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The Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution:

The Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution: Revision of the Emission Reporting Guidelines Brinda Wachs Secretary, TFEIP, UNECE. What is the purpose of the Guidelines? Why are they being revised? How will this help emission reporting in future?

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The Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution:

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  1. The Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution: Revision of the Emission Reporting Guidelines Brinda Wachs Secretary, TFEIP, UNECE

  2. What is the purpose of the Guidelines? • Why are they being revised? • How will this help emission reporting in future? • How can the revision be coordinated with EC’s NEC directive

  3. EMEP Emission Reporting Guidelines • What are the Guidelines? (1) • Guidelines for estimating and reporting emission data, Air Pollution Studies Series, (2002) • Previously published as UN document (1997)

  4. EMEP Emission Reporting Guidelines • What was the purpose of the Guidelines? • To help Parties report their emissions and projections • To support compliance with Parties’ reporting obligations • To facilitate evaluation of QA/QC

  5. EMEP Emission Reporting Guidelines • Guidelines offer voluntary guidance • But legal basis was established by EB decisions • EB mandated TFEIP to revise them by 2007 at latest.

  6. EMEP Emission Reporting Guidelines • Why are they being revised? (1) • To add extensions to NFR categories agreed by Task Force • To clarify reporting of national totals • To address “new” sources

  7. EMEP Emission Reporting Guidelines • Why are they being revised? (2) • To simplify certain sections (e.g. minimum reporting vs. additional) • To clarify certain issues (e.g. reporting of PM, POPs and HMs) • To correct errors in tables

  8. EMEP Emission Reporting Guidelines • How will revising the Guidelines help emission reporting in future? (1) • Parties will have more clear instructions for reporting • NFR categories will better reflect emission realities

  9. EMEP Emission Reporting Guidelines • How can revision be coordinated with NEC directive? (2) • Harmonize timing to tackle both • Facilitate reporting by Parties who report to both NEC and LRTAP

  10. EMEP Emission Reporting Guidelines • What is the timing for revision of LRTAP? • June 2006, Netherlands • Fall 2006, Greece • Finalize by May 2007 to publish in time for EMEP_31 (Sept 2007)

  11. EMEP Emission Reporting Guidelines • Conclusions (1) • Revision should: clarify language for EXPLICIT requirements • And clarify IMPLICIT needs for both modelling and policy purposes

  12. EMEP Emission Reporting Guidelines • Conclusions (2) • Should help Parties prepare Informative Inventory Reports (IIR) • Provide methodological information on submissions

  13. EMEP Emission Reporting Guidelines • Conclusions (3) • Let’s look at the draft text agreed in Amersfoort • Spread sheet shows how Parties’ comments were dealt with • Proposals in track changes

  14. Thank you Kristin, Justin and Vigdis for all the hard work!

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