The Department of Ecology has opened November 15 for a month, a public consultation on the draft report on the implementation by France of the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTR), also known as the Kiev Protocol. For the first time, the ministry said, the application of this protocol must be reported implementation of the French authorities, which will be awarded in late 2013 to the secretariat of the Protocol. It describes the measures taken by the French government to reduce pollution and to increase transparency on the subject.
Adopted in 2003 under the Aarhus Convention , to promote public access to information on the environment, to facilitate public participation and help prevent the PRTR Protocol "aims and reducing pollution. " It has led to the development of online France Irep website , which provides data on nearly 15,000 7,200 industrial or sewage farms and 1,200 stations, the report said.
Sophie Fabrégat
