EU Twinning partners Latvia

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EU Twinning partners Latvia Austria
Latvian Environment, Geology Meteorology Agency
(LEGMA) Austrian Federal Environment Agency
(Umweltbundesamt) Johannes Mayer Project
Leader AT
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Austrian partnership with LEGMA

• Co-operation for many years as the National Focal
  Points of the European Environment Agency for
  Austria and Latvia (Ilze Kirstuka)
• Latvia Austria lead the annual European country
  ranking for completeness of Priority Data Flow
  Reporting to the EEA
• Proof of systematic and well informed
  environmental data reporting work at LEGMA

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Austrian twinning with LEGMA

• Twinning is an institutional partnership to
  improve implementation of the EU Acquis
• Two active twinning projects between LEGMA and
  Umweltbundesamt in the environment sector
• ? Data reporting on acidification,
  eutrophication and integrated pollution (LV-2004
  project Spring 2005 to October 2007)
• ? Water Quality (LV-2005 project Summer 2006
  to Summer 2007)

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LV/2004 Data Reporting

• Component 1 - EPER
• Creation of Latvian EPER data basein accordance
  with EuropeanPollutant Emission Register (EPER)
• Achieved Results
• Collection and Quality Assurance of all required
  emission data from IPPC enterprises
• Complete Reporting from Latvia to EC for the 2nd
  (and last) EPER Reporting before 30 June 2006
• Good technical and institutional basis for
  extending EPER to PRTR (Pollutant Release and
  Transfer Register by 2009)

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LV/2004 Data Reporting

• Component 2 Critical Loads
• Calculation and reporting ofCritical Loads of
  pollutants onecosystems (acidification
  causedby Sulphur, eutrophicationcaused by
  Nitrogen and Sulphur)
• Achieved Results
• First-hand international technical and scientific
  knowledge shared with the colleagues in Latvia
• Full participation and first international
  reports on Critical Loads from Latvia

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LV/2005 Water Quality

• New project with focus on developing modeling
  capacity to support water quality monitoring
• Embedded into complex implementation of the EU
  Water Framework Directive which intends effective
  protection of water resources based on integrated
  scientific analysis
• Workshop to introduce and discuss the project
  approach, including overlapping issues with the
  first project
• Active engagement of all involved institutions
  and experts will assure success