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ISBN 978-92-9480-598-0
ISSN 1977-8449
doi: 10.2800/795737
Contents 3
Acknowledgements 8
Foreword 10
1 Guidebook introduction 13
1.1 Introduction 13
1.2 Scope 14
1.3 Concepts 16
1.4 How to use the Guidebook 19
1.5 When to use the Guidebook 20
1.6 Guidebook management 24
1.7 Additional information 25
1.8 Point of enquiry 30
For all following chapters, please see the separate files available online:
https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/emep-eea-air-pollutant-emission-2023
3 Data collection
5 Uncertainties
8 Projections
1 Energy
1.A Combustion
1.A.1 Energy industries
1.A.2 Manufacturing industries and construction
1.A.3.a Aviation
1.A.3.b.i-iv Exhaust emissions from road transport
1.A.3.b.v Gasoline evaporation
1.A.3.b.vi-vii Road vehicle tyre and brake wear, road surface wear
1.A.3.c Railways
1.A.3.d Navigation (shipping)
1.A.3.e.i Pipeline transport
1.A.4 Small combustion
1.A.4 Other non-road mobile sources and machinery
3 Agriculture
3.B Manure management
5 Waste
5.A Biological treatment of waste: solid waste disposal on land
5.B.1 Biological treatment of waste: composting
5.B.2 Biological treatment of waste: anaerobic digestion
at biogas facilities
6 Other sources
6.A Other sources
11 Natural sources
11.A Volcanoes
11.B Forest fires
11.C Other natural sources:
Non-managed and managed forests
Natural grassland and other vegetation
Wetlands and waters
Animals
Geological seepage
Lightning
Forest and grassland soils
Changes in forest and other woody biomass stock
Forest and grassland conversion
Abandonment of managed land
CO2 emissions from or removal into soil
Other
The preparation and review of the 2023 EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory
guidebook (and earlier versions thereof) has been supported by many individuals,
particularly those from the UNECE Task Force on Emission Inventories and
Projections (TFEIP) and the European Environment Agency (EEA). All experts who
have contributed to the preparation and review of the current and past versions of
the Guidebook are sincerely thanked.
Contributions in kind were received from TFEIP's expert panel leaders, the United
Kingdom, Germany, France, and the Netherlands, all of which contributed to the
update and finalisation of several chapters. A number of individuals were also
instrumental in the preparation of the updated 2023 Guidebook.
Contributors
Nick Hutchings, Mette Hjorth Mikkelsen (Aarhus University); Chris Dore, Richard German,
Jill Mitchell, Annie Thornton, Beatriz Sanchez (Aether); Barbara Amon (ATB), Giorgos
Mellios (ETC/ATNI – Emisia), Kristina Juhrich (German Environment Agency), Leonidas
Ntziachristos (LAT), Mark Broomfield, Robert Stewart (Ricardo), Jeroen Kuenen (TNO),
and J Webb (Independent).
EEA coordinators
TFEIP co-chairs
TFEIP secretariat
Annie Thornton
Dear colleagues,
Welcome to the revised 2023 edition of the EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission
inventory guidebook – the 'Guidebook'.
The coordination and management of updating the Guidebook has been led by
the TFEIP's co-chairs and expert panel leaders, with support from the EEA as part
of the EU's contribution to the work of the LRTAP Convention. The majority of
efforts have been provided as in-kind contributions from the TFEIP's expert panel
leaders (see page 7), and experts based in the United Kingdom, Germany, France,
the Netherlands and several other countries. This 2023 version of the Guidebook
has undergone review by experts from the Task Force, and industry stakeholders.
All comments received during the review have been considered and used in the
development of the updated version as far as practicable.
Energy chapters:
– 1.A.3.a Aviation;
– 1.A.4 Small combustion (includes a new annex on the reporting of future emissions);
– 1.B.1.a Fugitive emissions from solid fuels: coal mining and handling
Agriculture chapters:
Waste chapters:
Finally, we would like to warmly thank the various funding bodies (especially the EU/EEA),
the individuals and organisations that undertook the latest updates, and all of the
numerous experts from the TFEIP and industry groups who provided comments
concerning earlier draft versions.
