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Copenhagen, 23 February 2004
European Commission and EEA launch first Europe-wide industrial pollution register
Today the European Commission and the European Environment Agency launched the European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER), the first Europe-wide register of industrial emissions into air and water. The launch event took place at the EEA in Copenhagen (see below for more details).
EPER, which is hosted by the EEA, makes detailed information on pollution from around 10,000 large industrial facilities in the EU and Norway publicly accessible on the internet for the first time.
The public register enables European citizens to exercise their 'right to know', allowing them, for example, to see how much pollution large industries in their neighbourhoods generate and to compare this with the situation in other parts of Europe. Companies can measure themselves against their competitors. For their part, scientists, insurance companies, local authorities and policy makers now have a solid database to help them choose the most effective solutions for reducing industrial pollution.
Press release
Video presentation
A 8-min. video called "EPER - Engine for Change" is available free of charge
at http://www.tvlink.org/env/en/video/frame.htm.
EPER launch event
Further information
For public enquiries:
EEA Information
Centre
E-mail: information.centre@eea.eu.int
For media enquiries:
Tony Carritt
EEA Media Relations Manager
Direct tel. (45) 33 36 71 47
Mobile : (45) 23 68 36 69
E-mail : tony.carritt@eea.eu.int
For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/20040216114923 or scan the QR code.
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