additional Emission Reductions or such offer | ||
is deemed rejected by Purchaser, Project Proponent shall be free to enter into contracts | |||
with other parties for the sale of such Additional Emission Reductions or to otherwise | |||
deal with such Additional Emission Reductions as Project Proponent wishes. | |||
2.2.6. | Purchaser shall pay to Project Proponent a price equal to the Unit Price for each | ||
Additional Emission Reduction in respect of which Purchaser has accepted such offer. | |||
2.3. | Emission Reductions generated after the Crediting Period | ||
If the Project generates any Certified Emission Reductions after the Crediting Period, | |||
Purchaser shall enter into negotiations with Project Proponent with a view to concluding | |||
an agreement on the purchase of such Certified Emission Reductions based on the | |||
principles of this Agreement but amended in order to reflect the international and/or | |||
national rules then applicable. | |||
3. | Transfer | ||
Transfer to Purchaser of all the rights (and, to the extent legally possible and permissible, | |||
legal title) which Project Proponent may have in a Certified Emission Reduction shall | |||
have occurred upon the transfer of a CER from the register of the Executive Board to a | |||
register in favor of Purchaser or such other account or register Purchaser has notified to | |||
Project Proponent in writing. | |||
4. | Payment | ||
4.1. | Payment for Certified Emission Reductions | ||
4.1.1. | Payment by Purchaser to Project Proponent for the Certified Emission Reductions (the | ||
rights in which are transferred pursuant to clause 3) shall be made on the last Business | |||
Day of the month in which a 40 Business Day period, starting at the day on which | |||
Purchaser has received satisfactory evidence of the transfer as provided for in Clause 3, | |||
has elapsed. |
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4.1.2. | All payments shall be made to the accounts specified in Annex [I] hereto or such other | ||
account as may from time to time be notified to the other party in writing. | |||
4.1.3. | All payments shall be made in US Dollars. | ||
4.1.4. | Subject to clause 4.1.5 below, all taxes, fees, costs or other expenses in connection with | ||
the generation of CERs by the Project and their Registration and transfer (including VAT | |||
in any jurisdiction Purchaser duly notifies Project Proponent to transfer CERs as in | |||
Clause 3, if applicable) shall be borne by Project Proponent and purchaser. | |||
4.1.5. | The share of the proceeds from CERs generated by the Project to be used to cover | ||
administrative expenses according to the Kyoto Rules shall be borne by Project | |||
Proponent and Purchaser in equal shares . | |||
The share of the proceeds from CERs generated by the Project to be used to assist | |||
developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate | |||
change to meet the costs of adaptation according to the Kyoto Rules shall be borne by | |||
Project Proponent and Purchaser in equal shares. | |||
5. | Termination and Remedies | ||
5.1. | |||
Either party (the "Non-defaulting Party") shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement by | |||
written notice to the other party with immediate effect if any of the following events | |||
occurs: | |||
5.1.1. | the other party commits a breach of any of its obligations under this Agreement and, in | ||
the case of a breach capable of being remedied, such breach remains for more than 30 | |||
Business Days after it has been requested in writing by the Non-defaulting Party to | |||
remedy the breach; or | |||
5.1.2. | the other party goes into liquidation (whether voluntary or otherwise), is unable to pay its | ||
debts as they fall due, is wound up, makes any compromise, composition or other | |||
arrangement with its creditors generally, or becomes subject to any administration order. | |||
5.2. | Force Majeure | ||
Should either party be impeded wholly or in part from fulfilling any of its obligations under | |||
the Agreement for reasons of Force Majeure, such obligation shall be suspended to the | |||
extent and for as long as such obligation is affected by Force Majeure and the impeded | |||
party shall be entitled to such extension of time as may be reasonably necessary. | |||
Either party shall notify the other party of the existence and date of beginning of an event | |||
of Force Majeure that is likely to impede its performance under the Agreement within 5 | |||
Business Days after having obtained knowledge of any such event. Either party shall | |||
likewise advise the other of the date when such event ended and shall also specify the | |||
re-determined time by which the performance of its obligations hereunder is to be | |||
completed. | |||
Project Proponent and Purchaser shall consult with each other with a view of determining | |||
any further appropriate action if a condition of Force Majeure is to continue after 20 | |||
Business Days from the date of giving notice thereof. | |||
Neither party shall be liable for damages or have the right to terminate this Agreement for |
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any delay in performing hereunder if such delay is caused by Force Majeure; provided, | |||
however, that the non-impeded party shall be entitled to terminate such part of the | |||
Agreement that remains unfulfilled, if the condition of Force Majeure is to continue after 6 | |||
months from the date of giving notice thereof. | |||
6. | Change in Circumstances | ||
If any change in circumstances (i.e. a change of scientific basics or applicable standards | |||
relating to the Baseline methodology and/or the applicable criteria for Verification and | |||
Certification of the resulting Emission Reductions) occurs which substantially affects the | |||
Project, the parties to this Agreement shall enter into negotiations with a view to adapt | |||
the Project and its implementation or any relevant provision of this Agreement, as may | |||
be necessary or useful. A change in circumstances shall in no event be considered | |||
substantially affecting the Project if at least 50% of the Anticipated Emission Reductions | |||
can be generated. | |||
The parties to this Agreement shall cooperate and make their best efforts to enable the | |||
continuation of the Project in accordance with the new circumstances and to achieve the | |||
generation and transfer of the Anticipated Emission Reductions. | |||
