Annex 1

Page Last modified 20 Apr 2016

20 min read

Menu

Selection Criteria for the Catalogue of Data Sources

Known reporting activities

2/20/98	Annex I to Report on Seletion Criteria for the ETC/CDS metadatabase, Table 1	Ebbe Kvist
Classification	Series of data	Aggregation	Reference	Notes	Freq	5AP	Dob+3	Score
Sectors and themes
Industry
	CO2, CO, NH3, NMVOC, SO2, NOx, N2O, CH4, Me, POP	LPS, NUTS3	ETC/AEM	CORINAIR	1:1 years	y		5
	Emiss inventory, SOx, NOx, NMVOC, CH4, CO, CO2, NH4, heavy Me, POP	LPS, Country/ 50*50 km squares	UN/ECE/ LRTAP/EMEP		1:1 years ?	y		4
	PM, abatement	Baltic catchm	HELCOM			y		3
	Cd, Hg, dioxines, chlorinated substances, (emis. of) abatement	Baltic catchm	HELCOM	Iron & steel ind.	1:3 years	y		4
	pesticides (production, blending, emission of)	Baltic catchm	HELCOM		1:3 years	y		4
	PM, NOx, Pb, As, Sb, F (emis. of) abatement	Baltic catchm	HELCOM	glass ind	1:3 years	y		4
	NOx, S, abatment (emis. of)	Baltic catchm	HELCOM	pulp & paper ind.	1:3 years	y		3
	VOC (emis.of)	Baltic catchm	HELCOM	plating ind	1:3 years	y		4
	Cl, VOC (emis. of) abatement	Baltic catchm	HELCOM	textile ind.	1:3 years	y		4
	PM, F, NOx, Cl-compounds (emis. of) abatement	Baltic catchm	HELCOM	Fertilizer ind.	1:3 years from 2003 onwards	y		4
Energy
	CO2, CO, NH3, NMVOC, SO2, NOx, N2O, CH4, Me, POP	LPS, NUTS3	ETC/AEM	CORINAIR	1:1 years	y		5
	Emissions	Country	88/609/EEG			y		5
	SOE Indicator data energy consumption	Country	OECD		1:2 yeras	y		3
	Emiss inventory, SOx, NOx, NMVOC, CH4, CO, CO2, NH4, heavy Me, POP	LPS, Country/ 50*50 km squares	UN/ECE/ LRTAP/EMEP		1:1 years ?	y		4
	HCl, Hg, dioxines, CO, Me (emiss of)	Baltic catchm	HELCOM	Waste burning	1:3 years	y		4
	Energy consumption, trends and by sectors in Mtoe	Country	EUROSTAT/OECD(IEA)	Indicator 2.10, 2.11 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	4
	Primary total energy supply, trends and by sources in Mtoe	Country	EUROSTAT/OECD(IEA)	Indicator 2.12, 2.13 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	4
	Energy prices	Global	OECD(IEA)	Indicator 2.14 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	4
	Energy intensety, energy per unit of GDP	Country	OECD(IEA)/Eurostat/World Bank	Indicator 2.15 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	4
Transport
	CO2, CO, NH3, NMVOC, SO2, NOx, N2O, CH4, Me, POP	LPS, NUTS3	ETC/AEM	CORINAIR	1:1 years	y		5
	SOE Indicator data, transports	Country	OECD		1:2 yeras	y		3
	Emiss inventory, SOx, NOx, NMVOC, CH4, CO, CO2, NH4, heavy Me, POP	LPS, Country/ 50*50 km squares	UN/ECE/ LRTAP/EMEP		1:1 years ?	y		4
	Passenger Road transport	Country	EUROSTAT	Indicator 4.14 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	4
	Passenger transport by means	Country	EUROSTAT	Indicator 4.14 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	4
	Freight Road transport	Country	EUROSTAT	Indicator 4.14 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	4
	Freight transport by means	Country	EUROSTAT	Indicator 4.14 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	4
	Passenger cars	Country	EUROSTAT	Indicator 4.15 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	4
	Road density, km/km2	Country	EUROSTAT	Indicator 4.16, 8.14 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	4
	Fuel prices for road transport veichels	Country	EUROSTAT	Indicator 4.17 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	4
