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Experiences in implementing the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs)

In 2020, Parties to the Protocol on PRTRs, interested UN Member States, NGOs, public and other interested stakeholders were invited to provide before 20 August 2020 their possible comments on the two following documents:

The above report had been drafted by the Protocol’s Bureau pursuant to the decision of the Protocol’s Working Group of the Parties made at its seventh meeting  (Geneva, 28-29 November 2019) with a view to the preparations for the next session of the Meeting of the Parties (see meeting’s report (ECE/MP.PRTR/WG.1/2019/2, item 6), available at https://www.unece.org/index.php?id=50979). The report was prepared on the basis of the outcomes of the survey aimed at facilitating the information exchange among Parties, other interested States and stakeholders. It was open for responses between 5 February and 10 March 2020 (see Survey on the experiences in implementing the Protocol on PRTRs questionnaire ECE/MP.PRTR/WG.1/2020/Inf.2, below). The Bureau considered the responses received and prepared the above draft documents. Comments submitted on the documents were considered by the Bureau in preparation of the new draft report for the Working Group of the Parties at its eighth meeting (16-17 December 2020), namely the Report on the outcomes of the survey on the experiences in implementing the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (ECE/MP.PRTR/WG.1/2020/4) En Fr Ru.

Background material for information

 Responses to the Survey on the experiences in implementing the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Register, including a Comparative analysis of international reporting obligations related to annexes I and II of the Protocol on PRTRs (ECE/MP.PRTR/WG.1/2020/Inf.1)

Survey on the experiences in implementing the Protocol on PRTRs questionnaire (ECE/MP.PRTR/WG.1/2020/Inf.2)

Report on the development of the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (ECE/MP.PRTR/WG.1/2019/6) En Fr Ru and its Add (ECE/MP.PRTR/WG.1/2019/6/Add.1) En Fr Ru

Comparative analysis of different international reporting obligations related to Annexes I, II and III of the Protocol on PRTRs (PRTR/WG.1/2019/Inf.2)

Overview on Parties and Signatories to other relevant international agreements

Text of the Protocol on PRTRs in different languages

Global Pollutant Release and Transfer Register, Proposal for a Harmonised List of Pollutants (OECD ENV/JM/MONO(2014)32, available form http://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocumentpdf/?cote=env/jm/mono(2014)32&doclanguage=en). The document provides more detailed information on the topic, including on the OECD shortlist.

Global Pollutant Release and Transfer Register, Proposal for a Harmonised List of Reporting Sectors (OECD ENV/JM/MONO(2013)5, available form http://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocumentpdf/?cote=env/jm/mono(2013)5&doclanguage=en). The document provides more detailed information on the topic, including on the OECD sector shortlist which uses International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) code to identify common activities/sectors across different PRTR systems and the Protocol.

Last update date: December 12, 2020