FCCC/SBSTA/1998/CRP.9

9 November 1998

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SUBSIDIARY BODY FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVICE

Ninth session

Buenos Aires, 3-10 November 1998

Agenda item 3

1. The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) took note of the information provided by the delegation of Iceland, including information provided during the session in response to questions from three Parties, one acting on behalf of the European Community and its member States and one on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (see FCCC/CP/1998/MISC.11 and Add.1). It invited Parties to consider the responses of the delegation of Iceland and to submit their analyses of that information to the secretariat by

1 March 1999 for compilation into a miscellaneous document.

2. The SBSTA decided to recommend a draft decision on impacts of single projects on emissions in the commitment period for adoption by the Conference of the Parties at its fourth session.

3. The SBSTA decided to give further consideration to the issue of impacts of single projects on emissions in the commitment period at its tenth session.

[For the text of the draft decision mentioned in paragraph 2 above, see the annex below]

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The Conference of the Parties,

Recalling decision 1/CP.3, paragraph 5 (d), relating to consideration by the Conference of the Parties of, and, as appropriate, action on suitable methodologies to address the situation of Parties listed in Annex B to the Protocol for which single projects would have a significant proportional impact on emissions in the commitment period,

Having considered the conclusions of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice on this matter at its eighth and ninth sessions,

1. Requests the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice to report any additional information to the Conference of the Parties at its fifth session;

2. Resolves to take a conclusive decision on this matter, as appropriate, at its fifth session.