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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

| 2001 |

Benin

Décret nº 2001-110 fixant les normes de qualité de l'air en République de Bénin.

Ce décret fixe les normes de qualité de l'air ambiant, les normes de rejets des véhicules motorisés et les nomes d'emissions atmosphériques relatives aux sources fixes .

Regulation

| 2001 |

Burkina Faso

Décret nº 2001-185/PRES/PM/MEE portant fixation des normes de rejets de polluants dans l'air, l'eau et le sol.

Le présent décret fixe les normes de rejets de polluants dans l'air, l'eau, qu'elle soit potalisable, de baignade ou piscicole, et dans le sol.

Keywords

Nitrogen dioxide, Carbon monoxide, Nitrogen oxides, Air pollution, Industrial sources, Sulphur dioxide, Ozone, Zones, Zoning, Ammonia, Organic carbon, Benzene

Regulation

| 2001 |

Kuwait

Decision No. 210/2001 pertaining to the Executive By-Law of the Law of Environment Public Authority.

This Resolution consisting of 89 articles divided in X Chapters aims at defining the obligations and requirements to be followed to maintain the internal and external environment free from pollution. Chapter I deals with the studies of environmental impact aiming at confining the negative impacts during the various stages of the project. It states that concerned authorities are entitled to grant...

Keywords

Masks, Permitting, Workers, Industrial sources, Concentration-based standards, Concentrations, Filters, Pollutants, Zoning, Ambient air, Environmental impact assessments, Legislation, Air pollution, Air quality monitoring, Burning, Ammonia, Monitoring stations, Air quality, Benzene, Carbon monoxide, Compliance, Ozone, Public health

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 |

Cambodia

Anukret No. 42/ANK/BK on The Control of Air Pollution and Noise Disturbance.

This Sub-Decree includes the following Chapters:I, General Provisions; II, Provisions on Emission of Air Pollutants and Noise; III, Application for Authorization; IV, Pollution Source Monitoring; V, Monitoring of Air Quality; VI, Inspection Procedure; VII, Penalty; VIII,Final provisions; Annex 1,Ambient Air Quality Standard; Annex II, Maximum Allowable Concentration of Hazardous Substance in...

Keywords

Air pollution, Air quality monitoring, Pollutants, Concentrations, Ambient air, Inspection, Air quality, Monitoring stations, Air quality standards, Benzene, Mobile point sources, Point source controls, Zoning, Industrial sources, Permitting, Public health, Carbon monoxide, Nitrogen dioxide, Sulphur dioxide, Ammonia, Nitrogen oxides, Concentration-based standards, Ambient air quality standards, Legislation, Sulphur trioxide, Zones

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

Legislation | 1999 |

Philippines

Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999

Philippines Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999 Act 8749 of 1999 Published on 31 December 1999 Assented to on 23 June 1999 Commenced [This is the version of this document from 31 December 1999.] [The publication date of this work could not be ascertained. We used the date 31 December 1999 because the work was published during the course of the year 1999.] An Act providing for a comprehensive air...

Legislation

| 1997 |

Austria

Emission Protection Act - Air.

This Act is a basic piece of legislation to curb air pollution. The purpose of this Act is to protect human beings, animals and plants, the soil, water, the atmosphere as well as cultural assets against harmful effects on the environment. At the outset the Act contains a definition clause relating to various terms therein employed such as, for exemple, “harmful substances”, “emission”, “threshold...

Keywords

Air pollution, PM2.5, PM10, Legislation, Air quality monitoring, Concentration-based standards, Enforcement, Carbon monoxide

Regulation

| 1996 |

Jamaica

Natural Resources Conservation (Ambient Air Quality Standards) Regulations, 1996.

These Regulations, made under the Natural Resources Conservation Authority Act, set, in the Schedule, emission standards for specified air pollutants.

Keywords

Ambient air quality standards, Concentration-based standards, Legislation, Pollutants, Sulphur dioxide, Carbon monoxide, Ozone, Nitrogen dioxide, Monitoring stations, Public health, Air quality, Pollution abatement technologies

Regulation

| 1996 |

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

Decreto Nº 638 - Normas sobre calidad del aire y control de la contaminación atmosférica.

El presente Decreto tiene por objeto establecer las normas para el mejoramiento de la calidad del aire y la prevención y control de la contaminación atmosférica producida por fuentes fijas y móviles capaces de generar emisiones gaseosas y partículas. Se establece la clasificación de zonas de acuerdo con los rangos de concentraciones de Partículas Totales Suspendidas (PTS), calculadas en base a...

Keywords

Nitrogen monoxide

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