At its fourteenth session, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation took note of the information contained in the preliminary report of the Consultative Group of Experts (CGE) (FCCC/SBI/2001/8). The SBI invited Parties to submit their views to the secretariat by 15 September 2001 on the preliminary report and the current progress of the process aiming at the improvement of guidelines for subsequent national communications of Parties not included in Annex I, in accordance with decision 8/CP.5 (FCCC/SBI/2001/9, para. 22). Eleven such submissions received earlier are contained in document FCCC/SBI/2001/MISC.2. Another submission, from Brazil, was received later. In accordance with the procedure for miscellaneous documents, this submission is attached and reproduced in the language in which it was received and without formal editing