Air Quality (Arsenic, Cadmium, Mercury, Nickel and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Ambient Air) Regulations, 2007 (P.I. 111/2007).
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Type of law
Regulation
Abstract
The objectives of this Directive shall be to: (a) establish a target value for the concentration of arsenic, cadmium, nickel and benzo(a)pyrene in ambient air so as to avoid, prevent or reduce harmful effects of arsenic, cadmium, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on human health and the environment as a whole; (b) ensure, with respect to arsenic, cadmium, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, that ambient air quality is maintained where it is good and that it is improved in other cases; (c) determine common methods and criteria for the assessment of concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, mercury, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air as well as of the deposition of arsenic, cadmium, mercury, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; (d) ensure that adequate information on concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, mercury, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air as well as on the deposition of arsenic, cadmium, mercury, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons is obtained and ensure that it is made available to the public.
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Topics
Chemicals and Waste
Climate and Atmosphere
Date of text
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
Episimi Efimerida tis Kypriakis Dimokratias No. 4180, Supplement III, Part I, 9 March 2007, pp. 698-720.
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Οι περί της Ποιότητας του Ατμοσφαιρικού Αέρα (Αρσενικό, Κάδμιο, Υδράργυρος, Νικέλιο και Πολυκυκλικοί Αρωματικοί Υδρογονάνθρακες στον Ατμοσφαιρικό Αέρα) Κανονισμοί του 2007 (Κ.Δ.Π. 111/2007).
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