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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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Legislation

| 2013 |

Vanuatu

Pollution Control Act 2013 (No. 10 of 2013).

This Act applies to all kinds of pollution discharge in Vanuatu. Despite the provisions of any other Act, all persons and agencies having responsibilities under this Act, or whose functions and powers may relate to any matter or thing involving the environment, are to apply the precautionary principle. The Act sets out the Director of the Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation...

Keywords

Permitting, Pollutants, Legislation, Air pollution, Industrial sources, Pollution abatement notices, Air quality monitoring, Inspection, Nitrogen monoxide, Asia Pacific Clean Air Partnership, Compliance, Concentration-based standards, Enforcement, Monitoring stations

Legislation

| 2013 |

North Macedonia

Law on Amendments and Supplements to the Law on Ambient Air Quality.

This Amendment Law introduces changes in terminology to Article 71: In paragraph (1), the term “Commission for Decision-Making on Appeals formed in accordance with the Law on Environmental Protection” is replaced with “State Commission for Decision-Making in Administrative Procedure and Employment Procedure in the Second Instance.” Similarly, in paragraph (2), the term referring to the municipal...

Keywords

Ambient air, Air quality

Legislation

| 2013 |

Brazil

São Paulo, Decree 59.113 /2013

Keywords

Nitrogen dioxide, Sulphur dioxide, Methane, Carbon monoxide, Nitrogen oxides, Sulphur oxides

Regulation

| 2013 |

Zambia

Environmental Management (Licensing) Regulations (S.I. No 112 of 2013).

These Regulations, made by the Minister of State under sections 43 and 134 of the Environmental Management Act, concern a wide variety of matters regarding environmental protection including air quality control, waste management, hazardous waste and other substances harmful to the environment such as pesticides and ozone-depleting substances. Discharge of pollutants requires an emission licence to...

Keywords

Legislation, Permitting, Air quality, Industrial sources, Pollutants, Air pollution, Zoning, Ozone, Air quality monitoring, Nitrogen monoxide, Concentrations, Concentration-based standards, Carbon monoxide, Inspection, Compliance, Sulphur dioxide, Ambient air, Burning, Monitoring stations, Air Quality Guidelines, Enforcement, Filters, Zones

Legislation

| 2012 |

Czechia

Air Protection Act No. 201/2012.

This Act defines objectives for ambient air quality: air protection, the prevention of air pollution and reducing the level of pollution in order to reduce the risks to human health caused by air pollution, reduce the level of substances damaging ecosystems and create conditions for the regeneration of the environment affected due to pollution air. This Act implements the relevant European Union...

Keywords

Air pollution, Concentration-based standards, Concentrations, Zoning, Zones, Air quality, Ambient air, PM10, Legislation, Permitting, Particulate matter, Carbon monoxide, PM2.5, Air quality monitoring, Methane, Nitrogen dioxide, Nitrogen oxides

Regulation

| 2012 |

Montenegro

Regulation determining the type of pollutants, limit values and other air quality standards.

This Regulation defines the types of air pollutants on the territory of Montenegro, limit values and other air quality standards and characteristics, evaluation limits, target values, critical levels and necessary measures aimed to protect human health and life, as well as deadlines for gradual reaching of the limits and target values of air quality and long-term objectives for ozone preservation...

Keywords

Legislation, Pollutants, Concentration-based standards, Air quality standards

Regulation

| 2012 |

Poland

Regulation on levels of certain substances in ambient air.

This Regulation of the Minister of Environment, which is composed of five articles and six Annexes, implements art. 86 point 1 and 2 of the Environment Protection Act and establishes: (1) permissible levels of certain substances in ambient air, varied due to protection of human health and plant protection; (2) target levels for certain substances in ambient air, varied due to protection of human...

Keywords

Legislation, PM10, Concentrations, PM2.5, Particulate matter, Ambient air

Legislation

| 2012 |

Timor-Leste

Decree-Law No. 26/2012 establishing the Environmental Basic Legislation.

This Decree-Law, consisting of 10 Chapters, establishes the Environmental Basic Legislation. It specifies the policy on environment and wildlife protection, including the basic principles for conservation, preservation and sustainable use of natural resources in order to improve the quality of life of the local populations. This Decree-Law applies for all the National territory, in particular for...

Keywords

Legislation, Zones, Zoning

Regulation

| 2012 |

Denmark

Order No. 1309 on Waste.

The Order applies to the management of commercial and household waste such as classification thereof (hazardous, suited for incineration, for landfills, for recycling, for disposal or other recovery, etc.), planning of waste regulations, data on waste charges, use of waste systems, labeling, approval and registration of waste treatment plants. The Order does not include management of residues from...

Keywords

Air quality modelling, Legislation, Industrial sources, Carbon monoxide, Sulphur dioxide, Concentrations, Concentration-based standards

Regulation

| 2012 |

Switzerland

Règlement sur la protection de l'air (RPAir).

Le présent règlement met en exécution la loi fédérale sur la protection de l'environnement, du 7 octobre 1983; ordonnance fédérale sur la protection de l'air (OPair), du 16 décembre 1985; l'ordonnance fédérale sur la taxe d'incitation sur les composés organiques volatils (OCOV), du 12 novembre 1997; la loi d'application de la loi fédérale sur la protection de l'environnement, du 2 octobre 1997...

Keywords

Air pollution, Industrial sources, Legislation, Concentrations, Zoning, Zones, PM10

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