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.