On the change of reporting 1- Air

The Rossony District Inspectorate of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection informs that legal entities carrying out activities related to the emission of pollutants into the atmosphere, based on a permit for the emission of pollutants into the atmosphere or a comprehensive environmental permit

In accordance with paragraph 3 of Article 21 of the Law of the Republic of Belarus of December 16, 2008 No. 2-Z "On the Protection of Atmospheric Air" (hereinafter referred to as Law No. 2-Z), legal entities engaged in economic and other activities related to the emission of pollutants into the atmosphere from stationary emission sources (hereinafter referred to as nature users) are obliged to submit departmental reports on the results of accounting in the field of atmospheric air protection.

Based on the foregoing, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection has developed and, in the prescribed manner, by December 1, 2024, will approve the form of departmental reporting "Report on the Results of Accounting in the Field of Atmospheric Air Protection". The departmental report "Report on the Results of Accounting in the Field of

Atmospheric Air Protection" will be submitted by legal entities carrying out activities related to the emission of pollutants into the atmosphere, based on a permit for the emission of pollutants into the atmosphere (comprehensive environmental permit) (hereinafter referred to as the nature user), in electronic form to the regional or Minsk city committees of natural resources and environmental protection at the location of the object affecting the atmospheric air.

The form of departmental reporting "Report on the Results of Accounting in the Field of Atmospheric Air Protection" will consist of a general block with information about the nature user submitting the report, and three sections: Section I "Reference Information", containing information about the stationary and mobile emission sources and gas cleaning facilities of the nature user; Section II "Implementation of Measures to Reduce Emissions of Pollutants into the Atmospheric Air"; Section III "Emissions of Pollutants into the Atmospheric Air, their Treatment and Use".

Information required for the completion of departmental reporting is generated by the nature user as a result of accounting in the field of atmospheric air protection, conducted in accordance with the requirements of environmental norms and rules EcoNiP 17.08.06-001-2022 "Environmental Protection and Nature Management. Atmospheric Air (including the ozone layer). Environmental Safety Requirements in the Field of Atmospheric Air Protection," approved by Resolution of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus of December 29, 2022 No. 32-T, or is contained in an act of inventory of emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere, a draft of permissible emission standards for pollutants into the atmosphere, a permit for emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere, or a comprehensive environmental permit.

Due to the introduction of departmental reporting, the Resolution of the National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus of September 30, 2022 No. 88 "On Approval of the State Statistical Reporting Form 1-air (Ministry of Natural Resources) 'Report on Emissions of Pollutants into the Atmosphere from Stationary Emission Sources' and Guidelines for its Completion" will be repealed.

Thus, in 2025, nature users are obliged to submit departmental reporting on the results of accounting in the field of atmospheric air protection for 2024.

For failure to submit departmental reporting, administrative liability is provided for by the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus (Articles 16.42 and 24.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).