Initial reports under Article 7, paragraph 4, of the Kyoto Protocol and initial review reports

Submissions of initial reports

This page contains reports submitted by Annex I Parties that are also Parties to the Kyoto Protocol in accordance with its Article 7, paragraph 4.

According to decision 13/CMP.1, each Annex I Party with a commitment inscribed in Annex B to the Protocol shall facilitate the calculation of its assigned amount pursuant to Article 3, paragraphs 7 and 8, for the commitment period and demonstrate its capacity to account for its emissions and assigned amount. To this end, each Party shall submit a report containing all information required for this purpose, as defined in the annex to decision 13/CMP.1, prior to 1 January 2007 or one year after the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol for that Party, whichever is later. ) The timely submission of the so-called "Initial Report" is an essential step for the Party in calculating its assigned amount under Article 3, paragraph 1, which is a precondition for the participation in the Kyoto Protocol mechanisms (emissions trading, joint implementation and clean developing mechanism).

The page also contains the results of the reviews of the initial reports under Article 8 of the Kyoto Protocol.

According to decision 22/CMP.1, the review of the initial reports submitted by Parties shall be initiated upon receipt of the reports. The review reports shall be forwarded expeditiously to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties and the Compliance Committee.

Party	Initial report	GHG inventory submitted with, or referenced in, the Initial Report	National Inventory Report submitted with, or referenced in, the Initial Report	Report of the review of the Initial Report
Australia	Initial report (391 kB) 11 March 2008 Update 21 October 2008	Original Revised	Original	Initial review report 16 January 2009
Austria	Initial report (899 kB) 5 December 2006	Original	Original	Initial review report 8 August 2007
Belarus	Initial report English (191 kB) Russian (210 kB) 31 October 2006 Update English (59 kB) Russian (228 kB) 30 December 2006	Original	Original
Belgium	Initial report 22 December 2006 Corrigendum 23 July 2007	Original Revised	Original	Initial review report 12 December 2007
Bulgaria	Initial report 25 July 2007 Update 10 November 2008	Original Revised	Original	Initial review report 08 May 2008
Canada	Initial report English (121 kB) French (168 kB) 15 March 2007	Original Revised	Original Revised	Initial review report 11 April 2008
Croatia*	Initial report (408 kB) 27 August 2008 Update (396 kB) 29 August 2008	Original Revised	Original	Initial review report 26 August 2009
Czech Republic	Initial report (351 kB) 24 October 2006	Original	Original	Initial review report 15 October 2007
Denmark	Initial report (497 kB) 20 December 2006	Original Denmark Denmark and Greenland	Original Updated Annex 6.1 Updated Annex 6.2	Initial review report 2 November 2007
Estonia	Initial report 15 December 2006 Update 5 September 2007	Original Revised	Original Revised	Initial review report 14 November 2007
European Community	Initial report (474 kB) 18 December 2006 Summary assigned amount report English (277 kB) French (286 kB) 18 December 2006 Update (475 kB) 2 February 2007	Original Revised	Original Revised	Initial review report 15 February 2008
Finland	Initial report 22 December 2006	Original Revised	Original	Initial review report 28 November 2007
France	Initial report (237 kB) (French) 21 December 2006	Original	Original	Initial review report 28 November 2007
Germany	Initial report (693 kB) 27 December 2006 Update 13 July 2007	Original Revised	Original	Initial review report 12 December 2007
Greece	Initial report 29 December 2006 Update (689 kB) 18 May 2007	Original	Original	Initial review report 28 December 2007
Hungary	Initial report (101 kB) 30 August 2006 Update (100 kB) 27 Sep 2006	Original Revised	Original	Initial review report 29 August 2007
Iceland	Initial report 11 January 2007	Original Revised	Original	Initial review report 10 January 2008
Ireland	Initial report 19 December 2006	Original	Original	Initial review report 24 September 07
Italy	Initial report (234 kB) 19 December 2006	Original	Original Addendum	Initial review report 10 December 2007
Japan	Initial report (790 kB) 30 August 2006 Update (660 kB) 13 June 2007	Original	Original	Initial review report 8 August 2007
Latvia	Initial report (244 kB) 29 December 2006	Original	Original	Initial review report 14 December 2007
Liechtenstein	Initial report (1094 kB) 22 December 2006 Corrigendum (72 kB) (19 September 2007)	Original	Original	Initial review report 13 December 2007
Lithuania	Initial report (133 kB) 22 December 2006 Update (230 kB) 2 August 2007	Original Revised	Original	Initial review report 31 October 2007
Luxembourg	Initial report (649 kB) 29 December 2006	Original	Original Revised	Initial review report 14 December 2007
Monaco*	Initial report (French) 7 May 2007	Original	Original	Initial review report 22 April 2008
Netherlands	Initial report (384 kB) 21 December 2006	Original	Original	Initial review report 2 November 2007
New Zealand	Initial report (190 kB) 31 August 2006	Original	Original	Initial review report 30 August 2007
Norway	Initial report 22 December 2006	Original	Original	Initial review report 15 October 2007
Poland	Initial report (434 kB) 29 December 2006	Original Revised	Original 1990-1996 1997-2001 2002-2004	Initial review report 14 December 2007
Portugal	Initial report (449 kB) 28 December 2006	Original	Original	Initial review report 15 November 2007
Romania	Initial report (752 kB) 18 May 2007	Original	Original	Initial review report 16 May 2008
Russian Federation	Initial report (375 kB) (Russian) 20 February 2007 Update 29 August 2008	Original	Original	Initial review report 18 February 2008
Slovakia	Initial report (236 kB) 4 October 2006 Update 24 May 2007	Original Revised	Original	Initial review report 19 September 2007
Slovenia	Initial report 22 December 2006 Update 3 July 2007	Original Revised	Original	Initial review report 15 November 2007
Spain	Initial report (1113 kB) (Spanish) 19 December 2006 Update (1507 kB) (Spanish) 8 June 2007	Original	Original	Initial review report 8 November 2007
Sweden	Initial report 19 December 2006	Original	Original	Initial review report 19 November 2007
Switzerland	Initial report (236 kB) 10 November 2006 Update (202 kB) 20 December 2007	Original Revised	Original Supplement	Initial review report 17 August 2007
Ukraine	Initial report (210 kB) 29 December 2006	Original	Original English (2944 kB) Russian	Initial review report 13 December 2007
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Initial report (644 kB) 11 December 2006	Original	Original	Initial review report 2 October 2007

* Croatia and Monaco became Parties to the Kyoto Protocol on 28 August 2007 and 28 May 2006 respectively.
Therefore, their initial report is due one year thereafter.