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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 |

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

| 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

| 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

Regulation

| 1999 |

Palau

Air Pollution Control Regulations.

The Regulations make provision for air quality standards, permits to construct or operate a stationary source, i.e. all air contaminant sources, except mobile sources, monitoring, records and reporting ob air pollution, sampling and testing methods at boundaries of buffer zones, control of fugitive dust, i.e. any airborne solid matter emitted from any source other than stack or chimney, control of...

Keywords

Legislation, Permitting, Air pollution, Industrial sources, Fixed point sources, Air quality standards, Mobile point sources, Air quality monitoring, Monitoring stations, Burning, Zones, Zoning, Compliance, Pollutants, Concentration-based standards, Air quality, Concentrations, Particulate matter, Point source controls, Fuel burning, Public health, Sulphur dioxide, Air quality modelling, Carbon monoxide, Environmental impact assessments, Point source emissions, Enforcement, Filters, Inspection, Nitrogen monoxide, Pollution abatement technologies

Regulation

| 1999 |

Gambia

Environmental Quality Standards Regulations, 1999.

These Regulations establish the Environment Quality Standards Board, define its functions and powers and declare standards set out in the Schedule 1 to apply in respect of ambient air, saline waters, surface fresh waters and groundwater. The functions of the Board shall be: (a) to propose environmental quality standards to the National Environment Management Council and to review same periodically...

Keywords

Air quality standards, Legislation, Air quality monitoring, Ambient air, Public health, Ammonia, Nitrogen dioxide, PM10, Sulphur dioxide, Elemental carbon, Monitoring stations, Zoning, PM2.5

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 |

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

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

| 1985 |

Switzerland

Ordonnance sur la protection de l’air (OPair).

La susdite ordonnance vise principalement à protéger l'environnement, la santé humaine, ainsi que les écosystèmes contre les effets néfastes des pollutions atmosphériques. Cette ordonnance établit un cadre réglementaire pour limiter les émissions des installations stationnaires et des infrastructures de transport, tout en intégrant des principes de durabilité et de préservation de l'équilibre...

Keywords

Air pollution, Industrial sources, Concentrations, Carbon monoxide, Nitrogen dioxide, Zones, Zoning, Benzene, Legislation, Nitrogen oxides

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