Mandated reviews are in depth reviews of fourth national communications, annual technical reviews of national greenhouse gas inventories, evaluation of reports demonstrating progress achieved in meeting commitments under the Kyoto Protocol, and reviews of the reports to facilitate the calculation of the assigned amount and to demonstrate capacity to account for a Party's emissions and assigned amount.

The annual inventory, including the national inventory report and the common reporting format (CRF) Supplementary information under Article 7, paragraph 1, incorporated in the Party's national inventory according to section I.D, greenhouse gas inventory information, of the guidelines for the preparation of the information required under Article 7.

The annual inventory review shall consist of two elements

Mandated reviews in 2006 2007 The national communication and inventory review processes have contributed to the assessment of implementation of the Convention and improved quality and transparency of reporting over the past several years.

The annual inventory review should be conducted as a desk or centralized review.

Annual technical review of national greenhouse gas inventories (all Annex I Parties)

The annual inventory, including the national inventory report and the common reporting format (CRF), for conformity with Article 5, paragraph 2, in accordance with the procedures contained in part II of these guidelines The following supplementary information, in accordance with the guidelines for the preparation of the information required under Article 7, section I

Reporting and publication The expert review team shall, under its collective responsibility, produce the following review reports for each Party included in Annex I

The annual review, including adjustment procedures as part of the review of the annual or base year inventory, shall be concluded within one year of the due date for submission of the information to be reported under Article 7, paragraph 1.

8 For the purpose of these guidelines for national systems, the inventory development process encompasses inventory planning, preparation and management.

Inventories

Parties included in Annex I are encouraged to submit a translation of the information under Article 7, paragraph 1, in English, in order to facilitate the annual review of the inventory information under Article 8.

Following completion of the trial period set up in that decision, annual reviews of the individual inventory of each Annex I Party became mandatory in 2003.

7 National GHG inventories are referred to simply as inventories in these guidelines for the sake of brevity.

The expert review team shall list all problems identified, indicating which would need an adjustment, and send this list to the Party included in Annex I no later than 25 from the submission due date of the annual inventory, if the inventory was submitted at least six weeks after the submission due date.

The secretariat selects experts for these teams from nominations by Parties to the roster of experts. Invitations to participate in the review are copied to the national focal point.

Inventory preparation As part of its inventory preparation, each Party included in Annex I shall

The initial check for each Party included in Annex I shall be performed and a draft status report shall be completed within four weeks after the submission date of the annual inventory and sent to the Party for comment.

Individual inventory reviews

J. Disclosure and inventories

However, the supplementary information is not required until the start of the first commitment period in 2008, and thus will not affect activities in 2006 2007.

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The Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) requested the secretariat to prepare a note on streamlining these review processes, in order to avoid possible duplication of effort and ensure efficient use of available resources.

The inventory review resources listed in appendix I provide recommended approaches and tools for clustering inventory data.

Part II Review of annual inventories

All procedures are now in place however, the secretariat has not yet received any confidential inventory information from a Party.

National systems should be designed and operated to support compliance with Kyoto Protocol commitments related to the estimation of anthropogenic GHG emissions by sources and removals by sinks.

The full text of the conclusions of the lead reviewers' meeting is available on the UNFCCC web site.2 Inventory review training Decision 12 CP.

The meeting addressed both procedural and technical issues relating to the annual review of GHG inventories of Annex I Parties, including the experiences in the review of the inventory of the European Community.

Choice of emission factors or other inventory parameters

List of inventory review resources relevant for the calculation of adjustments

Choice of emission factors or other inventory parameters

Simply put, we must complete the global inventory of species. Now.

These may be further subdivided as problems of

This review covers the methodologies and data used in the preparation of the inventory.

The completeness of archived information for a sample of source categories as chosen by the expert review teams, including key source categories, as defined in accordance with IPCC Guidelines and IPCC good practice guidance The ability of the Party included in Annex I to respond in a timely manner to requests for clarifying inventory information resulting from the different stages of the review process of the most recent inventory.

The use of drivers or approaches and tools for clustering of inventory data other than those recommended in the inventory review resources listed in appendix I should be explained and justified.

Inventory data from the Party subject to adjustment should be excluded from the cluster The cluster should cover a minimum number of countries, as specified in the recommended approaches and tools for clustering of inventory data The grouping of countries into clusters should, to the extent possible, take into account similar national circumstances.

Inventory data from the Party subject to adjustment should be excluded from the cluster The cluster should cover a minimum number of countries, as specified in the recommended approaches and tools for clustering of inventory data The grouping of countries into clusters should, to the extent possible, take into account similar national circumstances.

Adjustments should not be retroactively applied for any year preceding the inventory year subject to review, except in cases where recalculated estimates for previous commitment period years and or instances relating to paragraph 13 (c) below were submitted by the Party together with the inventory information of the inventory year subject to review.

The quality of the database compiled from the inventory process has been steadily improving.

The expert review team may use relevant technical information in the review process, such as information from international organizations.

The inclusion in the inventory review resources listed in appendix I of drivers and approaches and tools for clustering of inventory data should be subject to guidance by lead reviewers in accordance with the provisions of appendix I.

All 36 inventory review reports were completed on time, or within one week of the due dates established in the inventory review guidelines.

Coordinating Annex I Parties' annual inventory reviews and training reviewers