1. Agenda item 4(b) Compliance mechanism - Report on the Committee’s activities since the second session of the Meeting of the Parties
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Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision- making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
15 September 2017, Budva

2. Mandate
In its first session, the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol provided the Compliance Committee with the mandate to “monitor assess and facilitate the implementation and to take measures to promote compliance and address cases of non-compliance”.

3. Meetings
Third meeting took place in conjunction with last MOP in Maastricht.
Since then a fourth and fifth meeting, and we will have had a sixth in Budva.

4. Submissions
No submissions by Parties, referrals by the secretariat or communications from the public

5. Other presentations Synthesis report
Overview on implementation of the strategic plan
Proposed work on evaluation
I’ve dealt with these issues in other presentations and do not propose to do so again

6. Draft guidance for reporting on implementation of the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
Facilitative: designed to assist Parties in fulfilling their reporting obligations -
based on the contributions provided by CC members and comments made by Parties;
draws upon the practical experience of multiple reporting cycles held under the Aarhus Convention.

7. Reporting Guidance
Chapter II: describes key features of reporting under the Protocol
Chapter III General issues and general good practice with respect to reporting
Chapter IV: addresses specific challenges in the preparation of the reports

8. Reporting Guidance
There are recommendations and examples of good practice.
If Parties take the recommendations and examples on board the next reporting round will be even more productive than the first two.

9. Draft systemic issues concerning the implementation of the Protocol and recommendations on how to address them
Purpose: to help Parties-
to implement and comply with the Protocol
to make better use of the potential of their PRTR systems.

10. Systemic issues: source
Based on
individual contributions provided by Committee members
analysis of the information contained in the national implementation reports in the 2014 reporting cycle
comments made by Parties.

11. Systemic issues: contents
Chapter II: general systemic issues that have been identified and suggests ways to tackle them
Chapter III: issues that arise with respect to particular provisions in the Protocol and suggests ways to tackle them
Chapter IV introduces a list of selected good practices

12. Systemic issues: benefits
Benefits gained if design goes beyond the minimum requirements
- widening the scope of the pollutants and/or activities covered beyond those required
- introducing a “single window” approach for making use of the PRTR across sectors
- taking into account specific national needs.

13. Systemic issues: what for?
We thought the systemic issues would –
provide a freestanding resource for Parties and stakeholders
contribute to the Committee’s efforts to provide advisory support to Parties and other States wishing to accede to the Protocol
to strengthen expert capacities

14. Providing advisory support
Parties and other States willing to accede to the Protocol could be able to seek advisory support from the Committee with regard to compliance with and implementation of the Protocol.
This could include advice on legislative and other regulatory matters.

15. Strengthening expert capacities
Members of the Committee could be invited to provide support to different events, such as workshops and training, aimed at strengthening the capacity of national experts.