1. The Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
and EMEP (The Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe)
Henning Wuester
Secretariat of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
(for information on the Convention)
(for scientific work of EMEP)

2. The 49 Parties to the Convention on
Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
Artic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Slovenia
Hungary
Slovakia
Poland
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Finland
Sweden
Georgia
Norway
Belarus
Czech Rep.
Ukraine
Denmark
Moldova
Germany
Yugoslavia
Austria
Bulgaria LI
Turkey
Italy
Monaco
Cyprus
Switzerland
Malta
Netherlands
Greece
Belgium
F.Y.R.of
Macedonia
Luxembourg
Albania
France
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Spain
Croatia
Portugal
Ireland
United
Kingdom
Romania
Russian Federation
Iceland
Kara Sea
Barents Sea
North Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
Caspian
Sea
Aral
Canada
United States
Kyrgyzstan
Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan
Tajikistan

3. The 39 Parties to the EMEP Protocol of 1984
Artic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean CA US FI NO SE RU RU EE LV DK LT IE BY GB NL PL DE BE L U . CZ SK UA KZ AT FR CH HU MD SI HR RO BA IT YU BG AL MK GE KG ES AM UZ AZ PT GR TR TM TJ CY

4. The main priorities under the Convention
Implementation of and compliance with protocols in force:
1985 and 1994 Sulphur Protocols
1988 NOx Protocol
1991 VOC Protocol
Review and extension of protocols:
1998 Protocol on POPs and Heavy Metals
1999 Gothenburg Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone

5. Intergovernmental bodies, expert groups and scientific centres under the Convention

6. Main decisions of the 26th session of the EMEP Steering Body (1)
New guidelines for reporting of the EMEP centres – increased role of the Task Forces in reviewing new science and data
New emission reporting guidelines
New monitoring strategy will be developed for adoption in 2003
Integrated assessment modelling work shall examine the links between regional air pollution and climate change

7. Main decisions of the 26th session of the EMEP Steering Body (2)
Eulerian model to be ready by Dec High priority for its validation – call to Parties to help!
Also validation of the EMEP heavy metals model
Proposal to increase the budget (by 5%) in 2004 and update the assessment scale
Jürgen Schneider new EMEP Chairman
United Kingdom offered to take over the lead for the Task Force on Measurements and Modelling with Dick Derwent as Chairman

8. EMEP assessment report
Report to be finalized by 2004
The Working Group on Effects prepares a substantive report for 2004 – cooperation!
The review of the Gothenburg Protocol will start in 2004
The Convention will have 25 years in 2004