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AARHUS CONVENTION

Convention on Access to Information,
Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice
in Environmental Matters

Introduction
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Documents and meetings
International PRTR Coordinating Group
Side events and workshops
Text of the Protocol
Working Group on PRTRs


Documents and meetings


Foundational documents

Title
English French  Russian
Text of the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers - as adopted on 21 May 2003
Final resolution of Signatories (MP.PP/2003/Add.1/Rev.1)
Report of the Extraordinary meeting of the Parties

Fifth meeting of the Working Group of the Protocol (Geneva, 22-24 October 2007)

Title
English French  Russian

Provisional Agenda (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/3)

Revised Indicative Time Table to the Provisional Agenda

Note: This supercedes the time table appearing in section III. of ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/3 above.

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Report of the meeting (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/4)

   

Report of the meeting corrigendum - English only (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/4/corr.1)

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Draft decision on rules of procedure (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/L.9)

Draft decision on review of compliance (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/L.10)

Draft decision on financial arrangements (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/L.11)

Draft decision on the preparation, adoption and monitoring of work programmes (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/L.12)

Draft decision on reporting requirements
(ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/L.13)

Draft decision on establishment of the Working Group of the Parties
(ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/L.14)

Guidance document*

   

List of Participants

   

*as edited and submitted for layout and graphic design. Selected graphs appear in the table "Review of the draft guidance document" below.

Fourth meeting of the contact group on a compliance review mechanism and rules of procedure (18-19 June 2007, Geneva, Switzerland)

Title
English French  Russian
Report of the fourth meeting of the Working Group (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/2)
Draft decision on review of compliance (as prepared by the Contact Group at its meeting held in parallel with the fourth session of the Working Group on PRTR (14-16 February 2007)
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Draft decision on the rules of procedure (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/L.1)
Text of a 'package' proposal put forward by two members of the Contact Group for further consideration
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Comments by European Community
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Comments by European ECO Forum
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Comments by Norway
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Comments by Switzerland
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Registration form
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Fourth meeting of the Working Group of the Protocol (Geneva, 14-16 February 2007)

Title
English French  Russian
Provisional Agenda (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/1)
Report of the meeting (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/2)
Draft decision on rules of procedure (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/L.1)
Draft decision on review of compliance (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/L.2)
Draft decision on financial arrangements (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/L.3)
Further analysis of subsidiary bodies (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/L.4)
Capacity-building for the Protocol (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/L.5)
 
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Elements for a reporting mechanism (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/L.6)
Analysis of procedures for the preparation, adoption and monitoring of work programmes (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/L.7)
PRTR capacity-building activities (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/L.8)
List of Participants (revised final)
   

** Informal translation provided by the secretariat.

Informal documents

Title
English
Chair of the Meeting of the Parties' letter re: entry into force of the Protocol
ENVSEC concept proposal: Building Capacity for Environmental Monitoring and Reporting by Enterprises and Public Authorities in EECCA and SEE countries
Italy's submission on subsidiary bodies
European Union submission on issues of subsidiary bodies (Finland's EU Presidency)
Report of the first meeting of the International PRTR Coordinating Group (held 20 March 2006 in Ghent, Belgium)
Donor Invitation for PRTR Framework Programme on Capacity Building (revised 5 February 2007)

 


Guidance document

Guidance on Implementation of the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers submitted for publication by the United Nations Organization at Geneva in November 2007; as resumitted in April/May 2008


Review of the draft guidance document

Newly contained in the revised final version are (1) a revised table of contents including a complete list of boxes, figures and tables appearing in the guidance, (2) revision of figures related to reporting requirements for off-site transfers, and (3) the revised annex III on analytical procedures.

The 23 February 2007 version was open for comment until 6 March 2007.

