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PM2.5 (10 μg/m3 annual mean 25 μg/m3 24-hour mean)
The WHO Air quality guidelines are a set of evidence-based recommendations of limit values for specific air pollutants developed to help countries achieve air quality that protects public health. The first release of the guidelines was in 1987. Since then, several updated versions have appeared. This toolkit currently assesses countries against the 2005 guideline values (see here). The guidelines were updated more recently in 2021 (see here) and the legislation and policies presented in this toolkit will in the future be reassessed against these updated values.
PM10 (20 μg/m3 annual mean)
The WHO Air quality guidelines are a set of evidence-based recommendations of limit values for specific air pollutants developed to help countries achieve air quality that protects public health. The first release of the guidelines was in 1987. Since then, several updated versions have appeared. This toolkit currently assesses countries against the 2005 guideline values (see here). The guidelines were updated more recently in 2021 (see here) and the legislation and policies presented in this toolkit will in the future be reassessed against these updated values.
- Compliant with WHO guideline
- Weaker than WHO guideline
PM10 (50 μg/m3 24-hour mean)
The WHO Air quality guidelines are a set of evidence-based recommendations of limit values for specific air pollutants developed to help countries achieve air quality that protects public health. The first release of the guidelines was in 1987. Since then, several updated versions have appeared. This toolkit currently assesses countries against the 2005 guideline values (see here). The guidelines were updated more recently in 2021 (see here) and the legislation and policies presented in this toolkit will in the future be reassessed against these updated values.
- Compliant with WHO guideline
- Weaker than WHO guideline
Ozone (100 μg/m3 8-hour mean)
The WHO Air quality guidelines are a set of evidence-based recommendations of limit values for specific air pollutants developed to help countries achieve air quality that protects public health. The first release of the guidelines was in 1987. Since then, several updated versions have appeared. This toolkit currently assesses countries against the 2005 guideline values (see here). The guidelines were updated more recently in 2021 (see here) and the legislation and policies presented in this toolkit will in the future be reassessed against these updated values.
- Compliant with WHO guideline
- Weaker than WHO guideline
NO2 (40 μg/m3 annual mean)
The WHO Air quality guidelines are a set of evidence-based recommendations of limit values for specific air pollutants developed to help countries achieve air quality that protects public health. The first release of the guidelines was in 1987. Since then, several updated versions have appeared. This toolkit currently assesses countries against the 2005 guideline values (see here). The guidelines were updated more recently in 2021 (see here) and the legislation and policies presented in this toolkit will in the future be reassessed against these updated values.
- Compliant with WHO guideline
- Weaker than WHO guideline
NO2 (200 μg/m3 1-hour mean)
The WHO Air quality guidelines are a set of evidence-based recommendations of limit values for specific air pollutants developed to help countries achieve air quality that protects public health. The first release of the guidelines was in 1987. Since then, several updated versions have appeared. This toolkit currently assesses countries against the 2005 guideline values (see here). The guidelines were updated more recently in 2021 (see here) and the legislation and policies presented in this toolkit will in the future be reassessed against these updated values.
- Compliant with WHO guideline
- Weaker than WHO guideline
SO2 (20 μg/m3 24-hour mean)
The WHO Air quality guidelines are a set of evidence-based recommendations of limit values for specific air pollutants developed to help countries achieve air quality that protects public health. The first release of the guidelines was in 1987. Since then, several updated versions have appeared. This toolkit currently assesses countries against the 2005 guideline values (see here). The guidelines were updated more recently in 2021 (see here) and the legislation and policies presented in this toolkit will in the future be reassessed against these updated values.
- Compliant with WHO guideline
- Weaker than WHO guideline
SO2 (500 μg/m3 10-minute mean)
The WHO Air quality guidelines are a set of evidence-based recommendations of limit values for specific air pollutants developed to help countries achieve air quality that protects public health. The first release of the guidelines was in 1987. Since then, several updated versions have appeared. This toolkit currently assesses countries against the 2005 guideline values (see here). The guidelines were updated more recently in 2021 (see here) and the legislation and policies presented in this toolkit will in the future be reassessed against these updated values.
- Compliant with WHO guideline
- Weaker than WHO guideline
Newly acknowledged pollutants
The WHO Air quality guidelines are a set of evidence-based recommendations of limit values for specific air pollutants developed to help countries achieve air quality that protects public health. The first release of the guidelines was in 1987. Since then, several updated versions have appeared. This toolkit currently assesses countries against the 2005 guideline values (see here). The guidelines were updated more recently in 2021 (see here) and the legislation and policies presented in this toolkit will in the future be reassessed against these updated values.
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Regulation

| 2010 |

Germany

39th Federal Emission Protection Ordinance.

The above-mentioned Ordinance implements the Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe. This Directive defines objectives for ambient air quality designed to avoid, prevent or reduce harmful effects on human health and the environment as a whole. At the outset the Ordinance contains a definition clause...

Keywords

Air pollution, PM2.5, PM10, Nitrogen dioxide, Nitrogen oxides, Particulate matter, Ammonia, Methane, Sulphur dioxide, Volatile organic compounds, Benzo(a)pyrene, Nitrogen monoxide

Legislation

| 2010 |

Italy

Legislative Decree No. 155/2010 implementing Directive 2008/50/EC on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe.

This Legislative Decree sets out provisions implementing at the national level Directive 2008/50/EC on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe. The aim is to avoid, prevent or reduce harmful effects caused by air pollution on human health and the environment as a whole. Measures on assessment of ambient air quality and related thresholds are established.