Co-chairs of the Task Force on Emission Inventories and Projections coordinating the
2023 update of the EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook
September 2023
1.1 Introduction
The joint EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook (1), the 'Guidebook',
supports the 'Guidelines for Reporting Emissions and Projections Data' under
the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on
Long‑range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP Convention) (2). It provides
concise guidance on how to compile an air pollutant emissions inventory. The
Guidebook is prepared by the Convention's Task Force on Emission Inventories and
Projections (TFEIP), with detailed work facilitated by the Task Force's expert panels
and the European Environment Agency (EEA) (3). The Guidebook is published by the
EEA and this 2023 edition replaces all earlier versions. This updated version of the
Guidebook is compatible with, and complementary to, the 2019 refinement to the
2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National
Greenhouse Gas Inventories (4), (hereafter the 'IPCC Guidelines').
The present version of the Guidebook has been updated but also reproduces
relevant information from earlier editions. More specifically, it presents a number of
important improvements and updates, in the following areas:
• small combustion guidance, a priority emission source for many users, has been
improved and refined;
• agriculture sources guidance has been updated in-line with the latest scientific
evidence base, and some aspects of the methodologies have been redrafted for
improved clarity;
• waste source guidance has been substantially updated in several chapters, and
represents the first major update of these chapters in several years.
(1) EMEP is the Cooperative programme for monitoring and evaluation of long-range transmission of air pollutants in Europe — a scientific body established
under the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution. EMEP is also referred to as the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme.
( ) The LRTAP Convention Reporting Guidelines and the associated annexes are available online from the EMEP Centre on Emission Inventories and
2
The Guidebook also continues to follow the example of the IPCC Guidelines
in providing decision trees to assist inventory compilers in making the most
appropriate methodological choice, taking into account data availability and the
importance of the source.
Note
Air pollutant inventories and greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories are different in a number
of important ways: air pollutant inventories, in particular, need to take into account
emission abatement technologies, and much of the emission-related information from
industry is derived from facility reporting.
1.2 Scope
The Guidebook may be used for general reference or, in conjunction with the
LRTAP Reporting Guidelines, by Parties to the Convention to assist them in meeting
their emission reporting obligations under the Convention and its protocols (5).
It must also be used by the EU Member States to fulfil their emissions reporting
requirements under the National Emission reduction Commitments (NEC)
Directive (6).
(5) Parties must annually submit data to the EMEP Centre on Emission inventories and Projections (CEIP (http://www.ceip.at/ceip), for the protocols that
they have ratified and which have entered into force. They must also inform the UNECE secretariat of the contents of their data submission.
(6) Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016, on the reduction of national emissions of certain
atmospheric pollutants — amending Directive 2003/35/EC and repealing Directive 2001/81/EC.
• monitoring the state of the environment to check that targets are being achieved;
• ensuring that those responsible for implementing policies comply with their
obligations. Under the Convention, the national emission inventories allow the
Implementation Committee to effectively assess compliance by Parties with their
emission obligations under the protocols and to report on cases of non-compliance
to the Executive Body of the Convention.
The focus of the Guidebook is always to include the most up-to-date information on
current sources of air pollutants. However, there may be occasions when users will
only find information applicable to certain emission sources in historical years, in
earlier versions of the Guidebook.
Currently, the Guidebook contains very little information on the geographical variation
in emission factors. However, there is ambition to increasingly include emission
factors that are specific to selected geographical regions of the UN/ECE coverage.
The Guidebook does not provide guidance on the estimation and reporting of
emissions of direct gases responsible for global warming and climate change.
These are included in the separate IPCC Guidelines. If substances are implicated
in both climate change and regional pollution, then cross-referencing is provided in
the most appropriate specific guidance.
The Guidebook does not provide guidance on the estimation and reporting of
emissions of gases responsible for stratospheric ozone depletion.
1.3 Concepts
Inventory compliers rely on the key concepts outlined below to ensure that
inventories are comparable between countries, do not contain double counting or
omissions, and that the time series reflects actual changes in emissions.
Accuracy
Accuracy means that emission estimates should be accurate in the sense that they are
systematically neither over, nor under, true emissions (as far as can be judged) and that
uncertainties are reduced as far as practicable. Appropriate methodologies should be
used, in accordance with Section V below, to promote accuracy in inventories.
Comparability
Completeness
Completeness means that the annual inventory covers all sources and pollutants,
with full geographical coverage, for which methodologies are provided in the latest
EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook, or for which supplementary
methodologies have been agreed upon by the Executive Body. Where numerical
information on emissions under any source category is not provided, the
appropriate notation key defined in the Reporting Guidelines should be used when
filling in the reporting template to document its absence.
