Article 9
1. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the
Parties to this Protocol shall periodically review this Protocol in
the light of the best available Scientific information and
assessments on climate change and its impacts, as well as relevant
technical, social and economic information. Such reviews shall be
coordinated with pertinent reviews under the Convention, in
particular those required by Article 4, paragraph 2(d), and Article
7, paragraph 2(a), of the Convention. Based on these reviews, the
Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to
this Protocol shall take appropriate action.
2. The first review shall take place at the second session of the
Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to
this Protocol. Further reviews shall take place at regular intervals
and in a timely manner.