1. Division on Air Pollution Control and NIR The implementation of the Gothenburg Protocol in Switzerland Richard Ballaman Head of the Air Pollution Management Section by Federal Office for the Environment Chairman of the Working Group on Strategies and Review

2. Agenda • The Gothenburg Protocol is the first effect-oriented internationally binding agreement under implementation • Monitoring progress on emission and air quality levels • Expectations beyond 2010 within the amended Protocol adopted on 4 May 2012

3. Air pollution on local, regional and long-range scale Sources Pollutants Effects Receptors Water quality (sources) Energy SO2 Acidification Lakes / rivers Agriculture NH3 Eutrophisation Ecosystems (forest, soils) NO2 Industry O3 Growth, Crops / Yield agriculture VOC Transports Human health Human beings PM

4. The 1999 Protocol on reduction of Acidification, Eutrophisation and ground-level Ozone • Not only emission targets but also establish the way to achieve the national emission ceilings; • 6 technical annexes containing emission limit values for stationary sources, fuels and mobile sources, as well as agricultural sources; • Monitoring requirements on emissions levels, but also on air pollutants concentrations (EMEP); • In CH the Air Pollution Control Ordinance of 1986 contained ELVs similar to the ELVs of the GP

5. Emissions trends 1990- 2010 in Switzerland National emission ceilings

6. Air quality monitored in Swiss national network (NABEL) including EMEP stations Payerne and Rigi

7. Comparison of national air emissions inventory with measured concentrations trends from 1991 to 2011 Ambient concentrations trends as mean of 14 NABEL stations (100% in 2000) National emission inventory trends

8. Amended Gothenburg Protocol adopted on 4 May 2012 • New emission reduction commitments for 2020 and beyond versus 2005 as reference year; • Emissions reduction commitments on PM including BC; • Updated ELVs in 8 technical annexes; • Adjustement procedure for 2010 and 2020. • Stronger monitoring requirements on emissions incl. IIR; air pollutant concentations and effects.

10. Conclusions • Review level 3 and IIR to document the emissions inventories crucial to check the data quality and the compliance of emission inventories with ceilings. • Air quality monitoring can be applied to verify the emission long-term trends but not the absolute figures • EMEP / GAW network and the national networks are complementary monitoring activities to further document the emissions inventories.

11. Thank you to the EMIS team CHfor their excellent work • Beat Müller (Head of the Section Industry and Combustion) • Sophie Hoehn • Sabine Schenker • Simon Liechti • Rainer Kegel • Jürg Dauwalder • Jiri Mika