Consistency
Consistency means that an annual inventory should be internally consistent for all
reported years, and for all elements across sectors, categories and pollutants. An
inventory is consistent if the same methodologies are used for all years of inventory
and if consistent data sets are used to estimate emissions. For projections,
consistency means using a year of the submitted inventory as a base year.
Decision trees
Decision trees, for each category, help the inventory compiler navigate through the
guidance and select the appropriate tiered methodology for their circumstances - based
on their assessment of key categories. In general, it is good practice to use higher tier
methods for key categories, unless the resource requirements to do so are prohibitive.
Tiers
Good practice
National inventories contain estimates for the calendar year during which the
emissions to the atmosphere occur. Where suitable data to follow this principle are
missing, emissions may be estimated using data from other years and applying
appropriate methods such as averaging, interpolation and extrapolation. A
sequence of annual inventory estimates, for example, each year from 1990 to 2018,
is called a time series. Given the importance of tracking emission trends over time,
countries should ensure that a time series of estimates is as consistent as possible.
Inventory reporting
The LRTAP Reporting Guidelines provide standardised reporting tables, but the
content of the tables and written report may vary according to, for example, a
country's obligations as a signatory to individual Convention protocols.
Key category
Pollutants
The Guidebook is designed to cover all substances that Parties to the Convention's
protocols need to report, plus a number of additional substances for which
reporting is voluntary - as defined in the LRTAP Reporting Guidelines.
Note
The LRTAP Reporting Guidelines list all substances for which there are existing emissions
reporting obligations. The guidelines and annexes are available online from the CEIP
website (http://www.ceip.at).
The European Union, as with all EU Member States, is a Party to the Convention and to
most of its protocols.
Pollutant emissions estimates are divided into sectors, i.e. groupings of related
processes and sources.
• energy
• agriculture
• waste
• other
Transparency
Transparency means that the data sources, assumptions and methodologies used
for an inventory should be clearly explained, in order to facilitate the replication
and assessment of the inventory by users of the reported information. The
transparency of inventories is fundamental to the success of the process for the
communication and consideration of the information. The use of the NFR tables,
and the preparation of a structured informative inventory report (IIR), contribute to
the transparency of the information and facilitate national and international reviews.
Note
The use of the same methods and data sources throughout should be sufficient to ensure
transparency, provided there have been no recalculations. Parties should document any
recalculated estimates. Generally, Parties should be able to explain inventory trends for
each category, giving particular attention to outliers, trend changes and extreme trends.
The Guidebook aims to provide information that defines best practice in estimating
air pollutant emissions, but is not a rule book. There may be occasions where it
is appropriate to use alternative methods, approaches and/or input data, if this
provides better quality emission estimates.
The Guidebook is structured to provide the user with general information on the
basic principles of constructing an emissions inventory and the specific estimation
methods and emission factors to compile one.
• uncertainties;
• projections.
Part B. Sectoral guidance is ordered according to the NFR source categories and is
cross-referenced to the SNAP process-based classification. The textual information
provides a source description (including a general description about technologies
and abatement technologies in use), guidance on methodological choice (including
decision trees) and tier-based emission determination methods.
It is impractical to measure emissions from all the sources that, together, constitute
an emissions inventory. Consequently, the most common estimation approach is
to combine information on the extent to which a human activity takes place (called
activity data or AD), with coefficients that quantify the emissions or removals per
unit activity, (called emission factors or EF). The basic equation is therefore:
Emissions = AD x EF
In the energy sector, for example, fuel consumption would be activity data and the
mass of sulphur dioxide emitted per unit of fuel consumed would be an emission
factor. The basic equation can, in some circumstances, be modified to include
estimation parameters other than emission factors to, for example, accommodate
the effects of additional secondary abatement.
• Tier 1 methods assume a simple linear relation between activity data and
emission factors. The activity data is derived from readily available statistical
information, e.g. energy statistics, production statistics, traffic counts, population
sizes, etc. The default tier 1 emission factors are chosen to represent 'typical' or
'averaged' process conditions — they tend to be technology independent.
• Tier 2 methods use the same or similar activity data to tier 1 methods, but
apply country-specific emission factors which need to be developed, using
country‑specific information on process conditions, fuel qualities, abatement
technologies, etc. In many cases, these methods could also be applied at a higher
level of detail, where the activity statistics are further split into sub-activities with
more or less homogeneous process characteristics.
