Sixth meeting of the Working Group of the Protocol
Geneva, 24–26 November 2008

Provisional agenda ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2008/1		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the meeting ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2008/2		ENG	FRE	RUS
Draft decision on financial arrangements ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2008/L.1		ENG ENG	FRE FRE	RUS RUS
Draft decision on procedures for preparation, adoption and monitoring of work programmes (advance copy) ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2008/L.2		ENG ENG	FRE FRE	RUS RUS
Draft decision on reporting on implementation of the Protocol ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2008/L.3		ENG ENG	FRE FRE	RUS RUS
Draft decision on establishment of the Working Group of the Parties to the Protocol ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2008/L.4		ENG ENG	FRE	RUS
List of Participants		ENG

Informal documents

Summary of exchange on establishment of a separate technical assistance mechanism
Prepared by the French Presidency of the European Union ENG

Fifth meeting of the Working Group of the Protocol
Geneva, 22–24 October 2007

Provisional Agenda ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/3		ENG	FRE	RUS
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.		ENG
Report of the meeting ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/4		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the meeting corrigendum - English only ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/4/corr.1		ENG
Draft decision on rules of procedure ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/L.9		ENG	FRE	RUS
Draft decision on review of compliance ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/L.10		ENG	FRE	RUS
Draft decision on financial arrangements ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/L.11		ENG	FRE	RUS
Draft decision on the preparation, adoption and monitoring of work programmes ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/L.12		ENG	FRE	RUS
Draft decision on reporting requirements ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/L.13		ENG	FRE	RUS
Draft decision on establishment of the Working Group of the Parties ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/L.14		ENG	FRE	RUS
Guidance document*		ENG
List of Participants		ENG

^* 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 Selected graphs appear in the table "Review of the draft guidance document" below.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
Geneva, 18–19 June 2007

Report of the fourth meeting ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/2		ENG	FRE	RUS
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)		ENG		RUS
Draft decision on the rules of procedure ECE/MP.PP/AC.1/2007/L.1		ENG	FRE	RUS
Text of a 'package' proposal put forward by two members of the Contact Group for further consideration		ENG
Comments by European Community		ENG
Comments by European ECO Forum		ENG
Comments by Norway		ENG
Comments by Switzerland		ENG
Registration form		ENG

Fourth meeting of the Working Group of the Protocol
Geneva, 14–16 February 2007

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

^** Informal translation provided by the secretariat.

Informal documents of the fourth meeting

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

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

ENG

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.

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

^*** 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.

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

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

Third meeting of the Working Group of the Protocol
Geneva, 17–19 May 2006

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

Informal documents of the third meeting

Comments on the Compliance Review Mechanism submitted by Norway		ENG
Comments on the Rules of Procedure and Compliance Review Mechanism submitted by the United Kingdom		ENG
EU Submission on a Compliance Mechanism		ENG
EU Submission on Rules of Procedure		ENG
Comments on the Compliance Review Mechanism and Rules of Procedure submitted by Regional Environmental Center		ENG
Submission on a Compliance Mechanism by European ECOFORUM		ENG
Submission on Rules of Procedure by European ECOFORUM		ENG
Working Group of the Parties statement on compliance mechanism and rules of procedure		ENG
Letter from the Chairperson of the Compliance Committee to the Chairperson of the Working Group on PRTR re: compliance mechanism				RUS
Capacity-building framework proposal - Invitation to donors		ENG
Capacity-building activities matrix (revised post-session 19.07.06)		ENG
Cover letter to implementation proposal submitted by State Committee for Environmental Protection and Forestry of the Republic of Tajikistan (dated 03.04.06)				RUS
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		ENG
Summary of the proposal "For a PRTR in Mexico" (in English only) from the revised full proposal "Por un RETC para Mexico" (in Spanish - ESP)		ENG
Proposal "Building public capacity in EECCA countries ... " submitted by “Greenwomen” (Kazakhstan) and “Eco-Accord” Sustainable Development Center (Russia)		ENG
"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		ENG
Draft Guidance on implementation of the Protocol on PRTR ("Beta" version - revised 13.05.06)		ENG

