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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

| 2004 |

Norway

Regulation No. 931 on Pollution Control (Pollution Control Regulation).

The present Regulation addresses measures to limit and manage pollution to protect the environment and public health. It includes provisions on waste management, emissions to air and water, noise control, and soil contamination. The regulation sets standards and requirements for businesses and other entities to prevent and reduce pollution, ensure proper waste disposal, and manage environmental...

Keywords

Legislation, Permitting, Air pollution, Concentration-based standards, Industrial sources, Elemental carbon, Compliance, Air quality, Volatile organic compounds, Public health, Zoning, Concentrations, Enforcement, Stakeholders, Air quality monitoring, Access to information, Inspection, Pollutants, Workers

Regulation

| 2002 |

Belgium

Arrêté du Gouvernement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale relatif à la fixation d'objectifs à long terme, de valeurs cibles, de seuil d'alerte et de seuil d'information pour les concentrations d'ozone dans l'air ambiant

Keywords

Concentrations

Regulation

| 2002 |

Chile

Decreto Nº 115 - Norma de calidad primaria de aire para monóxido de carbono.

La presente norma de calidad ambiental tiene por objetivo proteger la salud de la población de los efectos agudos generados por la exposición a niveles de concentración de monóxido de carbono en el aire. El Decreto consta de los siguientes títulos: (I) Disposiciones generales y definiciones; (II) Nivel de norma de calidad primaria para monóxido de carbono en el aire; (III) Metodología de medición...

Keywords

Carbon monoxide, Nitrogen dioxide, Sulphur dioxide

Regulation

| 2002 |

Chile

Decreto Nº 114 - Norma de calidad primaria de aire para dióxido de nitrógeno (NO2).

El presente Decreto contiene la norma de calidad ambiental relativa a la protección de la salud de la población con respecto a los efectos agudos y crónicos generados por la exposición a niveles de concentración de dióxido de nitrógeno en el aire. La medición de la concentración de dióxido de nitrógeno ene el aire deberá realizarse de acuerdo con uno de los métodos indicados en el artículo 8º.

Keywords

Nitrogen dioxide, Nitrogen monoxide, Carbon monoxide

Regulation

| 2002 |

Chile

Decreto Nº 112 - Norma de calidad primaria de aire para ozono (O3).

El presente Decreto establece la norma de calidad ambiental cuyo objetivo consiste en proteger la salud de la población de todos aquellos efectos agudos que deriven de la exposición a niveles de concentración de ozono en el aire. El Decreto está compuesto por los siguientes títulos: (I) Disposiciones generales y definiciones; (II) Nivel de norma de calidad primaria para ozono en aire; (III)...

Keywords

Carbon monoxide, Nitrogen monoxide

Regulation

| 2001 |

Bangladesh

Air Pollution Control Rules (APCR) 2022 (SRO No. 255)

Keywords

Air pollution, Air quality monitoring, Air quality, Air sheds, Non-point sources, Ambient air

Regulation

| 2001 |

Belgium

Arrêté du Gouvernement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale concernant les valeurs limites pour le benzène et le monoxyde de carbone dans l'air ambiant

Keywords

Benzene, Zoning, Concentrations, Zones, Agglomerations, Air quality, Industrial sources, Air quality monitoring, Ambient air, Air pollution

Regulation

| 2001 |

Belgium

Arrêté du Gouvernement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale relatif à la fixation de valeurs limites pour l'anhydride sulfureux, le dioxyde d'azote et les oxydes d'azote, les particules et le plomb dans l'air ambiant

Keywords

Concentrations, Zoning, Particulate matter, Zones, Agglomerations, Industrial sources, Nitrogen monoxide, Air pollution, Air quality, Air quality monitoring, Ambient air, Nitrogen dioxide, Nitrogen oxides

Regulation

| 2001 |

Lithuania

Order No 591/640 of the Minister of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania and of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Lithuania (‘the Ambient Air Quality Standards 1) (2001)

Keywords

Ambient air quality standards

Regulation

| 2000 |

El Salvador

Decreto Nº 40 - Reglamento especial de normas técnicas de calidad ambiental.

El presente Reglamento tiene por objeto determinar los lineamientos o directrices para el establecimiento de las normas técnicas de calidad ambiental en los medios receptores, y los mecanismos de aplicación de dichas normas, relativo a la protección de la atmósfera, el agua, el suelo y la biodiversidad.

Keywords

Particulate matter, Carbon monoxide, Nitrogen dioxide, Nitrogen oxides, Concentration-based standards

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