FCCC/CP/1998/L.19

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FCCC/CP/1998/L.19

14 November 1998

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CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES

Fourth session

Buenos Aires, 2-13 November 1998

Agenda item 5 (b)

MATTERS RELATED TO THE KYOTO PROTOCOL

MATTERS RELATED TO DECISION 1/CP.3, PARAGRAPH 6: PREPARATIONS FOR THE FIRST SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES SERVING AS THE MEETING OF THE PARTIES TO THE PROTOCOL

Decision -/CP.4

Matters related to decision 1/CP.3, paragraph 6: preparations for the first session of the

Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol

The Conference of the Parties,

Recalling its decision 1/CP.3 on the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol, in particular paragraph 6 of that decision on the allocation of preparatory work for the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol,

Further recalling the functions and terms of reference of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation, as contained in Articles 9 and 10 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and as elaborated by its decisions 6/CP.1 and 13/CP.3, and noting Article 15 of the Kyoto Protocol,

Having considered the proposal by the Chairmen of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation on the allocation to those bodies of preparatory work for the first session of the Conference of the

Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol,⁽¹⁾

Recognizing the need to maximize efficiency in the work of the subsidiary bodies and avoid duplication and overlap,

Taking into account decisions⁽²⁾ taken at its fourth session related to issues addressed in annexes I and II to this decision,

1. Decides:

(a) That the preparatory work for the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol shall be allocated to the subsidiary bodies as shown in annex I to this decision;

(b) That this work shall be carried out according to the initial list of work set out in annex II to this decision;

Annex I

ALLOCATION OF PREPARATORY WORK FOR

THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES SERVING AS THE MEETING OF THE

PARTIES TO THE KYOTO PROTOCOL AT ITS FIRST SESSION

Task

Allocation

Tasks assigned to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol at its first session

Actions relating to Article 3.14⁽³⁾

See decision -/CP.4 (FCCC/CP/1998/L.9) (under agenda item 4(e))

Guidelines for national systems under Article 5.1 and methodologies for the application of adjustments under Article 5.2

Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice

Guidelines for the preparation of information under Article 7, with respect to both annual inventories and national communications from Annex I Parties

Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice, in cooperation with the Subsidiary Body for Implementation

Guidelines for the review of implementation by expert review teams under Article 8

Subsidiary Body for Implementation, in cooperation with the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice

Modalities and procedures relating to the clean development mechanism under
Article 12

See decision -/CP.4⁽⁴⁾ (FCCC/CP/1998/L.21) (under agenda item 5(a)(iii))

Procedures and mechanisms relating to compliance

Joint working group on compliance under the Subsidiary Body for Implementation and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice

Tasks assigned to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol at its first session or as soon as practicable thereafter

Consideration of ways to facilitate cooperation to enhance the individual and combined effectiveness of policies and measures under Article 2.1(b)

Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice

Modalities, rules and guidelines as to how, and which, additional human-induced activities related to changes in GHG emissions by sources and removals by sinks in the agricultural soils and the land-use change and forestry categories might be included under Article 3.4⁽⁵⁾

Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice

Possible further elaboration of guidelines for the implementation of Article 6

See decision -/CP.4⁽⁶⁾ (FCCC/CP/1998/L.21) (under agenda item 5(a)(ii))

Tasks to be accomplished by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol prior to the first commitment period

Modalities for the accounting of assigned amounts under Article 7.4

Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice

Tasks to be accomplished by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol as soon as practicable

Consideration of the application to the Protocol and modification, as appropriate, of the multilateral consultative process referred to in Article 13 of the Convention.

To be considered upon the establishment of the multilateral consultative process referred to in Article 13 of the Convention.

Annex II

INITIAL LIST OF WORK FOR THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES SERVING AS THE MEETING OF THE PARTIES TO THE

KYOTO PROTOCOL AT ITS FIRST SESSION

Tasks assigned to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol at its first session

Actions relating to Article 3.14

See decision -/CP.4 (FCCC/CP/1998/L.9) (under agenda item 4(e))

Guidelines for national systems under Article 5.1 and methodologies for the application of adjustments under Article 5.2

Work programme on methodological issues related to Article 5, as set forth in FCCC/SBSTA/1998/CRP.10, paragraph 8, with a view to completion by the Conference of the Parties at its sixth session

Guidelines for the preparation of information under Article 7, with respect to both annual inventories and national communications from Annex I Parties

Work programme on issues related to Article 7.1, as set forth in FCCC/SBSTA/1998/CRP.10, paragraph 8 and FCCC/SBI/1998/CRP.5, with a view to completion by the Conference of the Parties at its sixth session

Work programme on issues related to Article 7.2, as set forth in FCCC/SBSTA/1998/CRP.10, paragraph 8 and FCCC/SBI/1998/CRP.5, with a view to completion by the Conference of the Parties at its sixth session

Guidelines for the review of implementation by expert review teams under Article 8

Work programme on issues related to Article 8, as set forth in FCCC/SBSTA/1998/CRP.10, paragraph 8 and FCCC/SBI/1998/CRP.5, with a view to completion by the Conference of the Parties at its sixth session

Modalities and procedures relating to the clean development mechanism under
Article 12

See decision -/CP.4⁽⁷⁾ (FCCC/CP/1998/L.21) (under agenda item 5(a)(iii))

Procedures and mechanisms relating to compliance

Invitation to Parties to submit views to the secretariat on matters relating to compliance under the Protocol by 1 March 1999, to be made available by the secretariat in a miscellaneous document

