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FCCC/SBSTA/1999/L.4

7 June 1999



Original: ENGLISH

SUBSIDIARY BODY FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVICE

Tenth session

Bonn, 31 May - 11 June 1999

Agenda item 4 (b)



 

NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM PARTIES INCLUDED

 

IN ANNEX I TO THE CONVENTION



 

REVIEW PROCESS RELATED TO GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES



 

Draft conclusions by the Chairman

 



1. The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) took note of and supported the UNFCCC technical review process related to greenhouse gas inventories of Annex I Parties contained in document FCCC/SBSTA/1999/3.



2. The SBSTA endorsed the following elements of that technical review process: annual initial checks, annual synthesis and assessment, and individual reviews.



3. The SBSTA advised the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) to consider guidelines for such a technical review process at its eleventh session, with a view to a decision on such guidelines being adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its fifth session.



 

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