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E-PRTR

European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register

- a harmonised PRTR across Europe

Eva Goossens European Environment Agency

PRTRs: Measuring progress towards sustainable development – Global round table19 November 2013, Geneva


� EEA – who are we – what do we do?

� Legal framework in Europe

� European PRTR

�Coverage

�Website – Public access

� Diffuse sources in E-PRTR

� COM(2013) 111 final

Commission report on the E-PRTR implementation

Rationale for diffuse inventoryContent of the presentation


� EEA is an independent agency of the European Union

� Role:� to provide sound, independent information on the environment� be a major information source for those involved in developing,

adopting, implementing and evaluating environmental policy, and also the general public

EEA (European Environment Agency): Who are we? EEA (European Environment Agency): Who are we?


•Member countries

•Cooperating countries

� EEA is dependent upon strong networks to perform our work

•EEA network •- member and cooperating countries

� 33 EEA Member countries� EU-28, Iceland, Liechtenstein,

Norway, Switzerland and Turkey

� EEA cooperating countries� 7 West Balkan countries: Albania,

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia as well as Kosovo under the UN Security Council Resolution 1244/99.

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� ENP South (Mediterranean)� Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon,

Morocco, Syria, Tunesia and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (+ Libyia)

� ENP East� Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia,

Moldova, Ukraine


� European Union (EU) legislation

�Regulation (EC) 166/2006� Establishes the European PRTR

� Based on a previous register (EPER) and IPPC Directive

� Harmonised PRTR covering 33 countries:

– 28 EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway– Switzerland and Serbia (voluntary)

� Annual reporting

� Data available as of 2007 (first published in 2009)

� Implements the PRTR Protocol + beyond� 91 pollutants (Hexabromobiphenyl, Octylphenols, Fluoranthene, Isodrin,

Benzo(g,h,i)perylene + 86 of the PRTR Protocol)

� More stringent thresholds for a number of releases

Legal framework (1)– European Union context


� E-PRTR (Harmonised PRTR)

� Obligation to report data to European Commission

� National PRTR = national choice

� National legislation

� Point source / diffuse sources

� Pollutants: number and thresholds

� Ratification of PRTR Protocol – national PRTR should at least be in compliance with the requirements of the UNECE Protocol

Legal framework (2)– EU Member States


� A Process: Annual Data flow + Data validation and Review

� A Product: Publicly database accessible on-line

� A Tool: Knowledge and participation on environmental matters

What is E-PRTR


E-PRTR: Who has to report what?

≥ Capacity threshold (Annex I)Facilities with one or more E-PRTR activities Exceeding capacity threshold

≥ Release/transfer threshold (Annex II)Exceeding off-site transfers waste thresholds

(Hazardous waste > 2 t/y, Non-hazardous waste > 2,000 t/y)and/or

Exceeding pollutant releases specific thresholds

65 activities in 9 sectors

• Energy • Production and processing of metals • Mineral industry • Chemical industry *• Waste and waste water management • Paper and wood production and processing • Intensive livestock production and aquaculture • Animal and vegetable products from food and beverage sector• Other activities

• * No capacity thresholds

Who has to report what?

91 pollutants in 7 groups• Greenhouse gases• Other gases • Heavy metals• Pesticides• Chlorinated organic substance• Other organic substances• Inorganic substances


Voluntary Data

� Production volume� Number of installations� Number of operating

hours/year� Number of employees� Website or Information box

Mandatory Data

� Facility specific data (ID and geographical coordinates)

� Releases to air / water / soil for each pollutant exceeding the threshold value

� Off-site transfers of waste and of pollutants in waste-water exceeding the threshold value

� Accidental releases

� Possibility of confidentiality on some issues

E-PRTR reporting format


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A cooperation between EEA and the European Commission

http://prtr.ec.europa.eu

European PRTR – Websitehttp://prtr.ec.europa.eu

Data is searchable by:� facility name,� address� country � industrial activity� pollutant� map


2011 Dataset: 30,916 facilities

Reporting facilities: UK 5549, DE 4894, ES 3662, FR 3639, IT 2961 … LV 34, LU 32 , IS 24, MT 15, LI 2

Waste movements 22,996 facilities

Transfers to recovery: 355 M tonnes - to disposal 153 M tonnes

Some relevant emissions

� Total CO2 air: 1933 M tonnes , 2266 reporting facilities

� Total TOC water: 0.771 M tonnes, 1928 reporting facilities

� Total Pb soil: 18.0 tonnes, 30 reporting facilities

Some figures:

European PRTR – the data (1)- some statistics


European PRTR – the data (2)- Quality assurance and quality checks

As of 2014� 1 correction round per year

2009-2012� Informal review feedback to

reporting countries � Two correction rounds per year� Formal review (triennial)


Diffuse sources included in E-PRTR

AIR� 32 maps� Scale: 5km by 5km grids� Sectors:

� road transport � shipping� aviation� domestic heating� agriculture� small business

� Pollutants: � nitrogen oxides (NOX),� sulphur oxides (SO2),� carbon dioxide (CO2), � ammonia (NH3)� particulate matter (PM10)

WATER� exercise for estimation finalised � results to be included in website in 2014


