National Environmental (Air Quality) Regulations, 2014. S.I. no. 64/2014.

These Regulations, made under the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency Act, provide, according to the principle of sustainable development, for the improved control of the country’s air quality, in order to give all the users the right to clean air and to protect flora, fauna, human health and other resources affected by air quality deterioration. These Regulations include provisions for adequate information on emissions of pollutant in the air and for maximum permissible limit values for certain pollutants in the air, detailed in the attached schedules. The Regulations shall apply to all the sources of air pollution and the air quality control.
In order to minimise emissions from stationary sources, the Regulations prohibit people from installing specific equipments, described in the attached schedules; from importing fuel with two-stroke engine and from discharging industrial contaminants into the air over the prescribed concentrations; from burning standing biomass without specific authorisation. The Regulations provide for an environmental impact assessment and an environmental management plan and define criteria for regulating emissions from mobile sources and vehicles and for controlling indoor air pollution in offices, public places and houses, by providing for: maximum concentrations; building requirements; the position of power generating sets; the prohibition of smoking in public places.
The Regulations concern the control of noxious odours and the use of fuel additives, the use of products alternative to Ozone Depleting Substances, the handling of agrochemicals and the emissions related to the use of renewable energy plants, quarrying and mining operations. Enforcement powers, including the release of permits, are assigned to a proper agency. The Regulations provide for offences and penalties and for the definition of the relevant terms, including: air, air pollution, air quality, clean air, emissions, hazardous substances, odour, ozone depleting substances, pollution control device.