Keywords

Legislation, Zoning, Zones, Ambient air, Air quality, Concentrations, PM10, PM2.5, Air pollution, Benzene, Nitrogen dioxide, Air quality monitoring, Benzo(a)pyrene, Particulate matter, Pollutants, Nitrogen oxides, Carbon monoxide, Nitrogen monoxide, Sulphur dioxide

Regulation

| 2010 |

Malta

Ambient Air Quality Regulations (L.N. 478 of 2010).

These Regulations implement Directive 2004/107/EC relating to arsenic, cadmium, mercury and nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air and Directive 2008/50/EC on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe.

Keywords

Air quality monitoring, Legislation, Ambient air, Concentrations, Monitoring stations, Air quality, Zoning, Concentration-based standards, Pollutants, Ozone, Future standards, Zones, Agglomerations, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, PM2.5, PM10, Nitrogen dioxide, Allowed exceedances, Data quality, Air pollution, Air quality modelling, Benzo(a)pyrene, Compliance, Particulate matter, Alert thresholds, Benzene, Industrial sources, Sulphur dioxide, Carbon monoxide, Elemental carbon, Air quality plans, Ambient air pollution, Monitoring data, Nitrogen monoxide, Organic carbon, Point source emissions, Best available techniques, Mobile point sources, Volatile organic compounds, Vulnerable groups

Legislation

| 2010 |

Portugal

Decree-Law No. 102/2010 establishing the regime for the assessment and management of ambient air quality,

This Decree-Law is composed of seven chapters divided into 45 articles and 21 Annexes. It regulates air quality management and introduces in the national legislation EU Directive No. 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 21 May, and EU Directive No. 2004/107/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 15 December on air quality. The Decree-Law thoroughly regulates air...

Keywords

Air quality, Particulate matter, PM10, Ambient air, Legislation, Nitrogen monoxide, Air quality monitoring, Air pollution, PM2.5, Concentrations, Compliance, Benzene, Carbon monoxide, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Sulphur dioxide

Legislation | 2010 |

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010

United Kingdom Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010 Statutory Instrument 1001 of 2010 Commenced on 11 June 2010 [This is the version of this document at 1 March 2024.] The Secretary of State, having been designated M1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M2 in relation to the environment, makes the following Regulations under the powers conferred by that section...

Regulation

| 2009 |

Andorra

Air Pollution Control Regulations.

The purpose of this text is, as per its Chapter one, to regulate the activities and situations that produce air pollution; to establish, regulate and control potentially polluting activities in the atmosphere; to define and set air quality objectives and methods for informing the public; to determine tools and mechanisms to monitor and correct air pollution situations. Air pollution is to be...

Keywords

Air pollution, Concentration-based standards, Zones, Zoning, Legislation, Air quality monitoring, Air quality, Inspection, Public health, Concentrations, Air quality standards, Particulate matter, PM10, Nitrogen monoxide, PM2.5

Regulation

| 2009 |

Latvia

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...

Keywords

Concentrations, Legislation, Air quality monitoring, Air quality, Concentration-based standards, Ambient air, Monitoring stations, Air quality standards, Ambient air quality standards, Zoning, Pollutants, Future standards, Agglomerations, Particulate matter, Zones, PM10, Air pollution, Ozone, Alert thresholds, Nitrogen dioxide, Allowed exceedances, Benzo(a)pyrene, Compliance, PM2.5, Ambient air pollution, Benzene, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Sulphur dioxide, Air quality modelling, Carbon monoxide, Data quality, Nitrogen oxides, Vulnerable groups, Access to information, Industrial sources, Nitrogen monoxide, Elemental carbon, Monitoring data, Volatile organic compounds

Regulation

| 2009 |

Morocco

Décret nº 2-09-286 fixant les normes de qualité de l'air et les modalités de surveillance de l'air.

Le présent décret a pour objet de fixer les normes de qualité de l'air et de définir les modalités de mise en place des réseaux de surveillance de la qualité de l'air telles que prévues aux articles 3, 4 et 24 de la loi n° 13-03. qui vise la prévention et la lutte contre les émissions de polluants atmosphériques susceptibles de porter atteinte à la santé de l'homme, à la faune, au sol, au climat...

Keywords

Air pollution, Concentrations, Agglomerations, Benzene, Nitrogen dioxide, Sulphur dioxide, Carbon monoxide, Zones, Zoning, Ozone

Regulation

| 2008 |

Fiji

Environment Management (Waste Disposal and Recycling) Regulations 2007 (LN 2 of 2008).

These Regulations lay down requirements for permits for solid and liquid waste, livestock waste and air pollution permit. Parts 4 and 5 set out rules on air quality standards, monitoring of air quality, compliance with standards, air pollution management plans and control over emissions to air from certain activities. Division B addresses waste recycling of batteries and plastic bottles, and the...

Keywords

Permitting, Air pollution, Industrial sources, Legislation, Compliance, Air quality standards, Air quality, Air quality monitoring, Zoning, Inspection, Pollutants, Monitoring stations, Zones, Burning, Concentrations, Ambient air quality standards, Concentration-based standards, Public health

Regulation

| 2008 |

Liechtenstein

Clean Air Ordinance.

The present Ordinance implements the Environment Protection Act of 29 May 2008. In particular, the Ordinance shall protect human beings, animals, plants and their organized communities, as well as the soil against harmful and annoying air pollution. Moreover, the Ordinance shall reduce green house gas emissions. The text consists of 34 articles divided into 5 Parts as follows: General provisions...

Keywords

Air pollution, Nitrogen dioxide, Carbon monoxide, Nitrogen oxides, PM10, PM2.5, Benzene, Zones, Zoning, Sulphur dioxide, Sulphur oxides

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