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EIONET questionnaire on national contaminated sites

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Prod-ID: DAT-293-en

Created 02 Dec 2022 Published 02 Dec 2022 Last modified 02 Dec 2022

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Topics: Land use Soil

This is the result of the 2016 questionnaire commissioned by the Eionet Thematic Group Soil, EEA and the European Commission Joint Research Centre, for the revision of the Indicator "Progress in the management of contaminated site in Europe". The 2016 results have been quality-controlled and corrected in 2022, serving as the basis for this indicator update. The Eionet Thematic Group Soil (formerly National Reference Centres Soil) consists of experts from EU Member States as well as EFTA countries, and EU candidate and potential candidate countries (EEA-38).

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Result of EIONET questionnaire (Microsoft Excel (Office 2010))
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Rights:

EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).

Methodology:

Raw data extracted from countries’ questionnaires

Density of registered sites per km² of artificial surface in countries’ inventories calculated as: [Number of registered sites (site status 1)]/[artificial surface (km²)]

Status of completed risk-reduction measures calculated as: [Number of remediated sites (site statuses 6 and 3)]/[Number of registered sites where polluting activities took/are taking place]*100

Trends of the progress in the management of contaminated sites calculated as: the difference between the number of sites for each management step in 2016 and the same number reported at the baseline (data from the period 2001-2005). A negative number does not always mean a reduction, but changes in the criteria.

Units:

The number of sites in each management step of contaminated sites (site status), as reported by Eionet member countries through a questionnaire in 2016; the original values were updated and corrected in 2022.

Data sources

Status of local soil contamination in Europe

Owners:

European Environment Agency (EEA)

Processors:

Joint Research Centre (JRC)

Additional information

The key purpose of the source report is to provide factual data on the management of contaminated sites in Europe, necessary in the context of various national and EU-wide strategies and policies (e.g., the EU's Environment Action Programmes), based on replies to a questionnaire on a voluntary basis. It also aims to increase awareness on local soil contamination and to identify knowledge gaps with the aim to enable effective decision and policymaking within the European Union and its neighbours.

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