Source: https://iir-de.wikidot.com/improvements
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 14:15:34+00:00

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To prioritise improvements on the basis of the results of the uncertainty analysis, it is planned to determine uncertainty analysis at source category level.
1.A.4.c ii IEF Cd trend since 2007 erratic DE-1A4cii-2018-0001 No All issues regarding the inconsistency of activity data from the National Energy Balance (NEB) can only be resolved as soon as the ongoing internal revision process launched by the provider of the NEB has been finished.
1.A.4.c iii Large increase in AD from 2015 to 2016 DE-1A4ciii-2018-0001 No All issues regarding the inconsistency of activity data from the National Energy Balance (NEB) can only be resolved as soon as the ongoing internal revision process launched by the provider of the NEB has been finished.
1.B.2.a iv Potential under-estimate of emissions of Hg, Cd, PCDD/F DE-1B2aiv-2018-0001 No Metal and PCDD/F emissions are not considered as fugitive. If IE would be used nevertheless one can assume there are such fugitives. Germany suggest to keep the notation key NA.
2.D.3.g Report PAHs from 2.D.3.g Chemical Products DE-2D3g-2018-0001 No At the moment, the GB-EF is wrong, but it will be replaced with a correct EF in the GB 2019. The TERT recommends Germany to collect AD for this emission source and to calculate PAHs emissions and to document the methodology as soon as the corrected EF becomes available.
2.D.3.a Rationale for not estimating emissions in category 2.D.3.a and notation key selection DE-2D3a-2018-0001 No Germany is in the process of evaluating data to calculate emissions of Hg from the use of fluorescent tubes.
2.D.3.d Include explanation on recalculation to 1994 in the next submission. DE-2D3d-2017-0001 DE-2D3d-2018-0001 No Will be reported with the next submission 2019.
2.B.6 Include the NOx emissions in the next submission. DE-2B6-2017-0001 DE-2B6-2018-0001 No Germany will look into possible implementations for this in the future. Not reported 2018.
2.B.10.a Investigate whether flaring occurs in relation to carbide production e.g. by contacting the single producer of carbide. DE-2B10a-2017-0002 yes Flaring is a common destruction technic in chemical industry. But no information exists to assign flaring quantities to a single installation.
5.A Include NMVOC and PM2.5 emissions from 5.A in its next submission. DE-5A-2017-0001 DE-5A-2018-0001 No Guidebook Tier 1 default emission factors not applicable, no other method/factors available.
1.A.1.a Include the revised estimate of activity data and emissions for biogas in its next submission. DE-1A1a-2017-0003 DE-1A1a-2018-0001 No The National Energy Balance would have to be revised in order to facilitate this change. This is currently not on the agenda.
Provide a PDF version of the IIR for offline use and to better facilitate the review process § 6, 9, 11, 28 § 17 No The current Wiki platform isn't able to export a whole site to PDF. But we can provide an offline HTML version with full navigation.
1.A.1.b Include the country specific EFs for combustion in refineries in the relating chapter of its IIR to improve transparency. § 55 DE-1A1b-2017-0001 DE-1A1b-2018-0001 No Emission factors are under revision. New emission factors will be included in the IIR following completion of the running refinery project.
1.A.2.a\1.A.2.b\2.C For iron & steel, there is a mix of reporting under 1.A.2.a (PM & CO), 2.C.1 (NOx, SOx, VOC, NH3) and "NE" (HMs and POPs). For non ferrous metals, similar issues are observed. The recommendation is to explain the rationale for reporting in different source categories, as well the rationale for NEs. NE reporting should be avoided as much as possible, e.g. by applying Guidebook Tier 1 EFs. § 48, 49 yes The reporting in the different source categories is explained in the IIR.
2.D.3 The methodology described in the IIR for solvent and other product use is found to be not transparent. Provide detail on all 37 subcategories, including activity data and emission factors. § 18, 96, 97, 98 yes The transparency for the solvents used and products used sector in the IIR was much improved in the submission 2016.
5.A - C Since all incineration is reported under energy, add information about the methodology used for different types of waste incineration under NFR 1. In NFR 6.C, use the notation key “IE” instead of “NO”, and to explain the use of the notation key in the IIR. § 103, 110, 111, 112 § 136 yes Information on methods used for estimation of energy-related is reported in NFR 1. Germany considers NO to be correct and explains the situation in its IIR. Cremation estimation is explained now.
Extend the use of a bibliography for some subsectors to all sectors in the IIR. § 77 partly The amount of recurring references is very small within most source categories. And the total number of references per page is usually quite low. So directly linking to the documents seems like a good way to make sources available to the readers.
1.A.2\2 Germany reports emissions from sugar production in source category 2.D.2. It is recommended to report these emissions under 1A2e and include a more detailed description of the sub-categories, the methodology used, the source of activity data, the source of EFs and consistency across the time series (1990-2008). § 50 yes Reporting of NMVOC and PM emissions from sugar production in 2.H.2 (used to be 2.D.2) is correct according to the Inventory Guidebook 2016.
1.A.4.b ii\1.A.4.c ii Implied NOx emission factors are at the high end of the range when compared with a selected group of countries (AT, BE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, IE, IT, NL, NO). The ERT recommends that the Party reviews the emission factors for these two sources and includes an explanation for this issue in the IIR. § 66 No This minor issue has not yet been checked. The inventory compiler will look into this as soon as resources allow.
1.A.3.a NH3 reported as NE. Recommendation to investigate the emissions or report as NO if emissions do not occur. § 68 yes The notation key 'NE' is used only for ammonia from aviation gasoline (as recommended in the 2016 EMEP Guidebook). For jet kerosene, emissions are estimated.
1.A.3.b v Evaporative emissions from running losses (i.e. vapour generated in the fuel tank during vehicle operation) were missing because not considered in the TREMOD model. The ERT recommends to include these in the inventory. § 73 No This issue has not yet been looked into as other model revisions especially regarding a follow-up of 'diesel gate' appear much more relevant, tying up all resources.
2.D.3 Increase the use of information from individual installations that make a high contribution to the key categories, such as car assembly sites and big printing installations. § 104 yes Emissions caused by the use of solvents and solvent-based products are reported in the relevant source groups. In our methodology we also include the application of solvent-based products in large installations such as those used in automotive series production or large printing systems. The emission data of defined individual plants are thus included in the calculation but cannot be shown and published individually for reasons of confidentiality and data protection.

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