• Tier 3 methods go beyond those of tiers 1 and 2, and may include using facility‑level
data and/or sophisticated models. Examples might include the use of pollutant
release and the transfer of register data, data from emission trading schemes for
industrial emissions, or models such as COPERT for road transport emissions.
• Not applicable EF: Pollutants that are included under this heading in emission
factor tables are considered to be emissions that do not occur at all – not even in
trace quantities.
• Not estimated EF: Pollutants may be included in the emission factor tables as
'not estimated', but it does not mean that there is a requirement for the pollutant
emissions to be reported as 'not estimated' from this source in the inventory.
Nationally specific data though, may provide sufficient information to allow an
emission estimate to be made.
• 1988 Sofia Protocol concerning the control of emissions of nitrogen oxides or their
transboundary fluxes
• 1998 Aarhus Protocol on heavy metals and its 2012 amended version
The reporting requirements under these protocols are described in the LRTAP
Reporting Guidelines.
Parties to the Convention may use the Guidebook both as a reference book on good
emission estimation practice and as a checklist to ensure that all relevant activities
are considered and their emissions quantified. The Guidebook indicates that Parties
are requested to document, in a transparent manner, in their inventory report, where
the Guidebook methodology has and has not been used. If another methodology has
been used, the Parties are requested to provide additional explanatory information
on the justification for the choice of methodology and whether it is considered an
improvement on the methodology available in the Guidebook.
The 2016 revised version of the NEC Directive sets 2020 and 2030 emission
reduction commitments for the five main air pollutants responsible for acidification,
eutrophication, particulate matter formation, ground-level ozone pollution, i.e. sulphur
dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), fine particulate matter (PM2.5), non‑methane
volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs), and ammonia (NH3).
The NEC Directive specifies that countries prepare and annually update national
emission totals for SO2, NOx, NMVOCs, PM2.5, NH3 and other pollutants for which the
European Union is obliged, or requested, to report to the LRTAP Convention, including
emission projections, gridded data and large point source (LPS) data.
Each year, EU Member States must report the required information to the Commission
and the EEA. Data reported by EU Member States under the NEC Directive are
compiled and made available through the website of the EEA's Data Service (https://
www.eea.europa.eu/ds_resolveuid/DAT-20-en).
All Parties to the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol shall 'develop, periodically update,
publish and make available to the Conference of the Parties … national inventories of
anthropogenic emissions by sources, and removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases
not controlled by the Montreal Protocol, using comparable methodologies to be
agreed upon by the Conference of the Parties'. Consequently, Parties are required to
annually report emissions, sinks and any recalculations that have occurred, of several
greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide
(N2O), and various fluorinated chemicals. Parties should also provide information
on emissions of carbon monoxide (CO), NOx and NMVOCs and are encouraged to
provide information on emissions of sulphur oxides (SOx/SO2).
The 2006 IPCC Guidelines contain links to information on methods used under
other agreements and conventions, for the estimation of emissions of tropospheric
precursors that may be used to supplement the reporting of emissions and removal
of greenhouse gases for which methods are provided here. Volume 1, Sections 7.1
and 7.2, for example, refers inventory developers to the EMEP/CORINAIR Guidebook
(this Guidebook), for the purpose of estimating emissions of SO2, CO, NOx, NH3
and NMVOCs.
Multimedia inventories
The Kiev Protocol has the objective 'to enhance public access to information
through the establishment of coherent, nationwide pollutant release and transfer
registers (PRTRs)'. Although the protocol does not directly regulate pollution
from emitting sources, it does ensure that there is public access to information
concerning the amount of pollution released from such sources. Having such
• cover releases and transfers from certain types of major point source, e.g. thermal
power stations, mining and metallurgical industries, chemical plants, waste and
waste water treatment plants, paper and timber industries;
Following the adoption of the protocol, a working group on PRTRs was established
to prepare for the entry into force of the protocol. The working group has the
mandate of assisting Parties to the Aarhus Convention to prepare for the protocol's
implementation, by the preparation of guidance documents, sharing information and
experiences, etc. Documents related to the tasks being undertaken by the working
group are available from the website (https://www.unece.org/env/pp/prtr.html).
For a number of years, the OECD has supported countries that are considering
establishing a national PRTR (https://www.oecd.org/chemicalsafety/pollutant-
release-transfer-register). The guidance manual for governments, published in 1996
(OCDE/GD(96)32), was developed through a series of workshops that addressed the
key factors countries should consider when developing a PRTR, i.e. why a country
should establish a PRTR, what the goals/objectives of the system should be, which
chemical substances should be reported, how data should be disseminated, and
how a PRTR system should be implemented.
small and medium-sized enterprises, emissions from product use, and links between
emissions and statistical data, e.g. national product or number of inhabitants.
