Cabinet Regulation No. 1290 on Ambient Air Quality

The Regulation prescribes quality standards for outdoor air in the troposphere (excluding workplaces) in the territory of Latvia, as well as deadlines for ensuring of ambient air quality standards; permissible level of air pollutants in the environment and characteristic values thereof; parameters, monitoring methods and methods which are used in order to determine exceedance of the relevant ambient air quality standards; and the measures to be performed if ambient air quality standards are exceeded. The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development in co-operation with the State Environmental Service and the respective local government shall, without delay, prepare information for inhabitants regarding the main pollution sources, as well as information regarding the measures necessary to reduce the ambient air pollution caused by these sources and shall ensure availability thereof to the public. If the information threshold or alert thresholds are exceeded in zones or agglomerations close to the State border, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development shall inform the competent authorities of the relevant Member States of the European Union regarding the event as soon as possible.