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Documents

Many documents have been developed by different countries and organisations to assist and guide the implementation and the improvement of PRTR programmes. These documents along with reports on releases of various substances can be accessed using the following links:

• Australia (English only)
• Canada
  • Reporting requirements (English and French)
  • Reporting guides (English and French)
  • Substance Lists (English and French)
• Denmark (Danish and English)
• European Union
  
  • E-PRTR Guidance document (Multilingual)
• Finland
  • Finland's environmental administration - Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) (Finnish only)
  • Finland's environmental administration - Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) (Swedish only)
  • Finland's environmental administration - Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) (English only
• North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) (Multilingual)
• Norway (Norwegian, 180KB pdf)
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (English and French)
• PRTR Background (Japanese and English)
• PRTR Documents and resources (Japanese and English)
• Spain
  • Spanish Legislation on PRTR (Spanish only)
  • PRTR Implementation Guides (Spanish and English)
  • Best available estimation techniques documents (Spanish and English)
  • Other documents of interest (Spanish and English)
  • Spain (general information about PRTR-España) (Multilingual)
  • Measure and calculate methodologies (Spanish only)
• Sweden
  • Sweden's PRTR Register (Swedish and English)
• Switzerland
  • SwissPRTR User Manual (3.4 MB)
• United Kingdom (English only)
• United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
  • Aarhus Clearinghouse (English only)
  • EMEP/CORINAIR Emission Inventory Guidebook - 2007 (English only)
  • Guidance on Implementation of the Protocol on PRTR (English, French and Russian)
• United Nations Environment programme (UNEP)
  • PRTR as a Reporting Mechanism for Mercury Releases and Transfers (English only)
  • Background: PRTRs and Their Purposes (English only)
• United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) - PRTR Learn - Document Repository
• United States (English only)
• World Health Organization (WHO) (English only)