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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.
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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
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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 | 2024 |

European Union

Directive on Ambient Air Quality and Cleaner Air for Europe

European Union Directive on Ambient Air Quality and Cleaner Air for Europe Directive 2881 of 2024 Published in Official Journal of the European Union on 20 November 2024 There are multiple commencements Provisions Status Chapter I, article 1, paragraph 1–3; article 3–4, paragraph 1–5, subparagraph (a)–(i); paragraph (2); paragraph (7); paragraph (9); paragraph (14)–(16); paragraph (18); paragraph...

Legislation

| 2023 |

Slovakia

Air protection act no. 146/2023.

The aim of air protection is to achieve and maintain air quality that does not have a significant negative impact on human health and is not a risk to the environment and ecosystems. This Act regulates: (a) monitoring and assessment of air quality and the impact of air pollution on ecosystems; (b) informing the public about air quality, the impact of air pollution on public health and ecosystems;...

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Air pollution, PM2.5, PM10, Concentration-based standards, Air quality, Zones, Zoning, Concentrations, Air quality monitoring, Fixed point sources, Public health, Pollutants, Compliance, Nitrogen dioxide, Nitrogen oxides, Sulphur dioxide, Ammonia, Permitting, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Nitrogen monoxide

Regulation

| 2023 |

Viet Nam

National technical regulation on ambient air quality (QCVN 05: 2023/BTNMT)

Keywords

Carbon monoxide, Legislation, PM10, Air quality, PM2.5, Ambient air, Sulphur dioxide, Nitrogen dioxide, Benzene, Ammonia, Ozone, Particulate matter

Regulation

| 2022 |

Kazakhstan

Order No. KR DSM-70 of the Minister of Public Health validating Hygienic Standards for atmospheric air in urban and rural settlements, on the territories of industrial organizations.

Hygienic Standards for atmospheric air in urban and rural settlements, on the territories of industrial organizations establish maximum permissible concentration limits of pollutants in the atmospheric air of urban and rural settlements (Table 1); Estimated Safe Exposure Levels for Pollutants (SELs) in atmospheric air of urban and rural settlements (Table 2); classification of pollutants contained...

Keywords

Concentrations, Pollutants, Concentration-based standards, Public health, Workers, Zones, Zoning

Legislation

| 2022 |

Republic of Moldova

Law No. LP98/2022 “On atmospheric air quality”.

The scope of this Law is to create a legal framework to strengthen institutional capacity for monitoring and assessing air quality to identify and apply effective emission reduction measures of air pollutants to levels that minimize overall harmful effects on human health and the environment. This Law regulates measures at national level regarding: (a) monitoring and assessing air quality...

Keywords

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

Regulation

| 2022 |

Ireland

Ambient Air Quality Standards Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 739/2022)

These Regulations, for the purpose of giving effect to Council Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008: establish limit values and, as appropriate, alert thresholds for concentrations of certain pollutants in ambient air intended to avoid, prevent or reduce harmful effects on human health and the environment as a whole; provide for the assessment of...

Keywords

Air quality monitoring, Ambient air, Concentrations, Air quality, Zones, Zoning, Pollutants, Monitoring stations, Legislation, Ozone, Agglomerations, Concentration-based standards, Future standards, Nitrogen dioxide, Particulate matter, Alert thresholds, PM2.5, Sulphur dioxide, Ambient air quality standards, Benzene, Carbon monoxide, Compliance, Air quality plans, Allowed exceedances, Air pollution, Data quality, PM10, National emissions ceilings, Permitting, Volatile organic compounds, Vulnerable groups

Regulation

| 2022 |

Chile

Decreto 12 - Establece Norma Primaria de Calidad Ambiental para Material Particulado Fino Respirable Mp10.

El decreto establece la norma primaria de calidad ambiental para el material particulado respirable MP10 en Chile, con el objetivo principal de proteger la salud pública frente a los efectos agudos y crónicos de la exposición a este contaminante. En el contexto de la Ley N° 19.300 sobre Bases Generales del Medio Ambiente, la norma se revisa cada cinco años y busca establecer valores máximos...

Regulation

| 2020 |

Croatia

Decree on air pollutant levels.

This Decree prescribes limit values and target values for individual air pollutants, long-term targets and target values for ground-level ozone in the air, and depending on the properties of the pollutant, prescribes upper and lower assessment thresholds, target values, average exposure indicator for particulate matter, target exposure reduction at national level, exposure concentration, critical...

Keywords

Particulate matter, Pollutants, Concentrations, Nitrogen monoxide, Carbon monoxide, Nitrogen dioxide, Nitrogen oxides, PM10

Regulation

| 2020 |

New Zealand

Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Air Quality) Regulations 2004 ("NES Regulations 2004")

Keywords

Air quality, Legislation, Air sheds, PM10, Burning, Ambient air quality standards, Concentrations, Pollutants, Allowed exceedances, Air pollution, Air quality monitoring, Sulphur dioxide, Volatile organic compounds, Waste burning, Zoning, Carbon monoxide, Fuel burning, Monitoring stations, Particulate matter

Regulation

| 2020 |

Saudi Arabia

Executive Regulation For Air Quality For the Environmental Law issued by Royal Decree No. (m/165)

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