1. EPER European Pollutant Emission Register

2. EPER
EPER is based on Art. 15(3) of IPPC-Directive (1996)
...and a Commission Decision (2000) on
the implementation of EPER

3. EPER
MS deliver their data of reporting
year 2001 by Sept. 2003
8 000 industrial facilities (IPPC, Annex I)
50 pollutants above certain thresholds
Emissions to air and water, Transfer off-
site of pollutants in water
Internet launch on 23 Feb. 2004

4. EPER
Reporting years / report to Commission
June(Sept) 2003
(15 states)
June 2006 (25 states)
??? ( E-PRTR ?)
2008

5. European PRTR (E-PRTR)
… because of UN/ECE Protocol on
Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
(PRTRs) under the Aarhus Convention
…. signed in Kiev, May 2003

6. EPER E-PRTR 50 pollutants 86 pollutants 56 activities 64 activities
releases to land
off-site transfers (waste)
diffuse sources ???
reporting every annual reporting
three years
public participation

7. 23 Feb. 2004: http://eper.cec.eu.int
EPER-Website
All about EPER and its Guidance Doc.
ippc/eper/index.htm
23 Feb. 2004:

8. EPER Guidance Document (1)
PART I: General Explanation
...
7. Quality aspects
timeliness, completeness,uncertainty,
comparability, consistency, transparency
Emission determination methodology
Classes M, C, E

9. EPER Guidance Document (2)
Class M (“measuring”)
emission data are based on measurements using standardised or accepted methods; often additional calculations are needed to convert the results of the measurements into annual emission data

10. EPER Guidance Document (3)
Class C (“calculate”)
emission data are based on calculations using nationally or internationally accepted estimation methods and emission factors, which are representative for the industrial sector

11. EPER Guidance Document (4)
Class E (“estimate”)
emission data are based on non-standardised estimations derived from best assumptions or expert guesses

12. EPER Guidance Document (5)
PART II Reporting Requirements …
8. Reference to available emission
determination methods
Atmospheric Emission Inventory Guidebook,
IPCC Guidelines, EEA, US-EPA, UK, Australia, OECD, OSPARCOM, IPPC-BREF documents
...

13. EPER Guidance Document (6)
PART III Specifications
Appendix 3 : Indicative list of measuring methods for air and water pollutants
Appendix 4 : Indicative sector-specific sub-lists for air pollutants

14. EPER
Guidance needed !
1. Air emissions from landfills (CH4, CO2)
2. Air emissions from agriculture (NH3, N2O)
big pig and poultry farms
3. NMVOC from measured TOC data
4. PM10 from data of dust

15. Communication process
“EPER/PRTR-experts”
“TFEIP/EIONET- experts”