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PRTR in Belgium Situation in 2007

PRTR in Belgium Situation in 2007. « OECD PRTR Task Force 10th meeting » Copenhagen,27 february 2007 Greet Vos, Koen Smeets & Michel Amand. C ontent of the presentation. International and European Context Context in BELGIUM Objectives and scope Examples in Flanders in Wallonia

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PRTR in Belgium Situation in 2007

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  1. PRTR in BelgiumSituation in 2007 « OECD PRTR Task Force 10th meeting » Copenhagen,27 february 2007 Greet Vos, Koen Smeets & Michel Amand

  2. Content of the presentation • International and European Context • Contextin BELGIUM • Objectives and scope • Examples • in Flanders • in Wallonia • PRTR datas on the web • Conclusions

  3. International and European Context Many International and European obligations in the environmental field (including PRTR) A variety of monitoring and reporting duties for the Member States (that so far have not been harmonised at international and European level) Member States seek to devise efficient systems that facilitate the compliance with the various monitoring and reporting duties

  4. Context in Belgium • In 2003 : Lower the administrative burden by streamlining regulatory requirements for companies and using IT tools becomes a priority for Belgian authorities (regional cooperation agreement signed on 10th December 2003) • In 2004, Belgian Regions reaffirm their desire and commitment to build an administrative simplification process at all levels (ex : environment, industrial policy, …) => development of specific regional tools

  5. Walloon Region REGINE Référentiel Environnement : Gestion INtégrée des Entreprises Flemish Region IMJV Integraal Milieu Jaar Verslag Integrated environmental Reporting a tool for implementing PRTR by lowering administrative burdens and streamlining environmental regulatory requirements

  6. Objectives • Streamlining by lowering the burdens both for companies and the administration in the field of environmental data collection and reporting • Facing many different reporting obligations at regional, federal, European and international level • Evaluating the effectiveness of regional environmental policies • Implement PRTRs

  7. Objectives • Building one-stop shop (paper and electronic) applying IT-based solutions and integration techniques • Increasing information exchange between governmental bodies, optimizing information management and by improving its availability • Administrations will benefit from a single and centralised information and will reduce the data encoding work. => Save time and money

  8. Scope • Integration of different information requirements in one form, available on the web (personal login, personal form, attached documents, etc) • Form set up within the framework of streamlining environmental regulation and ensuring coherence of collected information

  9. Scope • Single deliverance (once per year) of information to one administration (single and centralized source of information) • Common database with information on companies/facilities + single identifier • New central management application • Different governmental services work together

  10. Flemish region: the IMJV-project • stepwise integration project: started in 2005 • Improving information management to support environmental policy (cooperation between administrations) • Better customer service • By: • Integration of five different environmental information requirements (to different administrations) in one form • single deliverance (one point of time) of information to one administration • Tailor made and personalized declaration form (for every company/exploitation) • Interactive website to exchange information (personal login, wizards, electronic signature)

  11. Flemish Region: IMJV-project The interactive website http://imjv.milieuinfo.be

  12. Flemish Region: IMJV-project The interactive website http://imjv.milieuinfo.be

  13. Flemish Region: IMJV-project The interactive website http://imjv.milieuinfo.be

  14. MMIS INFO- e-Office e-IMJV Form Consultation (geo-office) Facilities Environmental permit Releases water & air Transfer of waste & wastewater CBB DB IMJV DB MVDB DB webservice Centralised db for facilities IMJV-database Environmental permits VMM OVAM Datawarehouse reporting IMJV-backoffice EIL DB ERW DB Waste DB Data assimilation validation Waste database Emission-Inventory Air Emission Registers Water Flemish region: the IMJV-project

  15. Integraal Milieu Jaar VerslagIntegrated Environmental Annual Report

  16. Integraal Milieu Jaar VerslagIntegrated Environmental Annual Report # companies Form 2006 • Information linked to environmental license (water & air emissions, use of energie & water) • Production, treatment and transport of (industrial) waste • Groundwater statistics concerning groundwater subtraction Later integration • Tax declaration of waste water treatment (surface water) and substraction of ground water • Declaration of CO2 emissions 800 16.000 700 17.000 180

