The Conference of the Parties (COP), by its decisions 9/CP.2 and 3/CP.5, requested Parties included in Annex I to the Convention (Annex I Parties) to submit national inventory data on emissions from sources and removals by sinks by 15 April of each year. Decision 19/CP.8 requested the secretariat to prepare an annual report on the greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory data submitted by Annex I Parties for consideration by the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and the COP.1. This note presents the latest available data on GHG emissions and removals from Annex I Parties for the period 1990–2001, as reported by 1 September 2003.2 Summary information, including on the status of reporting, has been published separately.3 Tables A.1–B.17 that follow are based on the latest GHG inventory information from Annex I Parties for those Parties that have already submitted inventories this year or on earlier submissions or national communications for those Parties that have not yet submitted their inventories in 2002. The table "Sources of GHG emission data", below provides an indication of which inventory submissions or national communications were the source of data for the relevant years