Title
English
Russian
Guidance to implementation of the Protocol on PRTRs (revised FINAL DRAFT for editing - 23 February 2007)
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Guidance to implementation of the Protocol on PRTRs (revised FINAL DRAFT for editing in track changes format - 21 February 2007)
 
Figure IV of chapter IV - "Two-track" approach (revised)
 
Figure I of chapter V - Flows of PRTR data (revised)
 
Box 6 of chapter V - Example of national reporting timetable
 
Figure IV of chapter V - Reporting cycle 1 (revised)
 
Figure V of chapter V - Reporting cycle 2 (revised)
 
Box 1 of chapter VI - EPER website
 
Reporting requirements for off-site transfers (figures I, II and III replacing figures on page 31 of penultimate draft) - powerpoint
 
Spanish response to Vice-chair's proposal to the penultimate draft guidance
 
Vice-chair's proposal concerning Spain's proposed amendments to the penultimate draft guidance
 
Spanish comments to 31 July 2006 penultimate draft guidance
 
German comments to 31 July 2006 penultimate draft guidance
 
European Commission comments to 31 July 2006 penultimate draft guidance
 
Draft guidance to implementation of the Protocol on PRTR (revised 31.07.06) - "Penultimate version" in track changes mode
 
Revisions made or suggested by the Working Group to the draft guidance (revised 13.05.06 version)
 
Draft Guidance on implementation of the Protocol on PRTR (revised 13.05.06 version)
 
Additional German comments to 13 May 2006 draft guidance
Additional UK comments to 13 May 2006 draft guidance
Additional European Commission comments to 13 May 2006 draft guidance

*The Guidance Review Group agreed on revisions to the draft final version of the guidance at its meeting on 15 February 2007. The revised version incorporates these edits and additional comments received from the Review Group as of 23 February 2007.


Intersessional meeting of the Contact Group (Geneva,
13-15 Sept 2006)

Draft decision on review of compliance (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2006/4)
EU Submission on Draft decision on Review of compliance (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2006/3) dated 29 June 2006 (English only)

Third meeting of the Working Group of the Protocol
(Geneva, 17-19 May 2006)

Provisional Agenda (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2006/1)
Report of the meeting (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2006/2)
List of Participants
   
Explanatory note on complaince mechanism and rules of procedure draft decisions (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2006/5)
Draft decision on review of compliance (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2006/4)
Draft decision on rules of procedure (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2006/3)
Options for financial arrangements (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2006/6)
Analysis of subsidiary bodies (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2006/7)

Informal documents of the third meeting

Comments on the Compliance Review Mechanism submitted by Norway
Comments on the Rules of Procedure and Compliance Review Mechanism submitted by the United Kingdom
EU Submission on a Compliance Mechanism
EU Submission on Rules of Procedure
Comments on the Compliance Review Mechanism and Rules of Procedure submitted by Regional Environmental Center
Submission on a Compliance Mechanism by European ECOFORUM
Submission on Rules of Procedure by European ECOFORUM
Working Group of the Parties statement on compliance mechanism and rules of procedure
Letter from the Chairperson of the Compliance Committee to the Chairperson of the Working Group on PRTR re: compliance mechanism
Capacity-building framework proposal - Invitation to donors
Capacity-building activities matrix (revised post-session 19.07.06)
Cover letter to implementation proposal submitted by State Committee for Environmental Protection and Forestry of the Republic of Tajikistan (dated 03.04.06)
Proposal "Programme for Implementation of the Protocol on PRTRs in Tajikistan and Central Asia" submitted by State Committee for Environmental Protection and Forestry of the Republic of Tajikistan
Summary of the proposal "For a PRTR in Mexico" (in English only) from the revised full proposal "Por un RETC para Mexico" (in Spanish - )
Proposal "Building public capacity in EECCA countries ... " submitted by “Greenwomen” (Kazakhstan) and “Eco-Accord” Sustainable Development Center (Russia)
"What's in Aarhus' Backyard?" - presentation on backyard information systems and their application to the Convention and Protocol by EMLA on behalf of UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Draft Guidance on implementation of the Protocol on PRTR ("Beta" version - revised 13.05.06)

