Conditions for virtual site visit due to serious, extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances
Article 4
The verifier may decide to carry out a virtual site visit provided that the following conditions are fulfilled: (a) the verifier is prevented from carrying out a physical site visit due to serious, extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances outside the control of the operator, and those circumstances cannot, after using all reasonable efforts, be overcome; (b) the decision of the verifier to carry out a virtual site visit is based on the results of the risk analysis; (c) the verifier has identified and taken the necessary measures to reduce the verification risk to an acceptable level to obtain reasonable assurance that the operator’s emissions report is free from material misstatements.