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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 |

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 |

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

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...

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

| 1998 |

Mauritius

Environment Protection (Standards for Air) Regulations 1998 (G.N. No.105 of 1998).

These Regulations prescribe national environmental standards for the emission of pollutants in the atmosphere in the First Schedule. Every factory, in the sense of section 2 of the Labour Act, shall comply with the emission standards set out in the First Schedule. The enforcing agency as defined by the Environment Protection act of 1991 may prescribe measures of chimneys of factories so as to...

Keywords

Legislation, Industrial sources, Air pollution, Pollutants, Point source controls, Air quality monitoring, Particulate matter, Ambient air, Concentration-based standards, Fuel burning, Sulphur trioxide, Nitrogen dioxide, Carbon monoxide, Sulphur dioxide, Ambient air quality standards, Ozone, PM10

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

| 1995 |

Egypt

Decree No. 338 of 1995 issuing the Implementing Regulation of Environment Law No. 4 of 1994.

The Implementing Regulation is composed of 65 articles divided in IV Sections and 10 Annexes. The Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) is the main authority and its Chairman is the competent Minister for Environmental Affairs. The EEAA's Board of Directors is the supreme authority in charge of the EEAA and sets its general policy, in particular (i) approves the National Plans for...

Keywords

Legislation, Permitting, Concentration-based standards, Zoning, Pollutants, Concentrations, Burning, Air quality monitoring, Industrial sources, Air pollution, Monitoring stations, Workers, Nitrogen monoxide, Environmental impact assessments, Public health, Zones, Carbon monoxide, Compliance, Enforcement, Benzene, Fuel burning, Inspection, Sulphur dioxide, Ammonia

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