Paragraph 32 of the annex to decision 9/CMP.1 (JI guidelines) stipulates that, under the verification procedure under the Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee (Track 2 procedure), accredited independent entities (AIEs) shall make joint implementation (JI) project design documents (PDDs) publicly available through the secretariat, subject to confidentiality provisions, and receive comments from Parties, stakeholders and UNFCCC accredited observers for 30 days from the date the PDD is made publicly available. In accordance with the abovementioned paragraph of JI guidelines, the following JI PDD has been submitted by an AIE to the secretariat and will be open for comments as of tomorrow 19 December 2006 until 17 January 2007 (17:00 GMT). 0017: Methane Emissions Avoidance in Stavropol Gas Distribution Network The above-mentioned PDD will be available at the UNFCCC JI website under , where also detailed information on the submission of comments will be provided.