Request to the secretariat to facilitate a one-day consultation among Parties⁽⁸⁾ on matters related to compliance under the Protocol immediately prior to the tenth session of the subsidiary bodies

Establishment of a joint working group on compliance under the Subsidiary Body for Implementation and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice to:

- Identify compliance-related elements in the Protocol

- Follow the development of these elements in various groups including, for
example, elements on substantive rules and consequences of non-compliance, and identify gaps in order that they are addressed in the suitable forum

- Develop procedures by which compliance with obligations under the Protocol
should be addressed, to the extent that they are not being considered by other groups

- Ensure coherent approaches to developing a comprehensive compliance system

•Request to the joint working group on compliance, through the Subsidiary Body for Implementation and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice, to report on progress to the Conference of the Parties at its fifth session

•Request to the Conference of the Parties at its fifth session to take further steps including, if necessary, the establishment of an ad hoc working group on compliance or other procedure, with a view to adopting a decision at the Conference of the Parties at its sixth session

Tasks assigned to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol at its first session or as soon as practicable thereafter

Consideration of ways to facilitate cooperation to enhance the individual and combined effectiveness of policies and measures under Article 2.1(b)

•Request to the secretariat to:

- Prepare a report on "best practices" in policies and measures for consideration by the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice at its eleventh session, based on Annex I Party national communications and their reviews and additional information submitted by Parties by 15 August 1999, as well as any other relevant information, with a view to strengthening the sharing of experience and exchange of information

- Organize a workshop to assess "best practices" in policies and measures on the basis of the conclusions of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice at its eleventh session, and report the results to the Conference of the Parties at its sixth session

Modalities, rules and guidelines as to how, and which, additional human-induced activities related to changes in GHG emissions by sources and removals by sinks in the agricultural soils and the land-use change and forestry categories might be included under Article 3.4⁽⁹⁾

Work programme as set forth in decision -/CP.4 (FCCC/CP/1998/L.5), in accordance with the time-frames set out in that decision

Possible further elaboration of guidelines for the implementation of Article 6

See decision -/CP.4⁽¹⁰⁾ (FCCC/CP/1998/L.21) (under agenda item 5(a)(ii))

Tasks to be accomplished by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol prior to the first commitment period

Modalities for the accounting of assigned amounts under Article 7.4

Work programme on methodological issues related to Article 7, as set forth in FCCC/SBSTA/1998/CRP.10, paragraph 8, with a view to completion by the Conference of the Parties at its sixth session, or as soon as practicable

Tasks to be accomplished by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol as soon as practicable

Consideration of the application to the Protocol, and modification as appropriate, of the multilateral consultative process referred to in Article 13 of the Convention

To be considered upon the establishment of the multilateral consultative process referred to in Article 13 of the Convention

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1. FCCC/CP/1998/3.

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2. Cross-reference to decisions under agenda items 3(c), 4(a)(i), 4(e), 5(a)(i) and 5(a)(ii)-(iv) of the

Conference of the Parties at its fourth session.

3. Unless otherwise stated, references to articles and paragraphs in annexes I and II to this decision are to the Kyoto Protocol.

4. This decision also covers other mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol.

5. See also decision _/CP.4 (FCCC/CP/1998/L.5), paragraph 3 on Article 3.3.

6. This decision also covers other mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol.

7. This decision also covers other mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol.

8. Open to observers under rules 6 and 7 of the draft Rules of Procedure, as applied (see FCCC/CP/1996/2).

9. See also decision _/CP.4, paragraph 3, on Article 3.3.

10. This decision also covers other mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol.

Task	Allocation
Tasks assigned to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol at its first session
Actions relating to Article 3.14⁽³⁾	See decision -/CP.4 (FCCC/CP/1998/L.9) (under agenda item 4(e))
Guidelines for national systems under Article 5.1 and methodologies for the application of adjustments under Article 5.2	Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
Guidelines for the preparation of information under Article 7, with respect to both annual inventories and national communications from Annex I Parties	Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice, in cooperation with the Subsidiary Body for Implementation
Guidelines for the review of implementation by expert review teams under Article 8	Subsidiary Body for Implementation, in cooperation with the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
Modalities and procedures relating to the clean development mechanism under Article 12	See decision -/CP.4⁽⁴⁾ (FCCC/CP/1998/L.21) (under agenda item 5(a)(iii))
Procedures and mechanisms relating to compliance	Joint working group on compliance under the Subsidiary Body for Implementation and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
Tasks assigned to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol at its first session or as soon as practicable thereafter
Consideration of ways to facilitate cooperation to enhance the individual and combined effectiveness of policies and measures under Article 2.1(b)	Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
Modalities, rules and guidelines as to how, and which, additional human-induced activities related to changes in GHG emissions by sources and removals by sinks in the agricultural soils and the land-use change and forestry categories might be included under Article 3.4⁽⁵⁾	Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
Possible further elaboration of guidelines for the implementation of Article 6	See decision -/CP.4⁽⁶⁾ (FCCC/CP/1998/L.21) (under agenda item 5(a)(ii))
Tasks to be accomplished by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol prior to the first commitment period
Modalities for the accounting of assigned amounts under Article 7.4	Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
Tasks to be accomplished by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol as soon as practicable
Consideration of the application to the Protocol and modification, as appropriate, of the multilateral consultative process referred to in Article 13 of the Convention.	To be considered upon the establishment of the multilateral consultative process referred to in Article 13 of the Convention.