If any of the documents related to the Project and submitted at any time during the term | |||
of this Agreement fails to be approved by such authority whose approval is required | |||
under the Kyoto Rules or otherwise appears to be non-compliant with any relevant | |||
standards or conditions of the Kyoto Rules, Project Proponent and Purchaser shall | |||
discuss whether or not the relevant documents are to be revised and resubmitted. | |||
7. | Conditions Precedent | ||
This Agreement shall enter into force upon satisfaction of the following conditions | |||
precedent: | |||
1. Conclusion of a binding agreement with the Host Country. | |||
8. | Miscellaneous | ||
8.1. | Assignment and subcontracting | ||
Neither party shall, without the written consent of the other party, assign or transfer the | |||
Agreement or the benefits or obligations thereof or any part thereof to any other person. | |||
8.2. | Confidentiality and Disclosure | ||
The parties shall treat as confidential all information obtained as a result of entering into | |||
or performing this Agreement which relates to the provisions of this Agreement, the | |||
negotiations relating to this Agreement and the subject matter of this Agreement. | |||
No party shall disclose any such confidential information to any third party, except in | |||
those circumstances where disclosure is required in order to comply with any laws or | |||
regulations, including without limitations the Kyoto Rules. |
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8.3. | Notices | ||
Any communications to be made under or in connection with this Agreement shall be | |||
made in writing (including by facsimile) to the address or facsimile number, from time to | |||
time designated by the party to whom the communication is to be made to the other party | |||
for that purpose. The address and facsimile number so designated are set out in Annex | |||
[I] hereto. A | |||
Communication will only be effected, if sent by mail, when delivered to or rejected by the | |||
recipient, if sent by facsimile, when a transmission report shows that the facsimile has | |||
been sent. | |||
8.4. | Entire Agreement | ||
This Agreement embodies the whole and only agreement of the parties with respect to | |||
the subject matter hereof, and no prior or contemporaneous oral or written agreement or | |||
understanding shall be deemed to constitute a part of this Agreement, unless expressly | |||
referred to herein, or attached hereto, or specifically incorporated by reference herein. | |||
The Annexes and schedules to this Agreement constitute integral parts of this Agreement | |||
and shall therefore be deemed part of this Agreement. | |||
8.5. | Amendments | ||
This Agreement may only be amended with the written consent of the parties hereto. | |||
8.6. | Costs and Expenses | ||
Each party shall bear its own costs and expenses in relation to the negotiation, | |||
preparation, execution and carrying into effect of this Agreement. | |||
8.7 | Severability | ||
If any part or provision of the Agreement is or becomes illegal, void or unenforceable in | |||
any respect, the remaining parts or provisions shall not be affected or impaired. Any | |||
deficiency in the Agreement resulting there from shall be amended by way of | |||
interpretation of the Agreement having due regard to the parties intent. | |||
8.8. | Governing law | ||
This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with English law | |||
excluding its rules on conflicts of laws. | |||
8.9. | Jurisdiction | ||
The parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts having jurisdiction | |||
in commercial matters for England with regard to all disputes arising out of or in | |||
connection with this Agreement, its violation, termination or nullity. | |||
8.10. | Counterparts | ||
This Agreement shall be executed in two counterparts with one copy for Project | |||
Proponent and one for Purchaser. If there are any discrepancies between the English | |||
and the Vietnamese version, the English version will prevail . |
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PARTIES TO THE AGREEMENT
WHEREOF the parties have agreed to the terms and conditions of this agreement as outlined
above, this 25th day of October 2007, in the presence of:
Purchaser: | |
DR. TRI XX XXXXXX | |
General Director: Dr. Tri Xx Xxxxxx | |
Project Proponent: | |
XXXX XXXX XXXX | |
General Director: Xx. Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx | |
Witness No 1 | Witness Xx 0 |
XXX XXX XXX XXXXX | XX XXXX XXXX |
Xxx. Xxx xxx Lan Huong | MSc. Le Xxxx Xxxx |
CERtech Environment inc.-Canada | Engineer Viet nam |
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ANNEX I: | ||||
1. The salient features of Suoi Chim II hydro Power project at Bac Yen district in Son La | ||||
Province, Viet nam. | ||||
No | Parameters | Symbols | Units | Value |
1 | Catchment area | F | km2 | 108 |
2 | Long-term average annual rainfall | Xo | mm | 2,300 |
3 | Average flow | Q0 | m3/s | 4.16 |
4 | Total amount of average annual flow | W0 | 106m3 | 131.10 |
5 | Specific runoff | M0 | l/s.km2 | 59 |
6 | Normal water level | MNDBT | m | 405 |
7 | Dead water level | MNC | m | 400 |
8 | Surface area with normal water level | F | ha | 50 |
9 | Designed head | Htt | m | 200 |
10 | Designed discharge | QTK | m3/s | 8.31 |
11 | Installation capacity | Nlm | MW | 14 |
12 | Firm capacity P=85% | Ndb | MW | 3,4 |
13 | Number of unit | z | 02 | |
14 | Estimated Annual Electricity Generation | Eo | 106 kWh | 57.68 |
15 | Estimated Annual Operation Hours | hsd | h | 4120 |
16 | Annual estimation of the emission reduction, tCO2 eq |
CERs | tCO2 eq | 33,454 |
17 | Resettlement | person | 0 | |
18 | Compensation (land, tree, farm, property, etc…) |
103USD | 300 | |
19 | It is run off river hydropower plant | yes | ||
20 | New hydropower project with reservoirs having power densities (installed capacity devided by the surface area at full reservoir level) greater than 4 W/m2 . |
28 | ||
2. Project time schedule.
- Year of 2007: FS and technical design is planned to be completed by the 4th quarter of 2007. Preparing work and opening ceremony of project is planned by the 2nd quarter of 2008.
- Year of 2008: Buying the equipments and construct some main items.
- Year of 2009: Operation of unit 1 by the 3rd quarter of 2009, completing of project by the 4th quarter of 2009.
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