Reporting obligation – Which facilities submit data
according to the obligations of E-PRTR Regulation
In accordance with the E-PRTR Regulation, a facility has to
submit data if it fulfills the following two criteria:
- 1. the facility undertakes one or more economic activities
listed in Annex I of the E-PRTR Regulation.
- 2. the capacity of the facility exceeds the applicable
E-PRTR capacity threshold set out in Annex I of the E-PRTR
Regulation.
Based on the above two criteria, it is determined whether a
facility falls under the provisions of the E-PRTR Regulation or
not. Given that the above criteria 1 and 2 are fulfilled, the
operator of a facility is obliged to submit to the Competent
Authorities the pollutant releases to air, water and land as well
as off-site transfers of waste and of pollutants in waste water for
verification and validation purposes. The obligation of the
operator of a facility to submit relevant annual data is included
in the Terms and Conditions set out in the Air Emission Permits and
Waste Discharge Permits.
The Competent Authorities report the above data of a specific
facility to the European Commission and the European Environment
Agency, if the following conditions are fulfilled:
- 1. Releases to air, water and land as well as off-site
transfers of pollutants in waste water of any of the 91 pollutants
for which the applicable threshold value specified in Annex II of the E-PRTR Regulation is exceeded.
- 2. Off-site transfers of hazardous waste exceed 2 tonnes
per year or of non hazardous waste exceed 2.000 tonnes per year