The Convention on Longrange Transboundary Air Pollution:

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

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• What are the Guidelines?
• Why are they being revised?
• How will this help emission reporting in future?
• How can the revision be coordinated with the
  revision of the ECs NEC directive timing
  issues

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• 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)

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• EMEP Emission Reporting Guidelines
• What are the Guidelines? (2)
• Purpose to assist Parties in emission reporting
  under Convention and Protocols
• Facilitate Parties reports
• Facilitate evaluation of data quality

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• EMEP Emission Reporting Guidelines
• What are the Guidelines? (3)
• Guidelines offer voluntary guidance
• But legal basis was established by EB decision
  2002/10
• To be revised by 2007 at latest

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• EMEP Emission Reporting Guidelines
• Why are they being revised? (1)
• To further harmonize emission reporting
  procedures under the Convention with those of NEC
  and UNFCCC
• - e.g. definition of national totals
• To revise NFR categories

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• EMEP Emission Reporting Guidelines
• Why are they being revised? (2)
• To make changes needed to facilitate review
  process
• e.g. requirements for IIR
• clarification of notation keys (NA, NE, etc.)
• Clarify text where needed
• Correct errors

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• EMEP Emission Reporting Guidelines
• How will revising the Guidelines help emission
  reporting in future?
• Instructions for reporting more clear
• NFR categories will better reflect emission
  realities
• Facilitate reporting by Parties who report to
  both NEC and LRTAP

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• EMEP Emission Reporting Guidelines
• How can revision be coordinated with NEC
  directive?
• Common process to tackle both
• A joint meeting to solve technical problems and
  flag policy issues

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• EMEP Emission Reporting Guidelines
• What is the timing for revision? (1)
• Feb 2006 request Parties and EMEP centres to
  give directions for revisions
• June 2006 joint meeting with NEC

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• EMEP Emission Reporting Guidelines
• What is the timing for revision? (2)
• Fall 2006 Final draft to TFEIP/EIONET for
  approval
• Clarify policy issues, if needed

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