Releases from Diffuse Sources - Approach

The E-PRTR Regulation (Article 8) requires the Commission, assisted by the European Environment Agency, to include in the E-PRTR information on releases from diffuse sources, where such information exists and has already been reported by Member States.

Diffuse sources refers to the many smaller or scattered sources from which pollutants may be released to land, air or water, whose combined impact on those media may be significant and for which it is impractical to collect reports from each individual source.

The E-PRTR register includes data on diffuse emissions to air and into water in the format of map layers.