Second meeting of the Working Group of the Protocol
(Geneva, 13 – 15 April 2005)

Title
English French  Russian
Provisional Agenda (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2005/1)
Report of the meeting (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2005/2)
Analysis of options for rules of procedure (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2005/3)
Analysis of options for a compliance mechanism (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2005/4)  
Introduction to draft guidance on Protocol (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2005/5)
Institutional and legal implementation (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2005/6)
Scope of the Protocol (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2005/7)
PRTR data (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2005/8)
Releases to land, reporting and release determination techniques (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2005/9)
Diffuse sources and release estimation techniques (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2005/10)
Data dissemination (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2005/11)
Building capacity and public awareness (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2005/12)
Data management (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2005/13)
Annexes (ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2005/14)
List of participants (revised)    

Informal documents of the second meeting

Capacity-building matrix (revised April 2005)
Needs of the Republic of Armenia for implementation of the Protocol on PRTRs

ECO Forum / Environmental NGO statement

NGO comment on capacity-building guidance text

First meeting of the Working Group of the Protocol
(Geneva, 16 – 18 February 2004)

Title
English French  Russian
Provisional Agenda (MP.PP/AC.1/2004/1)
Report of the meeting (MP.PP/AC.1/2004/2)
List of Participants
   

Informal documents of the first meeting

Needs and prospects for capacity building, technical support and information exchange in PRTR development (revised 22 March 2004)

Documents of the Working Group for the preparation of
the Protocol

Title
English French  Russian
Draft protocol on pollutant release and transfer registers (MP.PP/2003/1)
Final draft of resolution of Signatories (MP.PP/2003/CRP.1)
Elements for a draft resolution on pollutant release and transfer registers (MP.PP/AC.1/2003/3)
Report of the second meeting (MP.PP/AC.1/2003/2)
List of participants at the second meeting    
Provisional agenda for the second meeting (MP.PP/AC.1/2003/1)
       
Draft Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers - Revised consolidated text (MP.PP/AC.1/2002/3)
Report of the first meeting (MP.PP/AC.1/2002/2)
List of participants at the first meeting    
Provisional agenda for the meeting (MP.PP/AC.1/2002/1)
       
Analysis of the legal, administrative, institutional, practical and financial implications of the protocol being open to States and regional economic integration organizations whether or not they are Parties to the Aarhus Convention (CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2002/12) (advance copy)    
Draft Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers - Consolidated text CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2002/11)
Draft Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers - Consolidated text CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2002/10)
Report on the sixth meeting (CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2002/9)
Provisional agenda for the sixth meeting (CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2002/8)
Report on the fifth meeting (CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2002/6)
List of participants of the fifth meeting of the Working Group    
Provisional agenda for the fifth meeting (CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2002/5)
Draft protocol on PRTRs: Scope of register, reporting requirements, reporting cycle, monitoring and record-keeping, and quality assessment (CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2002/7)
List of participants of the forth meeting of the Working Group and the second meeting of the technical group    
Provisional agenda for the fourth meeting (CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2002/1)
Report on the fourth meeting (CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2002/2)
Analysis of Costs and Benefits of Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
(CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2002/4)
Draft Protocol on PRTRs: Objective, definitions, general provisions, core elements etc.
(CEP.WG.5/AC.2/2002/3)
Report of the third meeting of the Working Group (CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2001/9)
Provisional agenda for the third meeting (CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2001/8)
Draft Analysis of Costs and Benefits of Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2001/10)(English only)    
List of participants of the 2nd meeting of the working group and the 1st meeting of the technical group (English only)     
Report on the second meeting of the working group (CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2001/5) 
Elements for final provisions of a draft instrument on pollutant release and transfer registers (PRTR) (CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2001/6) 
Elements for a draft instrument on pollutant release and transfer registers relating to substances, activities