The multilateral assessment (MA) is part of the international assessment and review (IAR) for developed country Parties.

The MA of the progress towards achieving the quantified economy-wide emission reduction target for 2020 is undertaken for each developed country Party after the submission and technical review of their biennial reports.

In 2018, the third cycle of IAR started with the submission of the third biennial reports and the seventh national communications from Annex I Parties and the technical review of these reports by international expert review teams.

The MA for developed country Parties was convened at SBI 49 in Katowice, Poland, on 3 and 7 December 2018, where the following 11 Annex I Parties were multilaterally assessed:

European Union	Canada	Estonia
Latvia	Lithuania	France
Germany	Czechia	Hungary
Slovakia	Netherlands

 

Timeline for the MA session during SBI 49, Katowice, December 2018:
	1 to 30 September 2018: submission of questions by any Party to the Parties under MA;
	1 October to 30 November 2018 : Preparation of answers by Parties under MA and posting of answers;
	By 4 December 2018: upload compiled questions and answers by the secretariat onto the individual Party page upon completion of answers by the Party;
	During SBI 49, December 2018, Katowice, Poland :  MA Parties' progress towards emission reduction target;
	January 2019: publication of summary reports.