Guidance documents

Guidance document on integrated sustainable nitrogen management (as adopted at the 40th session of the Executive Body on 18 December 2020)

Code of good practice for wood burning and small combustion installations (as adopted at the 39th session of the Executive Body on 13 December 2019)

Guidelines for estimation and measurement of emissions of volatile organic compounds (as adopted at the 36th session of the Executive Body on 16 December 2016 )
 

Guidance Document on Emission Control Techniques for Mobile Sources (as adopted at the 35th of the Executive Body on 4 May 2016)

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Guidance document on control techniques for emissions of sulphur, NOx, VOC, and particulate matter (including PM10, PM2.5 and black carbon) from stationary sources (as adopted at the 31st session of the Executive Body on 13 December 2012)

Guidance document on economic instruments to reduce emissions of regional air pollutants (as adopted at the 31st session of the Executive Body on 13 December 2012)
 

Guidance document on national nitrogen budgets (as adopted at the 31st session of the Executive Body on 13 December 2012)

Guidance document for preventing and abating ammonia emissions from agricultural sources (as adopted at the 31st session of the Executive Body on 13 December 2012)

Guidance document on health and environmental improvements using new knowledge, methods and data (as adopted at the 32nd session of the Executive Body on 13 December 2013)

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Framework Code for Good Agricultural Practice for Reducing Ammonia Emissions (as adopted at the 33rd session of the Executive Body on 11 December 2014)

Guidance document on best available techniques for controlling emissions of heavy metals and their compounds from the source categories listed in annex II (as adopted at the 31st session of the Executive Body on 13 December 2012)

Guidance document on best available techniques to control emissions of persistent organic pollutants from major stationary sources (as adopted at the 27th session of the Executive Body on 18 December 2009)

The EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook
The EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook provides guidance on estimating emissions from both anthropogenic and natural emission sources. It is designed to facilitate reporting of emission inventories by countries to the UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and the EU National Emission Ceilings Directive. 

Guidelines for reporting emissions and projections data under the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (as adopted by the Executive Body at its 42nd session on 16 December 2022)

Technical Guidance for Parties Making Adjustment Applications and for the Expert Review of Adjustment Applications (as adopted by the Executive Body at its 33rd session on 11 December 2014)