  17. Integraal Milieu Jaar Verslag : Integrated Environmental Annual Reportprocedures an deadlines Administration : 1 december year x : completing list of facilities with reporting obligation 1 february year x+1 : personalised and pre-filled form available online Operator : 15 march y x+1: declaration waste production year x 30 april y x+1: declaration on remaining data and informations (methodologies,…) year x Administration : 15 may :reminder for missing reports till 31 december : assesment and quality assurance Validated data to be published, submitted to operators for final 31 march year X+2 : requested data transmitted to the European commission

  18. The IMJV-project: measuring administrative burden reduction Administrative burdens concerning waste producers were reduced significantly in 2005: Aim: • Calculating statistics about waste tranfer for all different sectors • European reporting concerning waste Old regulation: approx. 40.000 companies New regulation: statistical sample survey, approx. 16.000 companies (covering all relevant sectors, based upon NACE codes Administrative cost reduction: 6,5 million €

  19. Wallon Region: REGINERéférentiel Environnement : Gestion INtégrée des EntreprisesReferential Environment: Integrated Management of Enterprises Demonstration on http://bilan.environnement.wallonie.be

  20. Referential Environment: Integrated Management of Enterprises

  21. Referential Environment: Integrated Management of Enterprises International obligations obligations in one single form: • 4 International Conventions and their protocols, • 7 European Directives, • 3 European Regulations, • 2 European Decisions, • 1 European Recommendation, • 2 Walloon laws, • 1 Walloon Decree • Several non legally binding agreements.

  22. Emissions trading WASTE STATISTICS REGULATIONS EPER PRTR LPS LCP Referential Environment: Integrated Management of EnterprisesTargeted companies + 300

  23. Referential Environment: Integrated Management of EnterprisesForm structure • Part - Sub-partNumber of facilities Reply rate • Identification286 facilities 76 % • General information286 facilities 76 % • Energy – part auto-production46 facilities 85 % – part consumption267 facilities 73 % – part biogas14 facilities 71 % – part MWI4 facilities 100 % – part co-incinerated wastes 19facilities 100 % • Air – part Emissions Trading 113facilities (127 installations) 94 % – part LCP 10 facilities 80 % – part EmissionsRegister 190 sites 77 % • Water 190 sites 77 % • Waste – part manufacturing industry 247 facilities 77 % – part eco-industry 39 facilities 54 % • Environmental expenditure 286 facilities 46 %

  24. Référentiel Environnement : Gestion INtégrée des EntreprisesReferential Environment: Integrated Management of Enterprises Due to a personalisation and pre-filling up of the form according to the company’s profile and the regulatory requirements, Companiesare requested to report only once a year on relevant specifics datas, benefit from help to fill up the form and are able to follow the historic of validated data. Regional administration services assess quality of the data. The system will allow to dispatch validated data towards the referential “environment”, towards the databases of different administration services (air, water, waste, energy, etc), towards the competent authorities (federal, European, etc…) and will enable further public access to environmental and PRTR datas

  25. Referential Environment: Integrated Management of EnterprisesProcedure and deadlines Administration : 1st january year x+1 : personalised and pre-filled form available online Operator : 12 march x+1: « Emission trading » declaration year x 31 march : declaration on remaining datas and informations (methodologies,…) year x Administration : 31 march till 30 september : assesment and quality assurance Validated datas to be published, submitted to operators for final (deadline for comments: one month) 31 march year X+2 : requested datas transmitted to the European commission

  26. Belgian PRTR datas on the web 1) European PRTR website: www.eper (prtr).ec.europa.eu 2) Regional competent authorities websites http://bilan.environnement.wallonie.be http://imjv.milieuinfo.be 3) Belgian Aarhus Convention website: www.aarhus.be

  27. Flemish region Legislation in force since 2004 and adapted on 8 december 2006 (E-PRTR Regulation operative) Walloon region Legislation to be adopted in 2007 but REGINE was in force since January 2005 on voluntary agreement Legal context UNECE PRTR Protocol to be ratified in 2007

  28. Conclusions The integrated and single survey has allowed: • Ensuring coherence between collected information for different administrative services • Improving quality of collected data • Reduce the administrative burden • Improving cooperation between services and administrations • Increasing transparency and improving dialogue between companies and public authorities

  29. Walloon environmental authority Belgium Marianne PETITJEAN Michel AMAND MRW - DGRNE – DCE http://bilan.environnement.wallonie.be Flemish environmental authority Belgium Dick van Straaten - Environment, Nature and Energy Department Marie-Rose van den Hende – VMM Greet Vos – VMM Koen Smeets - OVAM http://imjv.milieuinfo.be Contacts

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