Notice on the European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER) Official Journal C 055 , 03/03/2004 P. 0006 - 0006 Notice on the European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER) (2004/C 55/04) EPER, the European Pollutant Emission Register, was launched on 23 February 2004 by the European Commission together with the European Environment Agency in Copenhagen. EPER is based on Commission Decision 2000/479/EC of 17 July 2000(1) on the implementation of a European pollutant emission register (EPER) according to Article 15 of Council Directive 96/61/EC concerning integrated pollution and control (IPPC). EPER is the first Europe-wide register of emissions from industries into air and water.
It covers detailed information on 50 pollutants from around 10000 large industrial facilities in the EU and Norway. EPER is publicly accessible on the internet (www.eper.cec.eu.int). (1) OJ L 192, 28.7.2000, p. 36.