Countries data reporting — related reporting obligations

Reporting obligations are requirements to provide information agreed between countries and international bodies such as the EEA or international conventions. Reporting obligations provide the basis for most environmental information flows.

Reporting obligations related to data stored at EEA

ID	Title/Description	Reporting frequency	Next report deadline
30	Groundwater quality (EWN-3) Data on groundwater bodies are collected annually through the WISE-SoE data collection process. WISE SoE was previously known as EUROWATERNET (EWN) and EIONET-Water. The data requested on groundwater include the physical characteristics of the groundwater bodies, proxy pressures on the groundwater area, as well as chemical quality data on nutrients and organic matter, and hazardous substances in groundwater.	12 months	2012-10-31
184	State & Quantity of Water Resources (EWN-4) Data on freshwater resources availability, abstraction and use at regional spatial scale are collected annually through the WISE-SoE annual data flow. These data are primarily used to formulate indicators (associated with the EEA's Core Set Indicators) and assess the state and trends of the water resources and associated pressures, and monitor the progress with European policy objectives. The information needed in relation to water quantity is generally described as drivers, pressures, state, impact, response. In general there is a need for coherent European indicators describing water availability/scarcity in connection with water use and water use efficiency to assess the extent and intensity of the problem, and of the impact of particular socio-economic sectors on water abstraction (e.g. water abstraction by agriculture). The new code for Water quantity reporting is WISE SoE#3. This reporting obligation is an EIONET non-Priority Data flow.	12 months	2012-10-31
538	E-PRTR data reporting Data reporting by Member States according to Article 7 of Regulation 166/2006/EC covering data reported by operators to the Member States according to Article 5.1 (releases to air, water and land; off-side transfers of waste; and off-side transfers of pollutants in waste water) and 5.2 (information on releases and transfers resulting as totals of all deliberate, accidental, routine and non-routine activities). For all facilities which undertake one or more of the activities specified in Annex I above the applicable capacity thresholds, the reporting covers: (a) releases to air, water and land of any pollutant specified in Annex II for which the applicable threshold value specified in Annex II is exceeded; (b) off-site transfers of hazardous waste exceeding 2 tonnes per year or of non hazardous waste exceeding 2000 tonnes per year, for any operations of recovery or disposal with the exception of the disposal operations of land treatment and deep injection referred to in Article 6, indicating with "R" or "D" respectively whether the waste is destined for recovery or disposal and, for transboundary movements of hazardous waste, the name and address of the recoverer or the disposer of the waste and the actual recovery or disposal site; (c) off-site transfers of any pollutant specified in Annex II in waste water destined for waste-water treatment for which the threshold value specified in Annex II, column 1b is exceeded. The information shall include information on releases and transfers resulting as totals of all deliberate, accidental, routine and non-routine activities.	12 months	2013-03-31
632	Water emission quality (WISE-1) Data on emissions are collected annually through the WISE-SoE Reporting process. Following the test data request in 2008, data on emissions to water are requested as regular data flow from 2009 onwards. The data requested on emissions include emissions of nutrients, organic matter and hazardous substances from a range of both point and diffuse sources. This reporting obligation is an EIONET non-Priority Data flow.	12 months	2012-10-31
387	UWWT Directive - Article 16 - Situation report EC Water Reporting Obligation Every two years relevant authorities or bodies shall publish situation reports on the disposal of urban waste water and sludge in their areas.	24 months
14	Marine Data (ME-1) Data on transitional, coastal and marine waters are collected annually through the WISE-SoE data collection process. WISE SoE was previously known as EUROWATERNET (EWN) and EIONET-Water. The data requested on transitional, coastal and marine waters include the physical characteristics of the transitional, coastal and marine water monitoring and flux stations, proxy pressures on the upstream catchment, basin and River Basin District associated with transitional and coastal waters, chemical quality data on nutrients in seawater and hazardous substances in biota, sediment and seawater, as well as data on direct discharges and riverine input loads.	12 months	2012-10-31
521	WFD River Basin Management Plan including programme of measures EC Water Reporting Obligation	72 months	2015-12-22
28	River quality (EWN-1) Data on rivers are collected annually through the WISE-SoE data collection process. WISE SoE was previously known as EUROWATERNET (EWN) and EIONET-Water. The data requested on rivers include the physical characteristics of the river monitoring stations, proxy pressures on the upstream catchment areas, as well as chemical quality data on nutrients and organic matter, and hazardous substances in rivers.	12 months	2012-10-31
613	UWWT Directive - Article 15 - implementation EC Water Reporting Obligation Under article 15(4), discharges from urban waste water treatment plants have to be monitored to verify compliance with the emission control standards. Member States and Commission have jointly developed technical specifications for such reporting within WISE (Water Reporting System for Europe).	24 months	2013-12-31
21	Bathing Water Directive 76/160/EEC Report EC Water Reporting Obligation under Standardised Reporting Directive	12 months	2012-12-31
531	Bathing Water Directive 2006/7/EC Report - Monitoring and classification Member States shall provide the Commission with the results of the monitoring and with the bathing water quality assessment for each bathing water, as well as with a description of significant management measures taken.	12 months	2012-12-31
645	Inland waters Joint Questionnaire OECD/Eurostat	24 months	2012-10-15
29	Lake quality (EWN-2) Data on lakes are collected annually through the WISE-SoE data collection process. WISE SoE was previously known as EUROWATERNET (EWN) and EIONET-Water. The data requested on lakes include the physical characteristics of the lake monitoring stations, proxy pressures on the upstream catchment areas, as well as chemical quality data on nutrients and organic matter, and hazardous substances in lakes.	12 months	2012-10-31
516	WFD transposition in national legislation EC Water Reporting Obligation	One time only	2003-12-22
130	EPER data reporting (TERMINATED) The EPER decision (and the register) has become obsolete following the creation of the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR. See the E-PRTR reporting obligation http://rod.eionet.europa.eu/obligations/538	One time only	2010-03-01