Initial Reports und the Kyoto Protocol (Annex I)

Submissions of reports to facilitate the calculation of the assigned amount

This page contains the reports submitted by Parties included in Annex I to facilitate the calculation of its assigned amount pursuant to Article 3, paragraphs 7bis, 8 and 8bis, of the Kyoto Protocol for the second commitment period (2013–2020) and to demonstrate its capacity to account for its emissions and assigned amount. These reports are usually referred to as ‘initial reports’.

According to decision pdf-icon 2/CMP.8, each Party with a quantified emission limitation and reduction commitment inscribed in the third column of Annex B shall submit an initial report containing all the information required for this purpose.

Review of the initial reports

According to decisions pdf-icon 22/CMP.1 and 4/CMP.11, the review of the initial reports shall be initiated upon receipt of the reports. The review reports shall be forwarded to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties and the Compliance Committee. This page will also contain the results of the reviews of the initial reports under Article 8 of the Kyoto Protocol.

Party	Initial report	GHG inventory submitted with, or referenced in, the Initial Report	National Inventory Report submitted with, or referenced in, the Initial Report	Report of the review of the Initial Report
Australia	Initial report 7 May 2016 Update 9 August 2016 Update 14 December 2016	CRF 27 May 2016 CRF 9 August 2016 CRF 24 October 2016	NIR 7 May 2016 NIR 9 August 2016	Initial review report 26 April 2017
Austria	Initial report 15 June 2016	CRF 15 June 2016	NIR 15 June 2016	Initial review report 31 May 2017
Belarus
Belgium	Initial report 15 June 2016	CRF 15 June 2016	NIR 15 June 2016	Initial review report 20 June 2017
Bulgaria	Initial report 27 May 2016	CRF 27 May 2016	NIR 27 May 2016	Initial review report 21 June 2017
Croatia	Initial report 15 June 2016 Update 9 November 2016	CRF 15 June 2016	NIR 15 June 2016	Initial review report 28 March 2017
Cyprus	Initial report 15 June 2016	CRF 15 June 2016	NIR 15 June 2016
Czech Republic	Initial report 15 June 2016 Update 9 August 2016	CRF 15 June 2016	NIR 15 June 2016	Initial review report 31 August 2017
Denmark	Initial report 15 June 2016	CRF 15 June 2016	NIR 15 June 2016	Initial review report 9 August 2017
Estonia	Initial report 15 June 2016		NIR 15 June 2016	Initial review report 22 March 2017
European Union	Initial report 23 September 2016	CRF 9 September 2016	NIR 21 June 2016
Finland	Initial report 29 June 2016		NIR 15 June 2016	Initial review report 15 March 2017
France	Initial report 16 June 2016	CRF (with Mayotte) 15 June 2016 CRF (without Mayotte) 15 June 2016	NIR 15 June 2016	Initial review report 26 July 2017
Germany	Initial report 15 June 2016	CRF 15 June 2016	NIR 15 June 2016	Initial review report 12 April 2017
Greece	Initial report 15 June 2016	CRF 23 May 2016	NIR 31 May 2016	Initial review report 31 August 2017
Hungary	Initial report 15 June 2016	CRF 15 June 2016	NIR 15 June 2016	Initial review report 8 March 2017
Iceland	Initial report 19 September 2016	CRF 6 May 2016	NIR 6 May 2016	Initial review report 29 March 2017
Ireland	Initial report 17 June 2016	CRF 15 June 2016	NIR 15 June 2016	Initial review report 20 July 2017
Italy	Initial report 15 April 2016	CRF 15 April 2016	NIR 15 April 2016	Initial review report 31 May 2017
Japan*
Kazakhstan	Initial report 04 July 2017	CRF 14 April 2017	NIR 04 July 2017
Latvia	Initial report 15 June 2016	CRF 15 June 2016	NIR 15 June 2016	Initial review report 7 March 2017
Liechtenstein	Initial report 15 April 2016 Update 19 December 2016	CRF 14 March 2016 CRF 14 November 2016	NIR 15 April 2016 NIR 27 May2016
Lithuania	Initial report 16 June 2016	CRF 15 June 2016	NIR 17 June 2016	Initial review report 6 March 2017
Luxembourg	Initial report 1 August 2016 Update 15 March 2017	CRF 15 June 2016 CRF 22 January 2017	NIR 15 June 2016	Initial review report 30 August 2017
Malta	Initial report 29 July 2016	CRF 29 July 2016	NIR 19 April 2016	Initial review report 21 July 2017
Monaco	Initial report 04 August 2017	CRF 20 April 2017
Netherlands	Initial Report 15 June 2016 Update 8 September 2016	CRF 15 June 2016	NIR 15 June 2016	Initial review report 23 June 2017
New Zealand*	Initial report 29 July 2016		NIR 29 July 2016	Initial review report 10 August 2017
Norway	Initial report 15 April 2016	CRF 15 April 2016	NIR 15 April 2016	Initial review report 27 March 2017
Poland	Initial report 14 June 2016	CRF 23 May 2016	NIR 23 May 2016	Initial review report 20 June 2017
Portugal	Initial report 15 June 2016 Update 3 November 2016 Update 27 December 2016	CRF 27 May 2016 CRF 3 November 2016 CRF 22 December 2016	NIR 27 May 2016	Initial review report 5 September 2017
Romania	Initial report 15 June 2016 Update 5 August 2016	CRF 15 June 2016 CRF 5 August 2016	NIR 15 June 2016 NIR 5 August 2016	Initial review report 21 June 2017
Russian Federation*
Slovakia	Initial report 15 June 2016	CRF 15 June 2016	NIR 15 June 2016	Initial review report 3 March 2017
Slovenia	Initial report 15 June 2016	CRF 15 June 2016	NIR 15 June 2016	Initial review report 22 August 2017
Spain	Initial report 13 June 2016	CRF 13 June 2016	NIR 13 June 2016	Initial review report 14 July 2017
Sweden	Initial report 15 June 2016	CRF 15 June 2016	NIR 15 June 2016	Initial review report 6 April 2017
Switzerland	Initial report 15 April 2016 Update 7 November 2016	CRF 15 April 2016 CRF 3 November 2016	NIR 15 April 2016	Initial review report 19 April 2017
Ukraine	Initial report 10 June 2016	CRF 14 August 2015	NIR 14 August 2015	Initial review report 19 April 2017
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Initial report 1 July 2016 Update 29 August 2017	CRF 15 June 2016 CRF 3 November 2016	NIR 15 June 2016

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