Albania Pollutant Release and Transfer Register

The Albanian Pollutant Release and Transfer Register is a public electronic database to facilitate public participation in environmental decision-making, aiming prevention and reduction of environmental pollution.

Specifically, the Albanian Pollutant Release and Transfer Register enables the public to have access to environmental information concerning the annual amounts of pollutant releases to air, water and land as well as off-site transfers of waste and on urban waste water treatment within the scope of DCM No. 742 date 09.09.2015, which has partially transposed the EC Regulation No. 166/2006 concerning the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) amended by Regulation EC Nr.596 / 2009.

This Register contributes to transparency and more effective participation by the public in environmental decision-making, as through the Internet, the public can have access to environmental information about facilities that are based on the scope of DCM No. 742 date 09.09.2015, which has partially transposed the EC Regulation No. 166/2006 concerning the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) amended by Regulation EC Nr.596 / 2009. All facilities included in the Register are presented at the map of Albania, while the public can access information about the location and address of the facility, the activities carried out, the economic activities, type of discharges, their quantities, etc.

At European Union level, the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) implements the provisions of the PRTR Protocol issued under the Aarhus Convention of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. The relevant European Union site (E-PRTR) also includes data reported by some 30.000 industrial facilities covering 65 economic activities across Europe.