FCCC/SB/1999/MISC.3

30 March 1999

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UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE

SUBSIDIARY BODY FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVICE

Tenth session

Bonn, 31 May - 11 June 1999

Item 12 of the provisional agenda

SUBSIDIARY BODY FOR IMPLEMENTATION

Tenth session

Bonn, 31 May - 11 June 1999

Item 8 of the provisional agenda

PRINCIPLES, MODALITIES, RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR THE

MECHANISMS UNDER ARTICLES 6, 12 AND 17 OF THE

KYOTO PROTOCOL

Submissions from Parties

Note by the secretariat

1 By its decision 7/CP.4, the Conference of the Parties (COP) invited Parties to submit further proposals on principles, modalities, rules and guidelines for the mechanisms under Articles 6, 12 and 17 of the Kyoto Protocol by the end of February 1999 as an input to technical workshops (FCCC/CP/1998/16/Add.1) for compilation by the secretariat as a miscellaneous document.

2 Nine such submissions⁽¹⁾ have been received. In accordance with the procedure for miscellaneous documents, these submissions are attached and reproduced in the language in which they were received and without formal editing.

3 By the same decision 7/CP.4, the COP also invited Parties to submit additional proposals by 31 March 1999 to be compiled and made available to Parties at the tenth sessions of the subsidiary bodies as addenda to the present document.

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1. Australia 3

(Submission dated 26 February 1999)

2. China 5

(Submission dated 25 February 1999)

3. Georgia 13

(Submission dated 15 February 1999)

4. Germany 14

(On behalf of the European Community and its member States and

Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania

and Slovenia)

(Submission dated 2 March 1999)

5. India 32

(Submission dated 26 February 1999)

6. Mauritius 34

(Submission dated 1 March 1999)

7. New Zealand 35

(Submission dated 2 March 1999)

8. Samoa 44

(On behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States)

(Submission dated 1 March 1999)

9. Uzbekistan 52

(Submission dated 25 February 1999)

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1. In order to make these submissions available on electronic systems, including the World Wide Web, these contributions have been electronically scanned and/or retyped. The secretariat has made every effort to ensure the correct reproduction of the texts as submitted.

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