	Fuel consumption for road transport veichels	Country	EUROSTAT	Indicator 4.18 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	4
	Number of cars equipped with catalytic converters	Country	EEA	Indicator 5.08 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	4
Agriculture
	CO2, CO, NH3, NMVOC, SO2, NOx, N2O, CH4, Me, POP	LPS, NUTS3	ETC/AEM	CORINAIR	1:1 years	y		5
	SOE Indicator data, crops	Country	OECD		1:2 yeras	y		3
	Use of fertilisers	Country	EUROSTAT	Indicator 8.12 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	4
	Use of pesticides	Country	EUROSTAT	Indicator 8.13, 9.13 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	4
	Sales and apparent consumption of pesticides, tonnes	Country	FAO ECPA	Indicator 9.13 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	4
	Water abstraction	Country	ETC/IW EUROSTAT	Indicator 8.13, 9.01 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	5
	Irrigated land % of total areas	Country	ETC/IW	Indicator 9.02 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	5
	Damage of O3 on crops	spec prgm	UN/ECE/LRTAP-ICP crops		1:1 years	y		3
	Emiss inventory, SOx, NOx, NMVOC, CH4, CO, CO2, NH4, heavy Me, POP	LPS, Country/ 50*50 km squares	UN/ECE/ LRTAP/EMEP		1:1 years ?	y		4
Fishery
	Aquaculture production in tonnes and nbr of farms	Closed European Seas	ETC/MC, FAO, ICES	Indicator 10.05 Dob3	1:5 years		y	5
	Fish catch by species and area	Country and marine areas	ETC/MC, FAO, ICES	Indicator 10.06 Dob3	1:1 years		y	5
	Fishing techniques, nbr of vessels	Country	ETC/MC, FAO, ICES	Indicator 10.07 Dob3	1:1 years		y	5
Tourism
Climate Change
	CO2 Emissions and sinks	Country	92/72/EEG		1:1 years	y		5
	SOE Indicator data, GHG	Country	OECD		1:2 yeras	y		3
	Carbon storage, CO2, CO, CH4, NMVOC, N2O, NOx, HFC, FC, SF6	sectors according to IPCC	FCCC/IPCC		1:1 years	y		4
	CO2 conc and PM in Svalbard in air and precipitation		WMO			y		3
	Trend in European/global mean temperature	Europe	WMO	Indicator 2.01 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	4
	Extent of sea ice	Europe	Norwegian Polar Inst	Indicator 2.03 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	4
	CO2, CH4, N20 conc in atmosphere	Global	CDIAC, NOAA/CDML	Indicator 2.04 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	4
	CO2 (emiss of)	Country	ETC/AEM	Indicator 2.05 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	5
	CO2, CH4, N2O, GWP (emiss of) by sector	Country	ETC/AEM	Indicator 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	5
Acidification
	deposition SO4, NO3, NH4, Cl, Ca, Mg, K, conduct., pH, SO2, NO2, soot, O3, NO3-tot, NH4-tot,NOx, VOC	a nbr of stations and precipitation	UN7ECE/LRTAP/ EMEP			y		4
	SO2 (emiss of)	Country	ETC/AEM	Indicator 4.01 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	5
	SO2 (emiss of) by sectors	Country	ETC/AEM	Indicator 4.02 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	5
	NOx (emiss of)	Country	ETC/AEM	Indicator 4.03 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	5
	NOx (emiss of) by sectors	Country	ETC/AEM	Indicator 4.04 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	5
	NH3 (emiss of)	Country	ETC/AEM	Indicator 4.05 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	5
	NH3 (emiss of) by sectors	Country	ETC/AEM	Indicator 4.06 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	5
	Impacts on materials	Selected sites	ETC/AQ	Indicator 4.08 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	5
