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The Air Quality (Legislative Functions) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

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Jurisdiction: GB

Commencement: 15th June 2021

Amends: Regulation (EC) 166/2006 on the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register

Mini Summary

Regulation (EC) 166/2006 on the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) is established in the form of a publicly accessible electronic database, containing information on pollutant releases to air, water and land, etc. Operators of regulated industries must report their releases and transfers to the European Commission.

Amendment

Article 8 (Releases from diffuse sources) is amended to allow the European Commission to adopt delegated acts* in accordance with Article 18a, in order to initiate reporting on releases of relevant pollutants, where there is no data on the releases from diffuse sources**.

*Once an EU law is passed, it can be necessary to update it to reflect developments in a particular sector or to ensure that it is implemented properly. Parliament and Council can authorise the Commission to adopt delegated or implementing acts, respectively, in order to do this.

**Diffuse sources are the sources from which pollutants may be released to land, air or water, that have no specific point of discharge (e.g a pipe or chimney).

Article 18 is substituted and now allows the Secretary of State to amend Annex 2 (a register of 91 listed pollutants), only for specified purposes including scientific or technical progress.

There is no change to duties for organisations.

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