E-PRTR is the European Union's pollutant release and transfer register (https://prtr.
eea.europa.eu). The EPRTR, based on Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 (7), succeeded
the European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER) and implements the obligations
of the UNECE PRTR Protocol, with a wider and more comprehensive scope. E-PRTR
goes beyond the requirements of the protocol by covering more pollutants with
often stricter release thresholds. It covers more than 91 substances released to air
and water from industrial installations in 65 different sectors of activity. It includes
transfers of waste and wastewater from industrial facilities to other locations, and
data on emissions caused by accidents on-site.
The first reporting year under the E-PRTR was 2007: the data was reported by
the EU Member States in June 2009 and was made available to the public by the
European Commission and the EEA later that year. Since that year, data has been
annually updated.
1.6.1 Mandate of the expert panels of the Task Force on Emission Inventories and
Projections
The expert panels are ad hoc groups established by the TFEIP. There are currently
six expert panels:
2. Transport
4. Waste
5. Projections (cross-cutting)
(7) Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2006 concerning the establishment of a European pollutant
release and transfer register, OJ L 33, 4.2.2006, p. 1.
(8) The task force has assigned the detailed work to its expert panels which report their results to the task force.
• updating the Guidebook to reflect developments within the sector, e.g. the
appearance of new technologies;
• identifying the need for further research or study to improve the methodology and
to encourage the exchange of information between experts.
1.7.1 Overview
The LRTAP Convention was adopted in 1979. The Convention, negotiated under the
auspices of UNECE, was the first international environment agreement to address
the threat of air pollution to human health and the environment. The cooperative
programme for monitoring and evaluation of the long-range transmission of
air pollutants in Europe (EMEP) is responsible for providing the Parties to the
Convention with information on the deposition and concentration of air pollutants,
and on the quantity and significance of long-range transmission of air pollutants
and fluxes across boundaries. In providing this information, EMEP is supported by
various task forces, for example the TFEIP, established by the Executive Body to
the Convention as the task force on emissions in 1991, is a technical forum for the
exchange of information and the harmonisation of emission inventories — including
emissions factors, methodologies and guidelines.
The TFEIP is currently responsible for the technical content of the EMEP/EEA
Guidebook and the EEA is responsible for hosting it. The Guidebook now contains
the most influential set of emission estimation methods used in air pollution
studies in Europe and the UNECE geographical area. It has evolved over a long
period and has become an essential tool for compiling air emissions inventories to
be reported under the LRTAP Convention protocols and the NEC Directive.
The CORINAIR 1985 inventory covered three substances, namely SO2, NOx and
VOCs, and recognised eight main source sectors: combustion (including power
plants but excluding other industry), oil refineries, industrial combustion, processes,
solvent evaporation, road transport, nature, and miscellaneous.
• computer software packages for data input and the calculation of sectoral, regional
and national emission estimates.
The CORINAIR 1985 inventory was developed in collaboration with the 12 Member
States, Eurostat, OECD and the LRTAP Convention/EMEP. The inventory was
completed in 1990 and the results (Eurostat, 1991; CEC, 1995), published and
distributed in tabular and map forms. It was agreed in 1991 to produce an update
to CORINAIR 1985. This update, CORINAIR 1990, was performed in cooperation
with both EMEP and IPCC-OECD to assist in the preparation of inventories required
under the LRTAP Convention and the UNFCCC, respectively.
• former five European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries: Austria, Finland,
Norway, Sweden and Switzerland;
• central and eastern European countries: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic
(now Czechia), Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia;
• Russia.
(9) Council Decision 85/338/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the adoption of the Commission work programme concerning an experimental project for gathering,
coordinating and ensuring the consistency of information on the state of the environment and natural resources in the Community, OJ L 176, 6.7.1985, p. 14.
This collaboration:
• produced further developed nomenclature (source sector split) SNAP90, involving over
260 activities grouped into a three-level hierarchy of sub-sectors and 11 main sectors;
• extended the list of substances to be covered to eight (SO2, NOx, NMVOC, NH3, CO,
CH4, N2O and CO2);
The CORINAIR 1990 inventory recognised 11 main source sectors as agreed with
EMEP (see below):
3. Industrial combustion
4. Production processes
6. Solvent use
7. Road transport
10. Agriculture
11. Nature
Data was provided for large point sources on an individual basis, and for other
smaller or more diffuse sources on an area basis — usually by administrative
boundary at the county or department level (NUTS level 3).