	Forest damage % trees (four species) that are damaged	Country	EEA	Indicator 4.09 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	5
	Lake acidification	Areas in Europe	ETC/IW - NIVA	Indicator 4.10 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	5
	Critical Load exceedence	Areas in Europe	ETC/AQ UNECE/CCE	Indicator 4.11 Dob3	1995	y	y	5
	ox S, ox N and red N (Deposition. of)	Areas in Europe	ETC/AQ EMEP/MSC West	Indicator 4.12 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	5
	pH, SO4, NO3 (conc in precipitation)	?	ETC/AQ NILU	Indicator 4.13 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	5
Chemicals
	Heavy Me and POP and toxoc chem in reindeer	selected stations	AMAP					4
	Hevy Me and POP and toxoc chem in fish	selected stations	AMAP					4
	Heavy Me (emis of)	Europe	UN/ECE HELCOM OSPARCOM	Indicator 6.02 Dob3	1:4 years		y	5
	PCB's (emis of)	Europe	ETC/AEM EMEP/CCC	Indicator 6.03 Dob3			y	4
Radiation
	Radon concentrations in homes	Country	EEA	Indicator 6.07 Dob3			y	4
Stratospheric Ozone Depletion
	monitoring of strat. O3	selection of stations	WODC		contin			3
	Stratosph O3 levels	Global/selection of stations	ETC/AQ	Indicator 3.01 Dob3	1:1 years		y	5
	Atmospheric conc of CFC's	Global	ETC/AQ NOAA	Indicator 3.02 Dob3	1:1 years		y	5
	UV-radiation	Europe	ETC/AQ	Indicator 3.03 Dob3	1:1 years		y	5
	Production of CFC's	Europe	ETC/AEM	Indicator 3.04 Dob3	1:1 years		y	5
	Sales of CFC's	Europe	ETC/AEM	Indicator 3.04 Dob3	1:1 years		y	5
	Production of HCFC's	Europe	ETC/AEM	Indicator 3.05 Dob3	1:1 years		y	5
	Sales of HCFC's	Europe	ETC/AEM	Indicator 3.05 Dob3	1:1 years		y	5
	Production of halons	Europe	ETC/AEM	Indicator 3.06 Dob3	1:1 years		y	5
	Sales of halons	Europe	ETC/AEM	Indicator 3.06 Dob3	1:1 years		y	5
	Production of methyl chloroform	Europe	ETC/AEM	Indicator 3.07 Dob3	1:1 years		y	5
	Sales of methyl chloroform	Europe	ETC/AEM	Indicator 3.07 Dob3	1:1 years		y	5
	Production of CCl4	Europe	ETC/AEM	Indicator 3.08 Dob3	1:1 years		y	5
	Sales of CCl4	Europe	ETC/AEM	Indicator 3.08 Dob3	1:1 years		y	5
	Production of Methyl Bromide	Europe	ETC/AEM	Indicator 3.09 Dob3	1:1 years		y	5
	Sales of Methyl Bromide	Europe	ETC/AEM	Indicator 3.09 Dob3	1:1 years		y	5
Air Quality
	Air Q Data	Country?	82/459/EEG	New Dir 97		y		5
	Pb	big cities	82/884/EEG			y		5
	SO2	big cities	80/779/EEG // 89/427/EEG			y		5
	NO2	big cities	85/203/EEG			y		5
	O3, NOx nbr of exceedence episodes	Country	92/72/EEG			y		5
	Air Q data C6H6, CO, Cd, As, Ni, Hg, PAH	cities>250000	96/82/EEG			y		5
	SO2, NO2, PM, O3, C6H6, CO, Cd, As, Ni, Hg, PAH	cities>250000	96/62/EEG			y		5
	Hg (emis. of)	Baltic catchm	HELCOM	chloro alkali ind	1:3 years	y		4
	Hg (emis. of)	Katteg/Skager catchm	OSPAR	chloro alkali ind	1:1 years	y		4
	Pb (emis. of)	Country	ETC/AEM	Indicator 12.17 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	4
	deposition Heavy Me	not yet known	UN/ECE/LRTAP/EMEP	HM protocoll		y		4
	deposition POP	not yet known	UN/ECE/LRTAP/EMEP	POP protocoll		y		3
	wet deposition: NO3, NH4, SO4, Cl, Na, K, Ca, Mg, Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn, Cr, Ni, As, POP; conc: NO2, NH3+NH4, HNO3+NO3,	selected stations	HELCOM		1:1 years	y		3
	NO3, NH4, Cd, Hg, As, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn, a-HCH, g-HCH, HCB, DDE, TDE, DDT, aldrine, dieldrine, endrine, PAH, PCBs, heptachlor (wet depos. of)	selected stations	OSPAR		1:1 years	y		3
