This document provides a technical analysis by the secretariat of the possible technical implications for the processes and systems under the Kyoto Protocol, including but not limited to reporting and review requirements and the functions of the international transaction log, arising from the proposed draft modalities for expediting the continued issuance, transfer and acquisition of joint implementation emission reduction units (as currently presented in the annex to document FCCC/SBI/2014/L.9). The technical paper also contains information on budgetary implications, the status of ratification or provisional application of the Doha Amendment, and the status of joint implementation projects