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

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

Informal documents of the second meeting

Capacity-building matrix (revised April 2005)		ENG
Needs of the Republic of Armenia for implementation of the Protocol on PRTRs		ENG
ECO Forum / Environmental NGO statement		ENG
NGO comment on capacity-building guidance text		ENG

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

Provisional Agenda MP.PP/AC.1/2004/1		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of themeeting MP.PP/AC.1/2004/2		ENG	FRE	RUS
List of Participants		ENG

Informal documents of the first meeting

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

ENG

Documents of the Working Group for the preparation of the Protocol

Provisional agenda for the second meeting MP.PP/AC.1/2003/1		ENG	FRE	RUS
Draft protocol on pollutant release and transfer registers MP.PP/2003/1		ENG	FRE	RUS
MP.PP/2003/CRP.1		ENG	FRE	RUS
Elements for a draft resolution on pollutant release and transfer registers MP.PP/AC.1/2003/3		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the second meeting MP.PP/AC.1/2003/2		ENG	FRE	RUS
Provisional agenda for the second meeting MP.PP/AC.1/2003/1		ENG	FRE	RUS
Provisional agenda for the meeting MP.PP/AC.1/2002/1		ENG	FRE	RUS
Draft Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers - Revised consolidated text MP.PP/AC.1/2002/3		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the first meeting MP.PP/AC.1/2002/2		ENG	FRE	RUS
List of participants at the first meeting		ENG
Provisional agenda of the sixth meeting CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2002/8		ENG	FRE	RUS
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		ENG
Draft Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers - Consolidated text CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2002/11		ENG	FRE	RUS
Draft Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers - Consolidated text CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2002/10		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the sixth meeting CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2002/9		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the fifth meeting CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2002/6		ENG	FRE	RUS
List of participants of the fifth meeting		ENG
Provisional agenda of the fifth meeting CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2002/5		ENG	FRE	RUS
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		ENG	FRE	RUS
List of participants of the fourth meeting of the Working Group and the second meeting of the technical group		ENG
Provisional agenda for the fourth meeting CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2002/1		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the fourth meeting CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2002/2		ENG	FRE	RUS
Analysis of Costs and Benefits of Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2002/4		ENG	FRE	RUS
Draft Protocol on PRTRs: Objective, definitions, general provisions, core elements etc. CEP.WG.5/AC.2/2002/3		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the third meeting of the Working Group CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2001/9		ENG	FRE	RUS
Provisional agenda of the third meeting CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2001/8		ENG	FRE	RUS
Draft Analysis of Costs and Benefits of Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2001/10 (English only)		ENG
List of participants of the 2nd meeting of the working group and the 1st meeting of the technical group (English only		ENG
Report on the second meeting of the working group CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2001/5		ENG	FRE	RUS
Elements for final provisions of a draft instrument on pollutant release and transfer registers CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2001/6		ENG	FRE	RUS
Elements for a draft instrument on pollutant release and transfer registers relating to substances, activities, transfers and validation of data CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2001/7		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the first meeting of the Working Group CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2001/2		ENG	FRE	RUS
List of participants of the first Working Group meeting (English only)		ENG
Elements for a draft instrument on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2001/3		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report on the first meeting of the Task Force CEP/WG.5/2000/5		ENG	FRE	RUS
Corrigendum to the report on the first meeting CEP/WG.5/2000/5/Corr.1		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the second meeting of Signatories CEP/WG.5/2000/2		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the first meeting of Signatories CEP/WG.5/1999/2		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report on the seventh session of the CEP ECE/CEP/74		ENG	FRE	RUS

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Draft declaration circulated to the Working Group on PRTRs in preparation for the first Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol

Draft MOPP-1 declaration circulated to the Working Group on PRTRs for review and comment		ENG	-	-
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Third Meeting of the Parties
Riga, 11–13 June 2008

Statement on the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers ECE/MP.PP/2008/..

ENG

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Foundational documents

Text of the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers - as adopted on 21 May 2003		ENG	FRE	RUS
Final resolution of Signatories MP.PP/2003/Add.1/Rev.1		ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the Extraordinary meeting of the Parties ECE/MP.PP/4		ENG	FRE	RUS