	Hg-tot, Cd, a-HCH, g-HCH, HNO3-N, NO3-N, NO-N, NH3-N, NH4-N, NO2	Kattegat & Skagerack	OSPAR		1:1 years	y		4
	Summer smog episodes, population exposure	Country	ETC/AQ	Indicator 5.01 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	5
	Exceedence of O3 treshhold at ground level, maps	Europe	ETC/AQ EMEP	Indicator 5.02 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	5
	VOC (emiss of)	Country	ETC/AEM	Indicator 5.04 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	5
	VOC (emiss of) by sector	Country	ETC/AEM	Indicator 5.05 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	5
	CO (emiss of)	Country	ETC/AEM	Indicator 5.06 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	5
	CO (emiss of) by sector	Country	ETC/AEM	Indicator 5.07 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	5
	Particulates (emiss of)	Country	ETC/AQ	Indicator 12.15 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	5
	CO (emiss of), by sector	Country	ETC/AEM	Indicator 12.16 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	5
Water Resources
	SOE Indicator data, waters	selected rivers and lakes	OECD		1:2 yeras	y		3
	River quality, BOD, COD, P, NO3, etc	Large River Catchments	ETC/IW	Indicator 9.04, 9.05, 9.06 Dob3	intermittent	y	y	4
	Water abstraction m3	Country	Eurostat ETC/IW	Indicator 9.01 Dob3	1:5 years	y	y	5
	COD, BOD, N-tot, oil, sulphide, phenols, Ar (discharge of)	Baltic catchm	HELCOM	refineries	1:2 yeras	y		4
	COD, BOD, N-tot, oil, sulphide, phenols, (discharge of)	Katteg/Skager catchm	OSPAR	refineries	1:3 yeras	y		4
	Ground Water Supervision	Country	80/68/EEG			y		5
	Hg (discharge of)	Country	82/176/EEG	Chloro Alkali Ind.		y		5
	Hg (discharge of)	Baltic catchm	HELCOM	chloro alkali ind	1:3 years	y		4
	Hg (discharge of), production and waste	Katteg/Skager catchm	OSPAR	chloro alkali ind	1:1 years	y		4
	Bacteria, Algae, Colour, Oil, Detergents, Phenol, Visibility	Municipality	76/160/EEG	Bathing Water Dir.		y		5
	Cd (discharge of)	Country	83/513/EEG			y		5
	Cd (production, discharge, usage of)	Baltic catchm	HELCOM	point sources	1:3 years	y		4
	Hg (discharge of)	Country	84/156/EEG	Non Chloro Alkali		y		5
	pesticides (production, blending, discharge of)	Baltic catchm	HELCOM		1:3 years	y		4
	Pb, As, Sb, F (discharge of) abatement	Baltic catchm	HELCOM	glass ind	1:3 years	y		4
	C6H6Cl6 (discharge of)	Country	84/491/EEG			y		5
	Concentrations Haz Substances (discharge of)	Country	86/464/EEG			y		5
	Sewage Effluents	Country	91/271/EEG		1:2 years	y		5
	Sewage EffluentsŽŽ determinands	Baltic catchm	HELCOM		1:5 years	y		3
	Radionucleides from nuclear power plants	Baltic	HELCOM		1:1 years	y		3
	Riverine load of chemicals into seas	Seas	ETC/IW ETC/MC HELCOM OSPARCOM North Sea Task Force Medpol MAP	Indicator 9.08 Dob3	1:5 years	y	y	5
	NO3 Surface & Ground Waters	Country	91/676/EEG		1:1 years	y		5
	Water Q 18 determinands		77/795/EEG			y		5
	Org+Me+Nutrients (discharge of)	Catchm Areas	"IPPC"	new 1997		y		5
	a nbr of determinands	selection lakes and rivers	UN/ECE/LRTAP/ICP waters		1:1 years	y		4
	Integrated Monitoring mosses, lichens, water chem	selection unaffected catchm areas	UN/ECE/LRTAP/ICP -EDC			y		4
	new wetland areas, legislation (change of)	Country	RAMSAR convention		1:3 years	y		3
	water chem determinands	selection rivers and lakes	UNEP/GEMS		1:1 years	y		3
	Hg, Cd, Cd, Cu, Zn, nutrients, organics	river mouths	HELCOM		1:3 years	y		4
