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This brief examines the practical and legal implications of the options for adoption of the procedures and mechanisms relating to compliance under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The author discusses the protocol's compliance system, and argues that the most judicious way forward is for the procedures and mechanisms to be adopted by decision at the first Conference of Parties serving as the Meeting of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 1). The author also outlines the other options available, such as an amendment of the protocol, and evaluates their consequences.