# The Carbon Accounting (Wales) Regulations 2018, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W

(1) In these Regulations —
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“the Paris Agreement” (“Cytundeb Paris”) means the Paris Agreement signed in Paris on 22 April 2016;
“the Registries Regulation” (“y Rheoliad Cofrestrfeydd”) means Commission Regulation (EU) No 389/2013 establishing a Union Registry pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Decisions No 280/2004/EC and No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulations (EU) No 920/2010 and No 1193/2011;
“the registry administrator” (“gweinyddwyr y gofrestrfa”) has the meaning given in regulation 8(1) of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012;
“the UK registry” (“cofrestrfa’r DU”) means the registry established for the United Kingdom in accordance with the Registries Regulation;
“the UNFCCC” (“Confensiwn Fframwaith y Cenhedloedd Unedig ar Newid yn yr Hinsawdd”) means the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change signed in New York on 9th May 1992;
“the Welsh credit account” (“cyfrif credyd Cymru”) has the meaning given in regulation 4(1);
(2) In these Regulations “cancellation” of a carbon unit means voluntary cancellation in accordance with the Registries Regulation and a unit is “cancelled” if the Welsh Ministers instruct the registry administrator to transfer it to the account known as the “Voluntary Cancellation Account” in the UK registry.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2018/1301/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/carbon-accounting-wales-regulations-2018/regulation-2
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