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FCCC/CP/1999/L.21

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4 November 1999

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CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES

Bonn, 25 October - 5 November 1999

Agenda item 7 (c)

PREPARATIONS FOR THE FIRST SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES AS THE MEETING OF THE PARTIES TO THE KYOTO PROTOCOL (DECISION 8/CP.4)

At their eleventh sessions, the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation decided to recommend the following draft decision for adoption by the Conference of the Parties at its fifth session:

The Conference of the Parties,

Recalling its decision 1/CP.3 on the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,

Recalling also its decisions 1/CP.4 and 8/CP.4,

Recognizing with appreciation the work done by the Joint Working Group on Compliance on the development of elements of procedures and mechanisms relating to a compliance system under the Kyoto Protocol,

Having considered the report of the Joint Working Group on Compliance submitted through the Subsidiary Body for Implementation and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice,⁽¹⁾ and the valuable progress made by the Joint Working Group,

1. Decides that the Joint Working Group on Compliance shall continue its work beyond the fifth session of the Conference of the Parties, based on the mandate contained in decision 8/CP.4;

2. Requests the Joint Working Group on Compliance to continue to make substantial progress for the purpose of completing its work and fulfilling its mandate and to provide a report on its findings to the Conference of the Parties at its sixth session, through the subsidiary bodies, so as to enable the Conference of the Parties to adopt a decision on a compliance system under the Kyoto Protocol at its sixth session.

1. See FCCC/SB/1999/CRP.7