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EMISSION DATA REPORTING UNDER LRTAP Task Force
on Emission Inventories and Projections 19-20
Oct. 2004, Pallanza
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Transboundary Air Pollution
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Intergovernmental bodies, expert groups and
scientific centres under the Convention on
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• Framework for emission reporting under the LRTAP
  Convention
• Convention and its Protocols
• Executive Body decision 2002/10
• Emission Reporting Guidelines
• Templates and nomenclatures
• EMEP Work-plan
• Compliance checking
• Review of data / quality control
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Parties are obligated to report emissions under
the Convention and its Protocols
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Transboundary Air Pollution
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EB Decision 2002/10 ties the legal obligations to
the Emission Reporting Guidelines
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Emission Reporting Guidelines set out scope,
substances, reporting years and source categories
(NFRs)
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MSC-West prepares templates for reporting
national emission totals and sectoral data
according to NFRs
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• Submission of Emission Data
• Data submitted to Convention Secretariat (15 Feb
  deadline)
• Secretariat records submission for timeliness,
  comprehensiveness and contact information
• TFEIP, through expert panels and scientific
  centres, reviews data quality, harmonizes
  methodologies and refines procedures
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• Compliance issues under the LRTAP Convention
• The Implementation Committee looks at
  emission reporting and underlying obligations per
  Protocol (emission reductions indicated by
  reporting)
• Compliance based increasingly on data
  quality (timeliness, completeness and accuracy)
• IC is thus interested in TFEIP Review
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EMEP work-plan sets out the mandate and
activities for each year
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Draft Work-plan 2005 2.1 EMISSIONS Description/obj
ectives Further develop the EMEP emission
inventory, based on data submitted by Parties,
improve the quality, transparency, consistency,
completeness ad comparability of reporting
emission and projection data, support the review
of compliance, and assist parties to fulfil their
reporting tasks.
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Draft Work-plan 2005, continued 2.1 EMISSIONS TFE
IP, with assistance from centres and in
cooperation EIONET, will provide a technical
forum and expert network to share information,
harmonize emission factors, establish
methodologies for the evaluation of emission data
and projections, and identify and resolve
problems related to reporting.
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Draft Work-plan 2005, continued 2.1 EMISSIONS Mai
n activities and time schedule (a) TFEIP will
work with Parties to improve the quality,
consistency and completeness of emission
reporting with a focus on validation and
implementation of good practice cooperate with
EMEP centres, EEA and JRC to facilitate and
ensure implementation of the inventory
improvement programme
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Draft Work-plan 2005, continued 2.1 EMISSIONS Mai
n activities and time schedule,
continued continue to develop and promote the
Atmospheric Inventory Guidebook, in collaboration
with EEA and JRC hold its 13th meeting with
EIONET in Milan and its 14th meeting in spring
2005, with emphasis on data quality and inventory
review, and its 15th meeting with EIONET in
Helsinki.
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Draft Work-plan 2005, continued 2.1 EMISSIONS Mai
n activities and time schedule, continued (b)
Focus on review of reported emissions of HMs,
POPs, PM, identify actions to improve inventory
promote improvements in estimating and reporting
PM, initiate discussions on methods and resource
requirements for in-depth inventory reviews
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Draft Work-plan 2005, continued 2.1 EMISSIONS Mai
n activities and time schedule, continued (c)
By 15 Feb. 2005, or 1 Mar. 2005 for gridded data,
as requested by the secretariat and in accordance
with the Emission Reporting Guidelines, Parties
should submit 2003 emission data and projections
and updates to data for earlier years
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• Draft Work-plan 2005 continued
• 2.1 EMISSIONS
• Main activities and time schedule, continued
• MSC-W will compile reported emission data review
  data consistency, update inventory database,
  making it available on EMEP website, evaluate and
  quality control data to ensure the quality of
  gridded sector emissions. CIAM will support work
  on projections. MSC-E and CCC will support work
  on HMs and POPs. CCC will support work on PM.

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• The EMEP Steering Body (Sept. 2004)
• Gave a clear mandate to further develop
  inventory improvement programme
• Urged Parties to make further efforts to
  improve emission inventories
• Approved note on data quality, asked for
  timing, methods and procedures for inventory
  review programme.
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• The Working Group on Strategies and Review (Sept.
  2004)
• Recognized importance of inventory programme,
  encouraged TF and Parties to implement it urged
  Parties to improve inventories
• Noted differences between previous and
  revised Emission Reporting Guidelines,
  recommended memo items as short-term solution
• Over long term, Guidelines should be revised
  (by 2007, at the latest).
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• Both the EMEP SB and WGSR
• Considered the document on the difference
  between the old guidelines and the new
  (EB.AIR/GE.1/2004/8)
• EMEP SB Invited the secretariat to adjust
  the reporting templates, adding new memo items,
  so that differences were traceable
• WGSR Noted differences, agreed these were
  partly addressed by TF, but were outstanding
  issues related to national territory, transport,
  and fuels.
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• Whats up next?
• Secretariat letter Nov. 2004 to Designated
  Emission Experts to initiate 2005 Reporting
  Round!
• 15 Feb. 2005 (deadline for 2003 data)!
• Experts should run REPDAB first, before
  submitting data to secretariat!
• Resubmissions must be sent by 10 March to be
  included in EMEP database!
• June panel meeting will review results!

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