Measurement, Reporting and Verification
MRV for the developed country Parties and those developing country Parties which have GHG emission intensity targets.1
48. Each developed country Party, and each developing country Party that has its GHG emission intensity targets, shall have a national system for the estimation of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of GHGs. Guidelines for the national systems shall be decided upon by the CMP2.
49. Methodologies for estimating anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of GHGs and the global warming potentials used to calculate the carbon dioxide equivalence of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of GHGs shall be those accepted by the IPCC and decided upon by the CMP. The CMP shall regularly review and, as appropriate, revise such methodologies and global warming potentials.
50. Each developed country Party, and each developing country Party that has its GHG emission intensity targets, shall incorporate the necessary supplementary information, including sectoral information, in its annual inventory, as well as in its national communication, and shall submit them at regular intervals for the purpose of demonstrating compliance. The CMP shall adopt and review periodically guidelines for the preparation of the information.
51. The information submitted by any developed country Party, or by any developing country Party that has its GHG emission intensity targets, shall be reviewed by expert review teams. The CMP shall adopt and review periodically guidelines for this review. The information required for submission shall be reviewed.
52. The review process shall provide a thorough and comprehensive technical assessment of all aspects of the implementation by a Party to this Protocol.
53. The CMP shall consider (a) the information submitted by Parties and the reports of the expert reviews and (b) those questions of implementation listed by the secretariat and questions raised by Parties, and shall take decisions on any matter required for the implementation of this Protocol.
Review of national action plans
54. The national action plan submitted by each developing country Party shall be reviewed by the CMP. The CMP shall adopt and review periodically guidelines for such review.
Compliance
55. The CMP shall approve appropriate and effective procedures and mechanisms to determine and to address cases of non-compliance with the provisions of this Protocol. Any procedures and mechanisms of non-compliance entailing binding consequences shall be adopted by means of an amendment to this Protocol.
