Text to be considered with other comments of Member States on the document.

Peer review

Meanwhile, regional meetings and fora forums should be convened prior to each CRIC session, so as to provide useful information as the basis for discussions in the CRIC session

Details of the action taken and the comments of the Board are set out in the appendix below.

An initial draft of the paper was sent to experts for review and comments.

The Working Group considered those documents and made detailed comments.

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.

Lead reviewers also considered the appropriate treatment by expert review teams of comments received from Parties.

To date, the Kaplan Project has resulted in three scientific, peer reviewed, publications, and it is expected that there will be more.

In addition, the EU stressed the interest it attached to the peer review approach adopted in the Investment Policy Reviews.

A thorough review of the national system, as part of the review prior to the commitment period and its in country visit A desk or centralized review of any reported changes in the national system reported since the first thorough review, conducted in conjunction with the annual inventory review.

The review of the information on the minimization of adverse impacts in accordance with Article 13, paragraph 14, shall take place in two parts An annual desk or centralized review of additional information submitted by Parties included in Annex I, conducted in conjunction with the annual inventory review A thorough and comprehensive review through in country visits, conducted in conjunction with the review of national communications.

Similarly, the format of CRIC 3 also included four panel discussions.

If the Executive Board agrees to perform a review of a proposed issuance of CERs, it shall, at the same meeting, decide on The scope of the review relating to issues of fraud, malfeasance or incompetence of the DOE, based on the consideration in the request for a review The composition of the review team.

This review should take place in conjunction with the annual review in accordance with the relevant procedures in paragraphs 115 to 117 below.

General comments on the IPR programme

There is general agreement that the CRIC is an important means for the COP to review the implementation of the Convention.

The Workshop agreed to recommend to the General Assembly, for its consideration on how to proceed with the Assessment of Assessments , the conclusions of the Chairman contained in the annex to the report of the Workshop (A 60 91).

Comments by the Board of Auditors

5.2 Counsel apos s comments were transmitted, together with all the enclosures, to the State party on 5 May 1994, with a further request for comments and observations on counsel apos s submission.

and itThe report also draws major trends from the views and comments expressed by Parties during the period since the CRIC commenced tobegan its review of the UNCCD implementation of the Convention

The Committee notes with satisfaction the following positive developments

Systematic feedback is provided in the form of occasional corrections to their translations and one on one discussions with revisers.

If either the annual inventory review or the review of changes in national systems recommends an in depth review of national systems, the process of inventory review of national systems should be conducted together with the following in country review either of the annual inventory or of the periodic national communication whichever is earlier.

The scope of such a review shall follow the scope set out for the in country review according to paragraph  100 above.

The composition of a review team. The review team shall consist of two Board members, who will be responsible for supervising the review, and outside experts, as appropriate.

See comments in paragraph 7 above.

The Fund Secretariat discusses the projects with the IAs and submits documents containing comments and recommendations to the Executive Committee four weeks prior to meetings.

Comments submitted by Parties after the meeting were very similar to the comments considered during the workshop.

General comments by the Board of Auditors

To ensure objectivity, the expert review team for the reinstatement of eligibility shall not be composed of the same members and lead reviewers who formed part of the expert review team that conducted the review which led to the suspension of eligibility of the Party concerned, and shall be composed of members with the necessary expertise for addressing the matter or matters contained in the Party's submission.

33. The Working Group of the Whole conducted a detailed consideration of the text contained in document A CONF.184 PC L.1 and provided a number of comments concerning the structure of the report and the content of the text.

The comments in paragraph 15 above are interlinked with the Board's recommendation in paragraph 72.

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

4. Communication, Assessment and Review (CAR) programme

CRIC Committee for the review of the implementation of the Convention

CRIC Committee to Review the Implementation of the Convention

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Lead reviewers should ensure that the reviews in which they participate are performed according to the review guidelines and are performed consistently across Parties by each expert review team.

During the review upon expiration of the additional period for fulfilling commitments, the expert review team shall review the information submitted in accordance with paragraph 20 of the annex to decision CMP.1 (Article 7) in accordance with paragraph 88 above.

2. The document will be carefully studied and any observations or comments will be transmitted in due course.

If either the annual review or the review of changes in the national registry recommends a thorough review of the national registry, and if a country visit is considered necessary, this thorough review should be conducted together with the subsequent in country visit of either the annual inventory or the periodic national communication, whichever is the earlier.

However, the expedited nature of this review procedure shall not compromise the thoroughness of the examination by the expert review team.

The ad hoc working group may meet in the margins of CRIC 5 to discuss issues raised at CRIC 5.

Several submissions affirmed that comments and deliberations at CRIC meetings focused appropriately on the modalities, structure and criteria of the implementation review process in order to ensure its efficient performance.