This document summarizes Spain's PRTR activities from 2011-2012 and ongoing work. It discusses Spain's submission of pollution data to the EU commission, validation of facility reporting nationally, and improving data quality and public access to information. It also outlines Spain's capacity building with other countries, including a study tour with Ecuador, supporting Central America's regional PRTR development, and translating PRTR guidance to Spanish.

1. 15th MEETING OF THE OECD TASK FORCE on PRTR
Paris, September, 2012
SECRETARÍA DE ESTADO
DE MEDIO AMBIENTE
DIRECCION GENERAL DE
CALIDAD, EVALUACION
AMBIENTAL Y MEDIO NATURAL
PRTR-España Register
2011-2012
(item 11, Part 1)
Carmen Canales Canales
Iñigo de Vicente-Mingarro
PRTR-España
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Affairs
www.prtr-es.es
E-mail: info@prtr-es.es
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2. 15th MEETING OF THE OECD TASK FORCE on PRTR
Paris, September, 2012
SECRETARÍA DE ESTADO
DE MEDIO AMBIENTE
DIRECCION GENERAL DE
CALIDAD, EVALUACION
AMBIENTAL Y MEDIO NATURAL
PRTR-España: Main Activities in 2011-2012
1st January – 31st March 1st April – 30th June 1st July – 15th Sept. 16th Sept. – 30th Sept.:
1er review period
Registration 16th Oct. – 31st Oct.:
Validation by
and data Validation by 2º review period
River Basin
notification by AA.CC. District
facilities
E F M A M J J A S O N
D
31st March
DATA SENT TO THE EUROPEAN DATA are published on PRTR-
COMMISION España (11 months after
(15 months after reference year ) reference year)
In 2011: submission to EU (2009); reporting 2010 data cycle (published on PRTR-España in
November 15th).
In 2012: 1st submission to EU (2010), 2008 and 2009 revised data to EU; reporting cycle 2011
(will be published on PRTR-España, in Nov. 15th) 2

3. 15th MEETING OF THE OECD TASK FORCE on PRTR
Paris, September, 2012
SECRETARÍA DE ESTADO
DE MEDIO AMBIENTE
DIRECCION GENERAL DE
CALIDAD, EVALUACION
AMBIENTAL Y MEDIO NATURAL
PRTR-España: Main ongoing works (1)
a.- Quality and comparability of data
b.-Uses of PRTR data
c.- Improve the public information
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4. 15th MEETING OF THE OECD TASK FORCE on PRTR
Paris, September, 2012
SECRETARÍA DE ESTADO
DE MEDIO AMBIENTE
DIRECCION GENERAL DE
CALIDAD, EVALUACION
AMBIENTAL Y MEDIO NATURAL
PRTR-España: Main ongoing works (2)
• “Restyling the
web page”,
• Including new
information,
• More friendly
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5. 15th MEETING OF THE OECD TASK FORCE on PRTR
Paris, September, 2012
SECRETARÍA DE ESTADO
DE MEDIO AMBIENTE
DIRECCION GENERAL DE
CALIDAD, EVALUACION
AMBIENTAL Y MEDIO NATURAL
Capacity-Buldings activities , Projects and funds outside Spain
1.-Technical assistance (UNEP-UNITAR GEF initiative):
a) Study tour (Political and technical responsibles from Ecuador in
Madrid. February 2012) .
b) Final Meeting of the Steering Committee UNEP-UNITAR GEF back to
back Workshop with NGOs (Geneva, August 2012)
2.-Financial support to Central American Commission on Environmental
Development (CCAD) to promote PRTR activities in Central America:
• Meeting of the CCAD Technician Regional. El Salvador. December
2011.
• Final design of the “future” Regional PRTR Register for Central
America.
• Finalisation of the translation of the UNECE Guide on PRTR into
Spanish
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6. 15th MEETING OF THE OECD TASK FORCE on PRTR
Paris, September, 2012
SECRETARÍA DE ESTADO
DE MEDIO AMBIENTE
DIRECCION GENERAL DE
CALIDAD, EVALUACION
AMBIENTAL Y MEDIO NATURAL
Capacity-Buldings activities , Projects and funds outside Spain
http://www.unece.org/env/pp/prtr.guida
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7. 15th MEETING OF THE OECD TASK FORCE on PRTR
Paris, September, 2012
SECRETARÍA DE ESTADO
DE MEDIO AMBIENTE
DIRECCION GENERAL DE
CALIDAD, EVALUACION
AMBIENTAL Y MEDIO NATURAL
Thank you very much!
More information on PRTR-España:
www.prtr-es.es
e-mail: info@prtr-es.es
Telephone: +34 902 54 53 50
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