This note is based on views submitted as of 30 August 2004 by Australia, Japan, Netherlands on behalf of the European Community and its member States, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United States of America and Uzbekistan (FCCC/SBSTA/2004/MISC.11 and Add.1). These submissions were used to update options 1 and 3 for a possible data interface, as described in document FCCC/SBSTA/2003/INF.9 (see chapter III) and to compile a list of issues that could be considered by the SBSTA (see chapter IV)