• refineries;
• large vehicle paint plants with production capacity > 100,000 vehicles/year;
• airports with > 100 000 landing and take-off (LTO) cycles/year;
• other plants emitting ≥ 1 000 t/year SO2, NOx or VOC or ≥ 300,000 t/year CO2.
The goal of CORINAIR 1990 was to provide a complete, consistent and transparent
air pollutant emission inventory for Europe in 1990 within a reasonable timescale
to enable widespread use of the inventory for policy, research and other purposes.
Data from CORINAIR 1990 was finalised and published by the EEA (see Section 5),
in 1996 and 1997.
The CORINAIR Technical Unit, followed by the ETC/AE, worked closely with the
IPCC, the OECD and the International Energy Agency (IEA) to ensure compatibility
between the joint EMEP/CORINAIR Atmospheric Emission Inventory Guidebook
and reporting formats, and the IPCC Guidelines and reporting formats. This was
achieved by the ETC/AE preparing the revised SNAP97, distributed in 1998 and fully
in-line with the 1996 revised IPCC Guidelines.
1.7.3 EMEP and the Task Force on Emission Inventories and Projections
EMEP, funded in part through the 1984 EMEP Protocol to the LRTAP Convention,
arranged a series of workshops on emission inventory techniques to develop
guidance for estimating and reporting emission data for SOx, NOx, NMVOCs, CH4, NH3
and CO under the Convention. The 1991 workshop recommended the following:
• The EMEP Steering Body should approve the guidance proposed by the workshop
for estimating and reporting to the Executive Body of the Convention. The guidance
included a recommendation that emission data should be reported as totals, and
at least for the 11 major source categories agreed with the CORINAIR project, and
other experts for the CORINAIR 1990 inventory.
The Task Force on Emission Inventories (TFEI) was established in December 1991
by agreement of the Executive Body to the LRTAP Convention. The task force
reported to the EMEP Steering Body and was led by the United Kingdom — with
support from Germany and the then European Community (including the EEA).
In 1995, the Executive Body agreed that the TFEI should be merged with the Task
Force on Emission Projections to form the TFEIP.
Between 2004 and 2008, the TFEIP was led by Norway and its activities were
supported by the other Parties to the Convention including the European
Community, through the European Commission and the EEA. In September 2008,
following the approval of the EMEP Steering Body, the United Kingdom again
resumed lead country responsibilities for the TFEIP. Since its establishment, the
task force has been co-chaired by the European Union (EEA).
The TFEIP provides a technical forum and expert network to harmonise emission
factors, establish methodologies for the evaluation of emission data and
projections, and identify problems related to emission reporting.
The TFEIP meets these objectives through an annual meeting (usually sponsored by
a host country), by guiding the annual emissions review process and by developing
the Guidebook – for which panels of experts were established (see Section 1.6).
The EEA is an agency of the European Union. Its task is to provide sound,
independent information on the environment. The EEA aims to support sustainable
development by helping to achieve significant and measurable improvement in
Europe's environment, through the provision of timely, targeted, relevant and reliable
information to policymakers and the public. Its multiannual strategy and annual
work plans are publicly available through its website (www.eea.europa.eu).
The regulation establishing the EEA was adopted by the European Union in 1990.
It came into force in late 1993 immediately after the decision was taken to locate
the EEA to Copenhagen. Operations started in October 1993, and work started in
earnest in 1994.
• help the European Union and member countries make informed decisions about
improving the environment, integrating environmental considerations into economic
policies and moving towards sustainability;
• coordinate Eionet.
The main stakeholders of the EEA are the EU institutions, including the European
Commission, the European Parliament and the Council.
The geographical scope of the Agency's work is not confined to the EU Member
States. Membership is open to other countries that share the concerns of the
European Union and the objectives of the Agency.
The EEA also cooperates closely with the six countries of the Western Balkans: Albania,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo (10), Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia.
The EEA works closely with Eionet. Eionet is a partnership network of the EEA and
its member and participating countries. It consists of the EEA, eight European Topic
Centres, a network of around 1500 experts from over 400 national environment
agencies, and other bodies dealing with environmental information.
Enquiries concerning this chapter should be directed to the co-chairs of the Task
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