Canada Emission Reduction Incentives Agency Act

Marginal note:Definitions

2 The following definitions apply in this Act.

Agency

Agence

Agency means the Canada Emission Reduction Incentives Agency established by section 4. (Agence)

compliance unit

unité de conformité

compliance unit means a compliance unit within the meaning of the Kyoto Protocol. (unité de conformité)

eligible credit

crédit admissible

eligible credit means an eligible domestic credit or an eligible Kyoto unit. (crédit admissible)

eligible domestic credit

crédit national admissible

eligible domestic credit means a tradeable unit that is of an eligible class designated by order made under paragraph 3(a). (crédit national admissible)

eligible Kyoto unit

unité Kyoto admissible

eligible Kyoto unit means any compliance unit that is of an eligible class designated by order made under paragraph 3(b). (unité Kyoto admissible)

greenhouse gas

gaz à effet de serre

greenhouse gas means any gas listed in Annex A to the Kyoto Protocol. (gaz à effet de serre)

Kyoto Protocol

Protocole de Kyoto

Kyoto Protocol means the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change done at Kyoto on December 11, 1997, and includes any decision related to the implementation of that protocol taken by the “Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol”, within the meaning of that protocol. (Protocole de Kyoto)

Minister

ministre

Minister means the Minister of the Environment. (ministre)