1. UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE EGTEI: Mandate & Outputs expected for 2005 Expert Group on Techno-economic Issues 18 June 2004, Paris EGTEI: Mandate & Outputs expected for 2005 Expert Group on Techno-economic Issues 18 June 2004, Paris Brinda Wachs Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution Brinda Wachs Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution

2. Intergovernmental bodies, expert groups and scientific centres under the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution

3. Expert Group on Techno-economic Issues 18 June 2004, Paris Gothenburg Protocol: Status of ratifications  11 Ratifications as of 9 June 2004, 5 more needed to reach the required 16 before the Multi-pollutant Protocol will enter into force…  The first review shall begin no later than one year after the Protocol enters into force… Gothenburg Protocol: Status of ratifications  11 Ratifications as of 9 June 2004, 5 more needed to reach the required 16 before the Multi-pollutant Protocol will enter into force…  The first review shall begin no later than one year after the Protocol enters into force… UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE

4. Expert Group on Techno-economic Issues 18 June 2004, Paris The Executive Body of the Convention, at its 21 st session:  Expressed satisfaction with progress made in preparing for the review of Gothenburg, including the work of EGTEI, calling on Parties to support scientific activities by providing data (emissions, modelling, CLs);  Urged Parties to ratify the Gothenburg Protocol in time for the 25 th anniversary of the Convention. The Executive Body of the Convention, at its 21 st session:  Expressed satisfaction with progress made in preparing for the review of Gothenburg, including the work of EGTEI, calling on Parties to support scientific activities by providing data (emissions, modelling, CLs);  Urged Parties to ratify the Gothenburg Protocol in time for the 25 th anniversary of the Convention. UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE

5. Expert Group on Techno-economic Issues 18 June 2004, Paris Convention Work-plan 2004 1.7TECHNO-ECONOMIC ISSUES Description/objectives: To further explore BAT for emission abatement, efficiency and costs; to develop techno-economic databases and methodologies for evaluating uncertainties and to draw up draft revisions of techno-economic issues in annexes to protocols. Convention Work-plan 2004 1.7TECHNO-ECONOMIC ISSUES Description/objectives: To further explore BAT for emission abatement, efficiency and costs; to develop techno-economic databases and methodologies for evaluating uncertainties and to draw up draft revisions of techno-economic issues in annexes to protocols. UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE

6. Expert Group on Techno-economic Issues: 18 June 2004, Paris Convention Work-plan 2004, (continued) Main activities and time schedule: (a)EGTEI, with France as its lead country, will continue its work on developing software for describing emission control options, costs and ranges of uncertainties. EGTEI will hold several meetings during 2004, including: sectoral meetings, a workshop on software use, and one or two plenary sessions;

7. Expert Group on Techno-economic Issues: 18 June 2004, Paris Expert Group on Techno-economic Issues: 18 June 2004, Paris Convention Work-plan 2004, (continued) UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE Main activities and time schedule: (b)Work will continue on the collection of in- country data on costs of abatement techniques in selected sectors by Nomenclatures for Reporting (NFR) as defined in the Emission Reporting Guidelines;

8. Expert Group on Techno-economic Issues 18 June 2004, Paris Convention Work-plan 2004, (continued) Main activities and time schedule: (c) In 2004, validated data on typical installations, including information on investment and operational costs, etc., of abatement techniques will be submitted by countries and transmitted to CIAM to aggregate and include in RAINS. Data may also be used to update technical annexes to protocols to reflect emission control options and their costs, as part of the protocol review process.

9. The model: RAINS developed by IIASA (Atmos data: EMEP, Impact data: RIVM-CCE) Energy/agriculture projections Emissions Emission control options Atmospheric dispersion Environmental impacts Environmental targets Costs OPTIMIZATION Source: IIASA

11. Expert Group on Techno-economic Issues: 18 June 2004, Paris CONVENTION WEB SITE: http://www.unece.org/env/lrtap EGTEI WEB SITE: http://citepa.org/forums/egtei/egtei _index.htm Expert Group on Techno-economic Issues: 18 June 2004, Paris CONVENTION WEB SITE: http://www.unece.org/env/lrtap EGTEI WEB SITE: http://citepa.org/forums/egtei/egtei _index.htm UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE