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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

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Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the activity of the European Environment Agency in the UK in the last 12 months; and if she will list the publications and newsletters published by the Agency over that period. [215273] Mr. Morley: The European Environment Agency (EEA) does not operate directly within its member countries. Most of its work is carried out through contractual arrangements with national organisations. The EEA coordinates this activity within the UK and elsewhere mainly through the European environment information and observation network (Eionet), which is a partnership network of over 900 experts and over 300 organisations in 37 countries. Additionally, the EEA has established five European topic centres to support data collection, management and analysis. One of these (for water) is a consortium of institutions headed by WRc PLC, based in the UK. The EEA is responsible for developing the network and coordinating its activities. The UK network within Eionet consists of nine main institutions either contracted to carry out work for the EEA or supplying expertise and data to fulfil national reporting obligations. Coordination of the national network within the UK and liaison with the EEA is done by the National Focal Point (NFP) based in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who also supply the UK representative on the EEA Management Board. The UK NFP also produces a twice yearly newsletter to keep contacts and other interested stakeholders up to date on EEA activities. In 2004 the EEA published 23 reports, technical reports and briefings on environmental topics in paper form, listed in Table 1. In addition the Agency published a brochure `Eionet connects', detailing the workings of the network. The EEA makes these reports and many other documents available on its website, including its Annual Reports and Annual Management Plans. Table 1: EEA Publications January 2004 to January 2005 inclusive _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Report Publication Date Type Annual European Community CLRTAP emission 05 January 2005 Technical report No. 6/2004 inventory 1990-2002 Analysis of Greenhouse gas emission trends 21 December 2004 Technical report No. 7/2004 and projections in Europe 2004-- Draft Greenhouse gas emission trends and 21 December 2004 EEA Report No. 5 / projections in Europe 2004 2004 Air pollution and climate change policies in 16 November 2004 Technical report No. 5/2004 Europe: exploring linkages and the added value of an integrated approach EEA Briefing 4 -2004-- Transport biofuels: 10 November 2004 Briefing No. 4/2004 exploring links with the energy and agriculture sectors Analysis of greenhouse gas emission trends 26 October 2004 Technical report No. 4/2004 and projections in Europe 2003 EEA Briefing 3 -2004-- Transport and 19 October 2004 Briefing No. 3/2004 environment in Europe 10 key transport and environment issues for 19 October 2004 EEA Report No. 3/ policy- makers 2004 Transport price signals 20 September 2004 Technical report No. 3/2004 Impacts of Europe's changing climate 18 August 2004 EEA Report No. 2/ 2004 Annual European Community greenhouse gas 14 July 2004 Technical report No. 2/2004 inventory 1990-2002 and inventory report 2004 EEA Briefing 2 -2004-- Energy subsidies and 04 July 2004 Briefing No. 2/2004 renewables Energy subsidies in the European Union: A 03 June 2004 Technical report No.1/2004 brief overview EEA Signals 2004 01 June 2004 An inventory of biodiversity indicators in 12 May 2004 Technical report No 92 Europe, 2002 High nature value farmland-- 29 April 2004 EEA report No. 1/ Characteristics, trends and policy 2004 challenges Agriculture and the environment in the EU 28 April 2004 Environmental issue report No. 37 accession countries-- Implications of applying the EU common agricultural policy Exploring the ancillary benefits of the 13 April 2004 Technical report No. 93 Kyoto Protocol for air pollution in Europe Air pollution in Europe 1990-2000 31 March 2004 Topic report No. 4 / 2003 Mapping the impacts of recent natural 23 March 2004 Environmental issue report No. 35 disasters and technological accidents in Europe Arctic environment: European perspectives 15 March 2004 Environmental issue report No. 38/ 2003 EEA Briefing 1/2004--Halting the loss of 09 February 2004 Briefing No. 1/2004 biodiversity in Europe EMEP/CORINAIR Emission Inventory 19 January 2004 Technical report No. 30 Guidebook--Third edition, October 2003 update _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Reports are available from the EEA Website: http:// reports.eea.eu.int/index table?sort=Published

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

430 c1658-60W; 215273

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Publications European Environment Agency

Contains statistics

Yes

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