1. E-PRTR informal data review 2014
E-PRTR Committee Meeting
Katarina Mareckova, Katrin Seuss, Stephan Poupa, Simone Haider, Melanie Tista (ETC/ACM)
27 November 2014

2. Number of E-PRTR facilities 2007- 2012
31,495 facilities in 2012
Increase by +3% compared to % compared to 2007
About 10 % of the facilities reported the first time in 2012
the total number of E-PRTR facilities increased by 3% and the total number of release/transfer reports for all media by 2% compared to This increase is mainly due to the United Kingdom reporting significantly more facilities for 2012 than for 2011, mainly for activity 5.c and activity 7.b. Countries reported information on facilities for all 45 E-PRTR main activities except for 3.(d) Installations for the production of asbestos and the manufacture of asbestos-based products
9 countries (BE, BG, DE, DK, LU, RO, SE, CH, UK) reported confidential data in one or more years

3. Changes in number of facilities by activity and by medium comparison of 2012 with 2011 data
44 activities (from 45) reported for 2012 (except for 3.(d) )
+ 6.5% for activity 5
+ ~4% for activity 7 and 8
Decrease in no of facilities reporting releases to land fell by 88% between Mainly due to (non) reporting of FR and NO
Decrease in no of facilities reporting releases to land fell by 88% between

4. Number of release / transfer reports by media 2007-2012
98,789 release / transfer reports in (+16% compared to 2007)
-7% releases to air
+10% releases to water
-10% transfers in water
-89% land
+53% transfers NON HW
+24 % transfers HWiC
+13% transfers HWoC
-1% air
+4% water
+1% transfer in water
All 32 countries but LI reported releases to air and water, all but SB (voluntary reporting) reported waste transfers
20 countries reported accidental releases for 2012 (21 countries for 2011)
617 accidental releases to air and water in total in 2012 data (565 in 2007)

5. Number of pollutants per country and media in 2012
Air
Water releases
Air: 59 reported (from 64 with threshold)
The following pollutants with a threshold for air were not reported under E-PRTR 2012: Heptachlor, Lindane, Mirex, Toxaphene and Hexabromobiphenyl.
69 pollutants with thresholds for water, 66 reported in 2012
Water transfers

6. Total released quantities to air 2007-2012
Change
CO %
SOx %
NOx %
PM %
These data are adjusted data from the time series analysis (outliers excluded).

7. Total released quantities to water 2007-2012
Change :
Releases to water
Total N +8%
Total P +17%
Transfers in water
Total N +19%
Total P +40%

8. No. of releases to land per activity
Reporting of releases to land decreased significantly in 2012 (56) compared to 2011 (720) -88%
5 countries (Bulgaria, Germany, France, Poland, Slovakia) reported releases to land (compared to 8 in 2011)
Out of the 61 pollutants with a threshold for land only 14 were reported for 2012 (compared to 20 pollutants for 2011)
Voluntary reporting of NO and CH in 2011 increased number of pollutants to 32

9. Total transferred waste quantities 2007-2012
Transfers of waste per activity
Total transferred waste quantities
Change :
HWiC +34%
HWoC +7%
Non HW +56%
All countries but Serbia reported waste transfers (Serbia –voluntary reporting)

10. Top polluters Air

11. Top polluters 2012 – Releases to water (1)

12. Top polluters 2012 – Releases to water (2)

13. Comparison of E-PRTR with EU ETS
Boundaries of installations differ under E-PRTR and ETS
Capacity combustion installations 50 MW under E-PRTR and 20 MW ETS
Number of EU ETS installations:
Number of E-PRTR facilities reporting CO2 for EU27 + NO: 2 203
Countries’ total CO2 emissions under both reporting obligations are comparable for most countries.

14. Share of E-PRTR 2012 in CLRTAP / UNFCCC totals 2012
(Main pollutants, GHGs)
8 /6 countries reported higher releases under E-PRTR 2012 than their national totals under CLRTAP / UNFCCC

15. Share of E-PRTR 2012 in CLRTAP totals 2012 (HMs, POPs)
4 countries (AT, NO, SL, CH) did not report emissions to air under CLRTAP 2012 (at least for one pollutant) while reporting such emissions under E-PRTR 2012

16. Summary
Increase in the number of facilities (+18%) and release reports (+16%) in 2012 compared to 2007
Decrease in total quantities of releases to air (e.g. “main pollutants” )
A small number of facilities often make a large overall contribution to the total release/transfer of a certain pollutant in a specific media
A number of pollutants were reported by one single facility or by one single country in Europe.

17. Thank you for your attention !
Katarina Mareckova
ETC ACM / Umweltbundesamt GmbH
EEA contact point: Irene Olivares Bendicho