Inventory preparation for priority substances Agenda item 8 Inventory preparation for priority substances Working Group E 15 – 16 March 2011 Joachim Heidemeier – UBA (DE) Lauriane Greaud – MEDDTL (FR) Madalina David – DG Environment (EC)

2nd DG meeting on PS inventory 2nd DG meeting: 20 – 21 January 2011 (Brussels) Participants: Germany, France, Commission, EEA, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium (Fl), Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, ICPDR, CONCAWE, ECPA, NAVI TG (ESPO, ICOMIA) and EEB Purpose of the meeting: discuss the structure of the guidelines and the approach to be taken

Main content of the guidelines Purpose of the guidelines: legal requirements, practical use, baseline and minimum expectations Terms and definitions General components of the inventory: general working scheme, temporal and spatial scope Working methodologies: general description, input data needed, proposed procedure and interpretation of results

Purpose of the inventory Assist in establishing and implementing targeted reduction and phasing out measures regarding priority and priority hazardous substances Assist in checking the compliance of the reduction and phasing out measures with the provisions of the WFD (art 4) Contribute to improve data coverage /comparability for reported emissions Assess if or to what extent monitored concentrations are caused by natural sources or long range transport processes (recital 20) Estimate the efficiency of RBMP Programme of Measures (PoM) Allow the establishment of emission trends over time and other indicators Identify gaps in knowledge, thus the need to develop strategies/policies

Definition of the terms “discharges, emissions and losses” Used for the first time in the chapter on the prevention of pollution by hazardous substances in the Esbjerg Declaration of the 4th North Sea Conference of 1995 to make it clear that all inputs are addressed and have to be included into the required reduction measures. For the purpose of the inventory, it has to address all relevant inputs into the environment which are likely to reach the surface waters i.e. Restriction to point sources without a comprehensive justification why this would be the only relevant input route to the environment clearly would not meet the requirement of EQS Directive.

Minimum expectations (1/2) Spatial scale River basin district or sub-unit level, not at water body level Will depend on the type of the substance Temporal scale First inventory: one year between 2008 and 2010 (or average for PPP) For diffuse emissions correlated with rainfall/river flow: 5-year average recommended Should address all 41 substances from EQSD annex I => however: proposition of an initial assessment of significance to determine the subsequent analysis needed

Minimum expectations (2/2) Proposition of a 2 steps analysis Step 1: Assessment of significance Identify significant/less significant substances at the RBD level Using results of monitoring programmes (concentrations in water, and sediment and/or biota if relevant), WB at risk, information on production/use/ban, etc. Include the rationale on which the decision was taken Step 2: For the significant substances, a more thorough analysis Based on emission data available: total load (kg/y), quantity discharged/production capacity (g/t), concentration (mg/l) reported (i.e E-PRTR, UWWTD) And emissions factors (especially for diffuse sources emissions)

Proposed approach Different methodologies have been developed by the Member States based on different level of ambitions to tackle the problem Conclusion: not possible to have a harmonised methodology at the EU level, thus a pragmatic approach was chosen general working scheme will be based on the minimum expectations followed by a tiered approach of estimation of emissions: Tier 1: riverine load oriented, transport/sedimentation/remobilisation Tier 2: pathway oriented Tier 3: source oriented (SFA) Level of sophistication expected to improve with the RBMPs cycles. => Re-calculation of emissions for earlier reporting dates The way on how the data have been produced should be made publically available and reported in a transparent way

Member States’ reporting obligations as regards the inventory Reporting under Article 13 of the WFD Preparation of the inventory Publication of the RBMP Communication to the Commission 2nd cycle of the RBMP 22.12.2013 22.12.2015 22.03.2016 3rd cycle of the RBMP 22.12.2019 22.12.2021 22.03.2022 4th cycle of the RBMP 22.12.2025 22.12.2027 22.03.2028 ……

Tentative timetable 3rd DG Meeting: 11 – 12 April (Rome, IT) Presentation of 1st consolidated draft document to WG-E meeting (June 2011) Testing phase (July-September 2011) Final version to be agreed by WG-E (October 2011) Article 21 Committee's adoption (February 2012)

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