	Hg, Cd, Cd, Cu, Zn, nutrients, organics, AOX, Ni, Cr, TOC	point sources	HELCOM		1:3 years	y		4
	BOD, COD, Hg, Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, Cr6+, Zn, tox	Baltic catchm	HELCOM	chem ind.	1:3 years	y		4
	Zn, Cr, Cd, Cu, Ni (discharge of)	Baltic catchm	HELCOM	plating ind	1:3 years	y		4
	Cr, COD, N-tot (discharge of)	Baltic catchm	HELCOM	leather ind	1:3 years	y		4
	Me (discharge of)	Baltic catchm	HELCOM	Waste burning	1:3 years	y		4
	Sewage treatment plants nbr with N-purification	Baltic catchm	HELCOM	Sewage treatm	1:3 years	y		3
	% of population connected to different types of waste water treatment plants	Country	ETC/IW EUROSTAT	Indicator 9.14 Dob3	1:5 years	y	y	5
	COD, AOX, P-tot, tox.tests (discharge. of) treatment	Baltic catchm	HELCOM	textile ind.	1:3 years	y		4
	susp sol, oil. Pb, Zn (discharge of) treatment	Baltic catchm	HELCOM	Iron & Steel ind	1:3 years from 2000 onwards	y		4
	NH4-N, N-tot, COD, phenol, CN, PAH	Baltic catchm	HELCOM	Iron & Steel ind	1:3 years from 2003 onwards	y		4
	Cd, Hg, Zn, P-tot, PO4-P, F (discharge of) abatement	Baltic catchm	HELCOM	Fertilizer ind.	1:3 years from 2003 onwards	y		4
	COD, AOX, P-tot, N-tot (discharge of) abatement	Baltic catchm	HELCOM	Pulp ind.	1:3 years from 2003 onwards	y		3
	COD, BOD, NH4-N, P-tot (discharge of) abatement	Baltic catchm	HELCOM	Food ind.	1:3 years from 2000 onwards	y		3
	P-tot, N-tot (discharge of)	Katteg/Skager catchm	OSPAR	Pressure from sectors		y		3
	N and P source apportionment for discharge	Large river catchm areas	ETC/IW	Indicator 9.07 Dob3	Intermittent	y	y	4
	Eutrophication of lakes, P-tot, Chl A, Transparency, maps	Selected lakes	ETC/IW	Indicator 9.09 Dob3	1:5 years	y	y	5
	Groundwater NO3, pesticides Which?	Country	ETC/IW	Indicator 9.10, 9.11 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	5
Marine Environment
	temp, salin, pH, alkal, O2, H2S, PO4, P-tot, NH4, NO3, NO2, SiO2, N-tot	Baltic	HELCOM					3
	Hg, Pb, Cd, in herring, cod etc.	Baltic	HELCOM		1:1 years			4
	hydrography, phyto & zoo plankton, bentofauna	Baltic	HELCOM		1:1 years			3
	dredging and dumping, heavy Me	Baltic	HELCOM		1:1 years			4
	aqua culture, fish breeding, nutrients	Baltic	HELCOM		1:3 years			3
	Hg, Cd, Pb, Cu, Zn, susp sol., HCH, PCBs, HCs organohalog	???????Katteg & Skag	OSPAR	pressures from point sources and rivers	1:1 years			4
	Hg, Cd, Cu, Zn, HCH, HCB, PAH, dieldrine, Cr, As, Ni, chlordane, TBT, organo-Hg, ????	Katteg & Skag	OSPAR		1:1 years			4
	Hg, Pb, Cu, Zn, Cd, PCB (contents in fish and crustacea)	Katteg & Skag	OSPAR		1:1 years			4
	Hg, Pb, Cu, Zn, Cd, PCB, g-HCH (contents in sediments)	Katteg & Skag	OSPAR		1:1 years			4
	DDE, DDD, DDT, PCB, HCH, HC in biota in some chlordane, dieldrine	Baltic	HELCOM		1:1 years			4
	Radionucleids (discharge of)	Katteg/Skager	OSPAR		1:4 years			3
	nonylphenolethoxylates	Katteg/Skager	OSPAR	pressure from sectors	1:3 years			4
	P-tot, N-tot, AOX, chlor subst (discharge of) abatement	Katteg/Skager	OSPAR	pulp ind	1:3 years			4
Forests
	State of forests	Net / Country	R 3528/86		Contin.			5
	SOE Indicator data on forests	Country	OECD		1:2 yeras			3
	inventories needle losses	spec prgm	UN/ECE/LRTAP/ICP forest					3
	forest ecosystems	Country	WCMC					3
Nature and Bio-diversity
	Birds populations	Country	79/409/EEG			y		5
	Habitats exclusions	Country	92/43/EEG		1:2 years	y		5
