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Implementing EPER and PRTR in Hungary

Learn about Hungary's efforts to establish a coherent nationwide system of pollution inventories and registers, in line with the Aarhus Convention and the UN-ECE Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) through the EPER-PRTR implementation strategy.

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Implementing EPER and PRTR in Hungary

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  1. Implementing EPER and PRTR in Hungary Ministry of Environment and Water Environmental Deputy State Secretary RóbertRAKICS

  2. Aarhus Convention Aarhus Convention on access to information, publicparticipation in decision-making and access tojustice in environmental matters Art 5, 9.: „Each Party shall take steps to establish progressively, taking into account international processes where appropriate, a coherent, nationwide system of pollution inventories or registers on a structured, computerized and publicly accessible database compiled through standardized reporting.”

  3. Pollutant Release and és Transfer Register (PRTR) UN-ECE Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR): • 21 May 2003, Kiev: Ministerial Conference „Environment for Europe” • signed by the EC, 15 Member States, 8 Accession Countries (including Hungary) and 13 others

  4. Joining the first EPER reporting 23 February 2004: Launch event for EPER Reporting website at the European Environmental Agency, Copenhagen Hungary, as the first of the Accession countries, joined the EPER reporting. www.eper.cec.eu.int

  5. EPER differs from PRTR (1) EPER PRTR 50 pollutants 86 pollutants 56 activities 64 activities reportingevery annual reporting 3 years

  6. EPER differs from PRTR (2) EPER PRTR + releases to land + off-site transfers of waste + diffuse sources + public participation in decision-making

  7. Hungarian EPER data ~ 1000 IPPC facilities in Hungary 86 facilities in the first EPER reporting (18 combustion installations, 4-4 pulp and paper industry, basic organic chemicals industry and pharmaceutical industry …) !!Data quality!!

  8. EPER-PRTR implementation strategy (1) • Establishment of the PRTR system with step-by-step improvement of EPER in order to achieve high quality of emission data. • Hungary intends to implement the PRTR in line with EU’s development plan, ensuring thorough co-ordination with EU and its Member States. • As a first step, data based on EPER Decision are considered as an initial PRTR and it is made publicly available. PRTR is planned to be further developed by the following steps:

  9. EPER-PRTR implementation strategy (2) • step 1, 2004 • Creation of a database meeting requirements laid down in EPER Decision • step 2, 2005-2006 • Analysis of the options to extend EPER • Development of EPER into EPER+ by including emissions to land as well as off-site transfer of wastes • Working out changes in national law necessary for the EPER/PRTR system • step 3, 2007-2008 • Implementation of a comprehensive EPER/PRTR system by upgrading EPER+ to complete list of pollutants, activities etc.

  10. Thank you for your attention!

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