Article 7 Reporting

1.

a)

Each Party shall report, through the Executive Secretary of the Commission, to the Executive Body, on a periodic basis as determined by the Parties at a session of the Executive Body, information on the measures that it has taken to implement the present Protocol. Moreover:

i)

Where a Party applies different emission reduction strategies under article 3, paragraphs 2 and 3, it shall document the strategies applied and its compliance with the requirements of those paragraphs;

(ii)

Where a Party judges certain limit values, as specified in accordance with article 3, paragraphs 3 and 7, not to be technically and economically feasible, taking into consideration the costs and advantages, it shall report and justify this;

b)

Each Party within the geographical scope of EMEP shall report to EMEP through the Executive Secretary of the Commission the following information for the emissions of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, ammonia, volatile organic compounds and particulate matter, on the basis of guidelines prepared by the Steering Body of EMEP and adopted by the Executive Body:

(i)

Levels of emissions using, as a minimum, the methodologies and the temporal and spatial resolution specified by the Steering Body of EMEP;

(ii)

Levels of emissions in the reference year as specified in annex II using the same methodologies and temporal and spatial resolution;

(iii)

Data on projected emissions; and

(iv)

An Informative Inventory Report containing detailed information on reported emission inventories and emission projections;

b bis)

Each Party within the geographical scope of EMEP should report available information to the Executive Body, through the Executive Secretary of the Commission, on its air pollution effects programmes on human health and the environment and atmospheric monitoring and modelling programmes under the Convention, using guidelines adopted by the Executive Body;

c)

Parties in areas outside the geographical scope of EMEP shall report available information on levels of emissions, including for the reference year specified in annex II and appropriate to the geographic area covered by its emission reduction commitments. Parties in areas outside the geographic scope of EMEP should make available information similar to that specified in subparagraph (b bis), if requested to do so by the Executive Body.

d)

Each Party should also report, where available, its emissions inventories and projections for emissions of black carbon, using guidelines adopted by the Executive Body.

2.

3.

a)

Ambient concentrations and depositions of sulphur and nitrogen compounds as well as, where available, ambient concentrations of particulate matter including black carbon, volatile organic compounds and ozone; and

b)

Calculations of sulphur and oxidized and reduced nitrogen budgets and relevant information on the long-range transport of particulate matter, ground-level ozone and their precursors;

c)

Adverse effects on human health, natural ecosystems, materials and crops, including interactions with climate change and the environment related to the substances covered by the present Protocol, and progress in achieving human health and environmental improvements as described in guidance adopted by the Executive Body; and

d)

The calculation of nitrogen budgets, nitrogen use efficiency and nitrogen surpluses and their improvements within the geographical area of EMEP, using guidance adopted by the Executive Body.

4.

5.

6.

a)

The Party did not previously have reporting obligations under the present Protocol or any other protocol for that pollutant; and

b)

The limited inventory of the Party includes, at a minimum, all large point sources of the pollutant or pollutants within the Party or a relevant PEMA.