	Threatened species, protected areas	Country	ETC/NC	CORINE BIOTOPES	(1:5 years)	y		4
	SOE Indicator data, flora & fauna	Country	OECD		1:2 yeras	y		3
	threatened species, flora & fauna & hunting	Country	UN/ECE		intermittent	y		3
	exception from the convention	county	BERN convention		1:2 years	y		3
	protection of migratory species	country	BONN convention		irregular	y		3
	Effecitveness of conservation activities	Country	UNEP/CDB convention			y		3
	Habitat Types, map	Country	ETC/LC	CORINE BIOTOPES, CORINE Landcover, Indicator 8.02 Dob3	?	y	y	4
	Ecological regions, map	Country	ETC/NC	CORINE BIOTOPES, CORINE Landcover, Indicator 8.01 Dob3	?	y	y	4
	Threatened or endagered species, % and numbers	Country	ETC/NC, WCMC, IUCN	Indicator 8.03 Dob3	?	y	y	5
	State and trends of selected species	Country	ETC/NC, WCMC, IUCN	Indicator 8.04, 8.05, 8.06 Dob3	?	y	y	5
	Status of protected areas and habitats per type	Europe	ETC/NC, WCMC	Indicator 8.07 Dob3	?	y	y	5
	Map of naturalness	Europe	ETC/LC, CORINE Land Cover	Indicator 8.16 Dob3	?	y	y	4
	Forest Fires, number and area and map	Country	FAO/UNECE, EFI	Indicator 8:17 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	4
	International trade in endangered species,	Europe	ETC/NC, CITES	Indicator 8:.18 Dob3	?	y	y	4
	Major protected areas, number and km2	Country	ETC/NC, WCMC	Indicator 8.19 Dob3	1:13 years	y	y	4
	Internationally protected species in Europe, % of group	Europe	ETC/NC, CEC, WCMC	Indicator 8.20 Dob3	intermittent	y	y	5
	International conventions, ratifications	Europe	ETC/NC, UN/ECE	Indicator 8.21 Dob3	intermittent	y		4
Urban Environment
	Area with built-up land	Country	EUROSTAT	Indicator 8:15 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	4
	Annual average concentration of NO2, exceedence of AQG:s	Large Cities	ETC/AQ	Indicator 12.10 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	4
	Annual average concentration of SO2, exceedence of AQG:s	Large Cities	ETC/AQ	Indicator 12.09 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	4
	Annual average concentration of Pb	Large Cities	ETC/AQ	Indicator 12.11 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	5
	Annual average concentration of C6H6	Large Cities	ETC/AQ	Indicator 12.12 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	5
	Winter smog episodes, number of and potential of, map	Large Cities	ETC/AQ	Indicator 12.13, 12.14 Dob3	Intermittent	y	y	4
	Particulate matter, ambient air Qual.	Large Cities	ETC/AQ	Indicator 12.18 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	4
	Number of people affected by health effects from exceedances, map	Large Cities	ETC/AQ, WHO	Indicator 12.19 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	4
Coastal Zones
	Coastal waters P and N concentrations	Seas	ETC/MC, HELCOM, OSPARCOM, MED-POL/MAP, ICES	Indicator 10.02 Dob3	1:5 years	y	y	5
	Coastal waters heavy Me and micropollutants which ?	Seas	ETC/MC, HELCOM, OSPARCOM, MED-POL/MAP, ICES	Indicator 10.03 Dob3	1:5 years	y	y	5
	Load from coastal areas of selected chemicals	Seas	ETC/MC, HELCOM, OSPARCOM, MED-POL/MAP, ICES	Indicator 10.04 Dob3	1:5 years	y	y	5
Soils
	Heavy Metals in sewage sludge	Country	86/278/EEG		1:4 years			5
	SOE Indicator data	Country	OECD		1:2 yeras			3
	Change in farming structure and practices	Country	FAO, ENOF	Indicator 8.10 Dob3	1:1 years		y	4
	Water erosion, map	Regions	ETC/Soil, ISRIC	Indicator 11.01 Dob3	intermittent		y	4
