The project developer can only request any of the above deviations for monitoring during the period of the Interim Measures.

The project developer shall submit the deviation request before the end of the validity period of interim measures. 

The request will clearly state the start and end date of the monitoring period for which deviation applies. Where the end date of deviation is not known at the time of application and is intended to be the end date of the Interim Measures, the deviation request should state ‘End of Interim Measures’. 

The monitoring deviation will end 28 calendar days from the Gold Standard declared end date of the Interim Measures. Project proponents that can re-establish monitoring sooner, may resort to the original registered monitoring plan sooner, clearly reporting the date of changing from interim to registered monitoring. 

When seeking deviations on account of all three approaches (alternative monitoring, postponing monitoring, gap in monitoring), the project developer shall complete the Deviation Request Form and send to Gold Standard at covid19@goldstandard.org.