Article 17 of the E-PRTR Regulationcalls on the Commission to review the Member States' emission reports submitted through the E-PRTR and, more generally, to provide an assessment of experience gained during the first three years of operating the register

The REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE

COUNCIL

on progress in implementing Regulation (EC) 166/2006 concerning the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR)

has been adopted by the Commission on 5 March 2013 (COM(2013) 111 final)

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E-PRTR and its implementation COM(2013) 111 final- E-PRTR and its implementation


The Communication includes information on:

� Status of implementation of the Regulation at � EU level� Member State level

� Scope for further improving the implementation of E-PRTR

� Conclusions

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COM (2013)111 final- Information included


� E-PRTR website• accessed by a variety of users • the design of the website is considered suitable and convenient• data are presented in a comprehensive manner and an easy to access format• scope for further improvement remains (user friendliness, maintenance)• potential to increase the knowledge of its existence and increase the number of

users

� Data flow and quality assurance at the EU level• automated validation tool and possibility for data to be resubmitted have

proven to be very useful and will be kept• informal review done by EEA to be scaled down now initial implementation

phase is over

� Commission guidance• extremely useful• a revision of the guidance would help in clarifying still open issues

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European Commission report on the implementation of the E-PRTR COM (2013)111 finalCOM(2013) 111 final- Status of implementation at EU level


� General aspects• all EU MS + NO, IS, LI, CH, SR have implemented the E-PRTR Regulation• during the period 2007-2009 Member States satisfactorily reported the

requested data• Some difficulties attributed to apparent lack of resources at competent

authorities• outstanding issue to be clarified on confidentiality

� Releases to air• NOx , SOx, CO2 data are mostly complete and consistent when compared to

other international reporting obligations or inventories• reporting of the some other pollutants shows some inconsistency with other

national inventories� Releases and transfers to water

• acceptable quality (but less complete than the reporting of emissions to air)• issues with some specific pollutants (especially from UWWT)

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COM(2013) 111 final- Status of implementation at national level


� Releases to land• very limited number of reports• no clear conclusions on releases to land can yet be drawn

� Transfer of waste• compared to the EU Waste Statistics Regulation it looks that 39% of hazardous

waste and 17% of non-hazardous waste is reported (with large differences between different economic sectors)

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COM(2013) 111 final)- Status of implementation at national level


� Enhancing quality of data and user confidence• EC will provide further guidance and review the Guidance Document • MS expected to increase their efforts to assure the quality of the data provided• EC will continue to promote the involvement of relevant expert groups (WFD,

NECD, AAQD)

� Improving data use and exchange• E-PRTR website will be updated• EC will exploit the available opportunities for promoting the use of the E-PRTR

for scientific, technical, and policy analysis as well as for general public awareness purposes

� Further examination of the legal basis of the E-PRTR and links with other legislation

• the need to revise the Regulation will give its findings in the third three-yearly report on the implementation of the E-PRTR that will cover the period (2013-2015)

COM(2013) 111 final- Scope for implementation improvements


� E-PRTR is an important step forward in ensuring transparency on industrial emissions and environmental monitoring

� The assessment of the Commission of the implementation of the Regulation demonstrates a reasonable success story

� Remains 1. a need to clarify some issues through revisiting existing technical

guidance, and 2. a clear potential for wider use by various categories of stakeholders

COM(2013) 111 final- Conclusions

PRTRs: Measuring progress towards sustainable development – Global round table19 November 2013, GenevaPRTRs: Measuring progress towards sustainable development – Global round table19 November 2013, Geneva

Thank you for your attention!

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E-PRTR Regulation versus PRTR Protocol� Differences

� Pollutants (Annex 2)

� PRTR Protocol: 86 / E-PRTR Regulation: 91(additional pollutants: Octylphenols and Octylphenol ethoxylates, Fluoranthene, Isodrin, Hexabromobiphenyl, and Benzo(g,h,i)perylene))

� Thresholds (Annex 2)

� E-PRTR more stringent thresholds for 6 pollutants PCDD+PCDF (dioxins + furans), Tetrachloroethylene (PER), Tetrachloromethane (TCM), Trichlorobenzenes (TCBs and all isomers), Trichloroethylene, Trichloromethane

� Specific implementation

� Activity threshold

� E-PRTR: capacity threshold� PRTR Protocol: capacity or employee threshold


MS PRTR protocol ratification:Different MS data in European and national PRTR?

MS data in E-PRTR MS specific PRTR

Legal framework E-PRTR Regulation National legislation

Information Point source data (facilities) Point source data (facilities) + inventory of diffuse sources

Publication E-PRTR website National PRTR website

Frequency / timelines Annual update (from 2010 onwards April – data of year x-2)

At least annual update of point source data

Industrial sectors/activities 65 At least 65 of PRTR protocol

Pollutants 91 ? (at least 86 of PRTR protocol)

Thresholds Defined in E-PRTR regulation At least in compliance with PRTR Protocol


E-PRTR website technology

� Data delivery: by countries: XML schema

� Database: Microsoft SQL Server

� Web application: - Microsoft .NET Framework- Adobe Flash

� GIS: - ESRI ArcGIS Server- Background layers:

� ESRI background layers� MXD files based on GIS layers in-house (topography,

roadnetworks, landcover, etc.)

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