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Guarantees of origin: issuance and cancellation record
A guarantee-of-origin record follows an identified installation and production period through issuance, transfer and cancellation for a specified claim. France and Switzerland have separate registry and issuance rules, including treatment of support schemes and self-consumed production. Link meter evidence, entitlement and registry transactions without equating holding with cancellation. An origin certificate is distinct from an energy-allocation record or an emissions allowance surrendered for compliance.
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Who may request or dispose of the origin certificates?
France: identify applicant, holder and disposal rights under actual contracts and rules. Switzerland: preserve the corresponding entitlement and support conditions; ownership of the generating plant alone does not establish every right to transfer its origin certificates.
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Which installation and production period support issuance?
France: connect installation and measured production period with the relevant L311-20 framework. Switzerland: LEne 9 identifies origin information for the recorded quantity and period; a sale contract or grid connection alone is not the certificate-lifecycle evidence.
Code de l’énergie : garanties d’origineinput-fr : 9input-fr : 1, 2, 4, 7
Who may request or dispose of the origin certificates?
France: identify applicant, holder and disposal rights under actual contracts and rules. Switzerland: preserve the corresponding entitlement and support conditions; ownership of the generating plant alone does not establish every right to transfer its origin certificates.
Code de l’énergie : garanties d’origineinput-fr : 9input-fr : 1, 2, 4, 7
What metering and support-scheme conditions affect issuance?
France: compare metered volumes and any support scheme before assuming issuance rights. Switzerland: certificate content and installation evidence under the origin ordinance have their own conditions; measured output does not prove unrestricted trading of every associated certificate.
Code de l’énergie : garanties d’origineinput-fr : 9input-fr : 1, 2, 4, 7
Origin-certificate lifecycle and claim register
Synthetic example: fictional records. Origin-certificate lifecycle and claim register.
Synthetic example: fictional records · Origin-certificate lifecycle and claim register
- Jurisdiction
- France
- Installation and period
- Installation P1, period T1
- Production and holder
- Measurement M1, holder H1
- Issuance and transfer
- Certificates C1, transaction O1
- Cancellation and claim
- Cancellation A1, consumption U1
An origin certificate is distinct from an energy-allocation record or an emissions allowance surrendered for compliance.
Which entries show creation, holding and transfer?
France: retain issuance, holding and transfer entries with certificate identifiers and dates. Switzerland: the executing body records those lifecycle stages under the relevant ordinance; an invoice or promised delivery is not proof that each entry was completed.
Code de l’énergie : garanties d’origineinput-fr : 9input-fr : 1, 2, 4, 7
Preparation reference: Origin-certificate lifecycle and claim register
| Preparation question | Point to verify |
|---|---|
| Which installation and production period support issuance? | France: connect installation and measured production period with the relevant L311-20 framework. Switzerland: LEne 9 identifies origin information for the recorded quantity and period; a sale contract or grid connection alone is not the certificate-lifecycle evidence. |
| Who may request or dispose of the origin certificates? | France: identify applicant, holder and disposal rights under actual contracts and rules. Switzerland: preserve the corresponding entitlement and support conditions; ownership of the generating plant alone does not establish every right to transfer its origin certificates. |
| What metering and support-scheme conditions affect issuance? | France: compare metered volumes and any support scheme before assuming issuance rights. Switzerland: certificate content and installation evidence under the origin ordinance have their own conditions; measured output does not prove unrestricted trading of every associated certificate. |
| Which entries show creation, holding and transfer? | France: retain issuance, holding and transfer entries with certificate identifiers and dates. Switzerland: the executing body records those lifecycle stages under the relevant ordinance; an invoice or promised delivery is not proof that each entry was completed. |
Code de l’énergie : garanties d’origineinput-fr : 9input-fr : 1, 2, 4, 7
Which cancellation supports the identified consumption claim?
France: connect the cancellation evidence with the claimed quantity, period and consumption. Switzerland: preserve cancellation and its confirmation under the applicable framework; merely holding or transferring a certificate does not establish its cancellation for that use.
Code de l’énergie : garanties d’origineinput-fr : 9input-fr : 1, 2, 4, 7
Which official provision helps explain this situation?
A guarantee-of-origin record follows an identified installation and production period through issuance, transfer and cancellation for a specified claim. France and Switzerland have separate registry and issuance rules, including treatment of support schemes and self-consumed production. Link meter evidence, entitlement and registry transactions without equating holding with cancellation. An origin certificate is distinct from an energy-allocation record or an emissions allowance surrendered for compliance.
How is self-consumed production treated under the selected framework?
France: separate production, self-consumption and surplus under the chosen rules. Switzerland: the ordinance distinguishes relevant net and surplus recording and self-consumption information; do not assume every metered quantity supports an additional independent claim.
Code de l’énergie : garanties d’origineinput-fr : 9input-fr : 1, 2, 4, 7
What conditions govern imported or cross-border origin evidence?
France: verify the country, originating register and recognition basis for imported evidence. Switzerland: examine the corresponding foreign-certificate conditions separately; cross-border documentation is not automatically equivalent in both jurisdictions or valid for every consumption declaration.
Code de l’énergie : garanties d’origineinput-fr : 9input-fr : 1, 2, 4, 7
Which duplicates or mismatched registry entries require correction?
France: reconcile identifiers, quantities, periods and cancellations for duplicates or missing evidence. Switzerland: preserve the same lifecycle checks. This record does not certify physical electricity flows, environmental claims or an allowance surrendered in an emissions registry.
Code de l’énergie : garanties d’origineinput-fr : 9input-fr : 1, 2, 4, 7
Which official references should you consult?
- Code de l’énergie : garanties d’originewww.legifrance.gouv.fr
- input-fr : 9www.fedlex.admin.ch
- input-fr : 1, 2, 4, 7www.fedlex.admin.ch
Texts cited last checked: 3 November 2026
What other questions arise in this file?
Who may request or dispose of the origin certificates?
France: identify applicant, holder and disposal rights under actual contracts and rules. Switzerland: preserve the corresponding entitlement and support conditions; ownership of the generating plant alone does not establish every right to transfer its origin certificates.
Code de l’énergie : garanties d’origineinput-fr : 9input-fr : 1, 2, 4, 7
Which entries show creation, holding and transfer?
France: retain issuance, holding and transfer entries with certificate identifiers and dates. Switzerland: the executing body records those lifecycle stages under the relevant ordinance; an invoice or promised delivery is not proof that each entry was completed.
Code de l’énergie : garanties d’origineinput-fr : 9input-fr : 1, 2, 4, 7
How is self-consumed production treated under the selected framework?
France: separate production, self-consumption and surplus under the chosen rules. Switzerland: the ordinance distinguishes relevant net and surplus recording and self-consumption information; do not assume every metered quantity supports an additional independent claim.
Code de l’énergie : garanties d’origineinput-fr : 9input-fr : 1, 2, 4, 7
Which duplicates or mismatched registry entries require correction?
France: reconcile identifiers, quantities, periods and cancellations for duplicates or missing evidence. Switzerland: preserve the same lifecycle checks. This record does not certify physical electricity flows, environmental claims or an allowance surrendered in an emissions registry.
Code de l’énergie : garanties d’origineinput-fr : 9input-fr : 1, 2, 4, 7