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FCCC/SBSTA/1999/L.3

7 June 1999

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SUBSIDIARY BODY FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVICE

Tenth session

Bonn, 31 May - 11 June 1999

Agenda item 4 (c)

1. The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) took note of the information provided by the secretariat on a work programme on methodological issues related to Articles 5, 7 and 8 of the Kyoto Protocol, contained in document FCCC/SB/1999/2.

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   2. The SBSTA broadly endorsed the work programme referred to in paragraph 1 above, noting that some aspects relating to Article 3 of the Kyoto Protocol may need to be further discussed in relation to Articles 5, 7 and 8 of that Protocol.

   
   
   3. The SBSTA decided to consider the characteristics of national systems and issues relating to adjustments, referred to in Article 5 of the Kyoto Protocol, at its eleventh session. It requested Parties to provide views on these items by 15 August 1999, for compilation into a miscellaneous document.

   
   
   4. The SBSTA requested the secretariat to organize a workshop on the topics referred to in paragraph 3 above, subject to the availability of funds, prior to its twelfth session. It also requested the secretariat to develop plans for a second workshop on issues related to Articles 5, 7 and 8, subject to the availability of funds, to be held prior to its thirteenth session, pending the outcome of the first workshop and a decision on the date of the sixth session of the Conference of the Parties.

   5. The SBSTA noted that the secretariat would assess its capacity to carry out the activities requested in these conclusions in the light of the programme budget for 2000-2001 to be recommended by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation for approval by the Conference  of the Parties at its fifth session and of the overall calendar of meetings and workshops, and would report back on this matter to the SBSTA at its eleventh session.