tfeip/eionet meeting, 11-12 may 2009, vienna1 2008 stage 3 centralised review, country feedback,...

TFEIP/EIONET meeting, 11-12 May 2009, Vienna 1

2008 stage 3 centralised review, Country feedback,France perspective

Chang Jean-Pierre, Gueguen Céline


2008 stage 3 review - FR feedback

1- Introduction

A first and voluntary implementation of stage 3 review process (centralised review on 6-11 Oct. 2008 in Copenhagen, EEA),

France has volunteered to be reviewed and also to contribute as a reviewer.

One ERT of 7 experts / four countries reviewed.

2008 stage 3 in-depth review of emission inventories submitted in 2008 under UNECE CLRTAP/NECD :



2- Resource issues

Resources for producing national emission inventories have been increased in recent years to comply with the increasing requirements on quality and reporting of NEI.

Additional resources are now dedicated to funding international emission inventory reviews.

In-depth reviews are time- and resource-consuming (as a reviewed country and even more as a reviewer).

Under international requirements and objectives to improve the quality of national emission inventories (NEI) relating to GHGs and air pollutants :



3- Feedback as a reviewing country

4 reviewed countries : Norway, Sweden, Portugal and France

Pollutants : SO2, NOx, NMVOC, NH3 and PM10 & PM2,5

(current priority for EMEP)

Time series : 1990-2006

ERT composition : 1 review coordinator and 7 experts 1 generalist (leader) [EC]2 for energy (included transport) [Austria and Denmark]1 for agriculture and nature [Ireland]1 for solvents and other products' use [Denmark]1 for industry [Czech Republic]1 waste [France]


Objectives of the level 3 review :

Assist the parties to improve their emission inventory (report and methodologies) through an in-depth assessment of the reported inventory information in terms of :

TransparencyCompletenessConsistency (included recalculations and time-series)ComparabilityAccuracy and uncertainties estimatesQA/QC






Working documents (all information are transmitted through the EMEP Centre):

Technical documents relative to each party : Results from the levels 1 and 2 reviews (recalculation, key sources,

inventory comparisons, trends, time series, IEF) IIR and emissions data for each party Other information transmitted by the parties during the review

progress

Support documents : Guidance documents for reviewer Guidelines for estimating and reporting emissions under the CLR-

TAP




The progress of the review (1/2):

Detailed analysis of the working documents and redaction of a first set of questions for each party ;

~5 working days for the FR expert

Centralized Review Analysis of the parties' answers; Complementary exchange of question/answers with parties

(through the EMEP Centre) ; Daily sharing of opinion with the others members of the ERT

concerning the reviewed inventories; Redaction of a preliminary individual review report;

5 working days




The progress of the review (2/2) :

Redaction of the individual report document :Compilation of individual reports by the leader of the ERT in a draft report transmitted to the parties; Redaction of the final reports by taking into account the comments of the parties – if necessary;

~3 working days for the FR expert

The issues of the review : A stage 3 report for each reviewed party

Key review findings Recommendations for improvements

Recommendations to the EMEP Centre to improve the reviewing process




Benefits for the reviewer :

Opportunity to contribute to the improvement of the review process ;Useful and interesting experiences :

Analysis of comparison of national emissions/EF with other countries – assessments of national situations ;

Detailed analysis of methodologies used by other countries ; Recommendations for improvements of national inventories,

for instance concerning completeness and methodology ; Contacts with other sectoral experts.



4- Perspective as a reviewed country

Availability of all the different national experts during the review period, for as quick as possible answers to questions.

Stage 3 review in October : not the best period (it is a very busy period for inventory compilation).

possible misunderstanding between expert reviewers and national experts (but for FR no misunderstandings remain within the final review report).

Possible difficulties encountered :




Possible improvements on completeness of NEI (e.g. PM/HM... sources for which methodological references are not yet well developed, and/or for which activity data are

difficult to obtain).

Possible improvements on following reporting Guidelines (e.g. better use of some notation keys).

Benefits of the process (1/2)

The stage 3 in-depth review enables to point out issues for further improvements of the quality of the National Emission

Inventory :




Possible improvements on the NEI documentation : possible more detailed explanations for some sectors; in next IIR (2009) some general section will be translated into English, as

the executive summary... Areas for further investigations at national level : e.g. possible detailed investigations in case of use of national plant data with particular time series fluctuations. Areas for further investigations at international level (e.g. sources and/or pollutants pointed out as missing but linked to methodological references that need further developments at international level).

Benefits of the process (2/2)




The different possible issues pointed out by the review cannot generally be all addressed for the following year inventory. There is a need to set priorities between :

- reporting issues, - possible corrections (data or methods)- required improvements (especially on key sources)- recommended improvements, etc.

Inclusion as much as possible of review issues within the national inventory improvement plan (identifying actions to be implemented in one year and other ones in two or more years).

Impacts of the review on inventory improvement plan

tfeip/eionet meeting, 11-12 may 2009, vienna1 2008 stage 3 centralised review, country feedback,...

Documents

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review period

review coordinator

country feedback

review of emission inventories

final review report

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