	Wind erosion, map	Regions	ETC/Soil, ISRIC	Indicator 11.02 Dob3	intermittent		y	4
	Desertification	Regions	ETC/Soil, ISRIC	Indicator 11.03 Dob3	intermittent		y	5
Socio-economics
	Rural Development: population	Country	FAO	Indicator 8.08 Dob3	1:1 years		y	4
	Biotechnology, usage of	Country	90/219/EEG					5
	Release of GMO's	Country	EU commission	Indicator 13.04 Dob3	1:1 years		y	4
	Oil Depots	Country	96/63/EEG // 91/692/EEG					5
	GDP trends index based	Country	EUROSTAT/OECD	Indicator 1.02 Dob3	1:1 years		y	4
	GDP trends value added per sector % of GDP	Country	EUROSTAT/OECD	Indicator 1.03 Dob3	1:1 years		y	4
	Trends in manuf. industrial production index based	Country	EUROSTAT/OECD	Indicator 1.04 Dob3	1:1 years		y	4
	Trends in manuf. industrial production per industry branch	Country	EUROSTAT/OECD food, textile, wood, paper, chem, non-metal, basic metal, machinery ind.	Indicator 1.05 Dob3	1:1 years		y	4
	Trends in households final expenditures, index based	Country	EUROSTAT/OECD	Indicator 1.09 Dob3	1:1 years		y	4
	Trends in hoseholds waste production, kg per capita	Country	EUROSTAT	Indicator 1.10 Dob3	1:1 yaers		y	4
	Trends in households water comsumption, l per capita	Country	MECR, VROM	Indicator 1.10 Dob3	1:1 years		y	4
	Chemical Industry, economic growth	Country	CEFIC	Indicator 6.08 Dob3	1:1 years		y	4
	Chemical Industry, volume growth	Country	EUROSTAT / CEFIC	Indicator 6.09 Dob3	1:1 years		y	4
	Chemical Industry,market for end-users	Country	EUROSTAT / CEFIC	Indicator 6.10 Dob3	1:1 years		y	4
	Population inhab.	Country	UN	Indicator 1.13 Dob3	1:1 years		y	4
	Urban population, inhab.	Country	UN	Indicator 12.01 Dob3	1:1 years		y	4
	Population in cities, density inhab per km2	Large Cities	UN, unclear	Indicator 12.02 Dob3	intermittent		y	4
	Population density inhab per km2	Country	UN	Indicator 1.15 Dob3	1:1 years		y	4
	Land use	Country	FAO databases	Indicator 1.16 Dob3	1:1 years		y	4
	Waste generation by sector in tonnes *1000	Country	OECD	Indicator 7.01 Dob3	1:5 years		y	4
	Municipial Waste generation per capita in tonnes	Country	OECD	Indicator 7.02 Dob3	1:5 years		y	4
Waste Management
	Packages	Country	94/62/EEG			y		5
	CO2, CO, NH3, NMVOC, SO2, NOx, N2O, CH4, Me, POP	LPS, NUTS3	ETC/AEM	CORINAIR	1:1 years	y		5
	SOE Indicator data, waste handling	Country	OECD		1:2 yeras	y		3
	Disposal of Municipial Waste per treatment	Country	OECD	Indicator 7.03 Dob3	1:5 years	y	y	4
	Generation of hazardous waste (unknown unit)	Country	OECD	Indicator 7.05 Dob3	1:5 years	y	y	3
	Disposal of hazardous waste (unknown unit)	Country	OECD	Indicator 7.06 Dob3	1:5 years	y	y	3
	Recycling in % (unkonown of what)	Country	OECD	Indicator 7.04 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	3
	Import and export of hazardous waste (unknown unit)	Country	OECD	Indicator 7.07 Dob3	1:1 years	y	y	3
	Hg (to wastes)	Baltic catchm	HELCOM	chloro alkali ind	1:3 years	y		4
Major accidents
	Number of major accidents in industry	Country	Major accidents Hazards Bureau/JRC-ISEI	Indicator 13.01 Dob3	1:1 years		y	4
	Number of nuclear accidents	Country	IAEA	Indicator 13.02 Dob3	1:1 years		y	4
	Number of accidents at sea	The seas	ITOPF	Indicator 13.03 Dob3	1:1 years		y	4
Land Use
	Contaminated sites, (number of)	Country	ETC/S	Indicator 6.01 Dob3			y	4
	CO2, CO, NH3, NMVOC, SO2, NOx, N2O, CH4, Me, POP (emis of)	LPS, NUTS3	ETC/AEM	CORINAIR	1:1 years			4
	Land Cover data, CORINE programme	squares, 5 ha	ETC/LC	CORINE LC	1:5 years			4
