2018: Eper

Fact: No new EPER legislation passed in 2018. The reference is to data publication and national updates to existing PRTR rules.

Comparing the requirements people associate with EPER 2018 to current standards reveals significant evolution:

| Feature | Original EPER (2000-2009) | E-PRTR (including 2018 data) | Current Regulation (post-2020) | |--------|---------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------| | Number of pollutants | 50 | 91 | 91+ (under review) | | Activities covered | 50 | 65 | 65 | | Reporting on land releases | No | Yes | Yes | | Off-site waste transfers | No | Yes | Yes | | Public access | Basic web map | Interactive portal | API and open data | | Annual reporting deadline | N/A | September 30 | September 30 | eper 2018

In 2006, the EU adopted Regulation (EC) No 166/2006, establishing the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR). This regulation replaced EPER starting with the 2007 reporting year. E-PRTR was more robust:

Thus, EPER effectively died in 2009 when the 2007 data was published. So why does “EPER 2018” persist? Because researchers often download the entire EPER legacy dataset (2001-2007) and then merge it with E-PRTR data (2007-2018) for long-term analysis, referring colloquially to the combined file as "EPER 2018 data." Fact: No new EPER legislation passed in 2018

The Look and Feel: EPER 2018 retains the classic "Windows-application" aesthetic characteristic of early 2000s industrial software. It is utilitarian, prioritizing data density over visual flourish.

Navigation: The hallmark of EPER is the "Exploded View." Users navigate through a hierarchy of vehicle systems (e.g., Engine, Transmission, Bodywork). The 2018 version handles these complex diagrams surprisingly well. The rendering of technical illustrations is crisp, and the clickable "hotspots" on diagrams are responsive, allowing users to click a piston on a diagram and immediately highlight the corresponding part number in the table below. Thus, EPER effectively died in 2009 when the

Since EPER ended in 2007, for data covering up to 2018, you need E-PRTR v7 (which includes data up to 2017) or v8 (2018 data published in 2020):