Protocol on Emissions and Transfer of Pollutants. Implementation of Protocol Provisions in the International Community

E.N. Vinogradova, head of the department of the Association «Nonprofit partnership Coordination and Information center of the CIS Member States»; Moscow
A.A. Bayunov, deputy head of Industrial ecology department of Federal State Autonomous Body Research «Environmental Industrial Policy Centre»; Moscow
G.A. Balyanov, head of direction of the Association «Nonprofit partnership Coordination and Information center of the CIS Member States»; Moscow
A.F. Savina, specialist of the Association «Nonprofit partnership Coordination and Information center of the CIS Member States»; Moscow
 
e-mail: info@ciscenter.org, info@eipc.center
 
This article discusses the Protocol on Pollutant release and transfer Registers (PRTRs), adopted in 2003 at an extraordinary session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention; highlights the main elements and objectives of the PRTR Protocol; provides information on international cooperation promoting PRTRs. The article describes the best practices for conducting PRTRs using the case of the European Union, the USA, Australia and the Czech Republic.
 
Keywords: Aarhus Convention, Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs), safe handling of chemical products, public information, information on pollutants.
 
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DOI: 10.34214/2312-5209-2019-24-4-47-58