EMISSION REDUCTION PURCHASE AGREEMENT (ERPA)
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Exhibit 10.3
EMISSION REDUCTION PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(ERPA)
between
(the "Purchaser")
UNITED BEST TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Suite 1001-4A, Champion 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 " Khe Bo, Nghe An province, Vietnam Hydro Power-CDM Project
Proponent")., henceforth “Vietnam Project Proponent”
Sponsor: VIETNAM POWER DEVELOPMENT JOINT STOCK COMPANY
Address: Xxxxx 00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx0
000 Xx Xxxxx. Xxx-Xxxxx – Vietnam
000 0000000, 0913212864
Vice General Director: Xx. XXXXXX XXX XXX
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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 November 8, 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. | |
Project Design | 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 Limited will purchase certified CER generated by | |
this project for the year 2010 to 2020 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 $(75,000) USD of first revenue payment to United | |
Best Technology Limited for the funding the CDM process. The purchase | |
price by United Best Technology Limited is fixed as (10)$US/CER minus | |
tax and sale commission. |
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Validation: | Means the assessment of the PDD, including the Baseline, by an | ||
Operational 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, 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 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 | ||
any delay in performing hereunder if such delay is caused by Force Majeure; provided, |
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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. | ||
8.3. | Notices | |
Any communications to be made under or in connection with this Agreement shall be |
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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 8th day of November 2007, in the presence of:
Purchaser: | |
DR. TRI XX XXXXXX | |
President-General Director : Dr. Tri Xx Xxxxxx | |
Project Proponent: | |
XXXXXX XXX TAM | |
General Director: Xx. Xxxxxx Xxx Xxx | |
Witness No 1 | Witness Xx 0 |
XXX XXX XXX XXXXX | XXX XXX XXX |
XXx. Xxx Xxx Lan Huong | Xx. Xxx Xxx Xxx |
CERtech Environment inc-Canada | Viet nam |
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ANNEX I: | ||||
1. The salient features of Khe Bo hydropower project at Nghe An province, Vietnam | ||||
No | Parameters | Symbols | Units | Value |
1 | [Chinese translation] | F | km2 | 14300 |
2 | [Chinese translation] | Xo | mm | 1440 |
3 | [Chinese translation] | Qo | m3 /s | 254.3 |
4 | [Chinese translation] | Wo | 106 m3 | 8011 |
5 | [Chinese translation] | Mo | l/s.km2 | |
6 | [Chinese translation] | MNDBT | m | 65 |
7 | [Chinese translation] | MNC | m | 63 |
8 | [Chinese translation] | F | ha | 956.8 |
9 | [Chinese translation] | Htt | m | 22.5 |
10 | [Chinese translation] | QTK | M3 /s | 498.4 |
11 | [Chinese translation] | Nlm | MW | 100 |
12 | [Chinese translation] | Ndb | MW | 26.4 |
13 | [Chinese translation] | z | 2 | |
14 | [Chinese translation] | Eo | 106 kWh | 442.8 |
15 | [Chinese translation] | hsd | h | |
16 | [Chinese translation] | CERs | TCO2 eq | 160.000 |
17 | [Chinese translation] | hô | 600 | |
18 | [Chinese translation] | |||
19 | [Chinese translation] | Yes | ||
20 | [Chinese translation] | |||
21 | [Chinese translation] | [Chinese translation] | ||
22 | [Chinese translation] | [Chinese translation] | ||
23 | [Chinese translation] | [Chinese translation] | ||
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2. Project time schedule: 2007 Finishing the investment formalities, 2008-2009: construction starting.
2010: construction finalizing and operation
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