	Land Use	Country	UN/ECE	statistics	intermittent			3
	Land use in agriculture, km2 and % per type	Country	FAO	Indicator 8.09 Dob3	1:1 years		y	4
	Livestock in agriculture, animal per group	Country	FAO	Indicator 8.11 Dob3	1:1 years		y	4

Abbreviations

2/20/98	Annex I to Report on Seletion Criteria for the ETC/CDS metadatabase, Abbreviations used in Annex 1
AMAP	Arctic Monitoring Programme for Air Pollution
BERN	Bern Convention, Convention on the Conservation of Europen Wildlife and Natural Habitats
BONN	Bonn convention, Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
CBD	Convention on Biological Diversity
CCC	Chemical Co-ordinating Centre, EMEP
CCE	Scientific and technologigal co-operation with the countries of Central Europe
CDIAC	Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee.
CDML
CEC	Commission of the European Communities
CEFIC	Conseil européen des fédérations de l'industrie chimique
CITES	Convention for International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
ECPA
EEA	European Environment Agency
EFI	European Forest Institute
EMEP	European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme
ENOF
ETC/AEM	European Topic Centre For Air Emission
ETC/AQ	European Topic Centre For Air Quality
ETC/IW	European Topic Centre for Inland Waters
ETC/LC	European Topic Centre for Land Cover
ETC/MC	European Topic Centre For Marine and Coastal Areas
ETC/NC	European Topic Centre for Nature Conservation
ETC/S	European Topic Centre For Soils
FAO	United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation
FCCC	Framework Convention on Climate Change under United Nations
GEMS	Global Environment Monitoring System (UNEP)
HELCOM	Helsinki Commission (under the Helsinki Convention)
ICES	International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
ICP	International Cooperative Programme under LRTAP
ICP/EDC
ICP/Forest	International Cooperative Programme under LRTAP, Forests
ICP/Waters	International Cooperative Programme under LRTAP, Waters
IEA	International Energy Agency
IPCC	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, setup by UNEP and WMO
IPPC	Integrated Pollution and Prevention and Control, EU legislative approach and Directive
ISRIC	International Soil Reference and Information Centre
ITOPF	International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Ltd. UK
IUCN	International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources or World Conservation Union
LRTAP	Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention
MAP	Middle Atmosphere Programme
MECR
MEDPOL	Barcelona Convention, control of pollution in the Mediterranean region
MSC	Meteorological Synthesizing Centre, under EMEP
NILU	Norwegian Institute for Air Research
NIVA	Norwegian Institute for Water Research
NOAA	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
OECD	Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OSPARCOM	Ospar Convention For The Protection Of The Marine Environment Of The North-East Atlantic
RAMSAR	Convention on Wetlands
UN	United Nations
UN/ECE	United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNEP	United Nations Envronmenl Programme
WCMC	World Conservation Monitoring Centre
WHO	United Nations' World Health Organisation
WMO	United Nations' World Metereological Organisation
WODC	World Ocean Data Centre
VROM	Ministerie van Volkshuisvesting, Ruimtelijke Ordening en Milieubeheer, NL