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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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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

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...

Legislation

| 2006 |

Armenia

The 2006 Government Resolution N 160-N

Keywords

Air quality

Legislation | 1970 |

Canada

Guidance Document on Achievement Determination for Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards for Sulphur Dioxide (2020)

This Guidance Document provides information, methodologies, criteria and procedures for reporting on air quality standards for Sulphur Dioxide

Keywords

Ambient air quality standards, Nitrogen dioxide, Sulphur dioxide, Concentrations, Zones, Zoning, Monitoring stations, Air quality standards, Air quality, Air quality monitoring, Air pollution, Pollutants, Industrial sources, Allowed exceedances, Ambient air, Air sheds, Mobile point sources, Legislation, Nitrogen monoxide, Stakeholders, Transboundary air pollution

Miscellaneous

Mongolia

Mongolia Standard MNS 4585:2016

Keywords

Air quality monitoring, Air quality, Legislation, Industrial sources, Concentrations, Carbon monoxide, Air pollution, Particulate matter, Monitoring stations, Zones, Zoning, Pollutants, Sulphur dioxide, Nitrogen dioxide, Nitrogen monoxide, Ozone, PM10, PM2.5

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