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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

| 1999 |

Bulgaria

Regulation No. 7 on ambient air quality assessment and management.

This Regulation prescribes obligatory conditions, order and procedures for ambient air quality assessment and management. The Regulation consists of 39 articles divided into 7 Chapters: General provisions (I); Ambient air quality assessment (II); Measurements for determination of ambient air quality (III); Provisions for quality measurement (IV); Registration, validation and storage of measurement...

Keywords

Air quality monitoring, Legislation, Ambient air, Air quality, Monitoring stations, Concentrations, Pollutants, Concentration-based standards, Air pollution, Compliance, Zoning, Agglomerations, Allowed exceedances, Alert thresholds, Environmental impact assessments, Inspection, Mobile point sources

Legislation

| 1999 |

Azerbaijan

Law No. 677-IQ on ecological safety.

The purpose of this Law shall be to establish legal basis for the protection of human life and health, cultural heritage, the environment, including atmospheric air, outer space, water resources, subsoil, land, natural landscape and flora and fauna from the threats caused by natural and anthropogenic factors. The duty of the State in the sphere of ensuring ecological safety shall include: (I) to...

Keywords

Air quality monitoring, Compliance, Zones, Zoning, Legislation, Human rights, Environmental impact assessments

Legislation

| 1999 |

Benin

Loi nº 98-030 portant loi cadre sur l'environnement en République du Bénin.

Cette loi est constituée de sept titres, à savoir: Des dispositions générales(I); de la protection et de la mise en valeur des milieux récepteurs et naturels(II); de la protection et de la mise en valeur du milieu naturel et de l'environnement humain(III); de la pollution et des nuisances(IV); de l'étude d'impact, de l'audit environnemental, de l'audience publique sur l'environnement, des plans d...

Legislation

| 1999 |

Canada

Canadian Environmental Protection Act 1999 (S.C. 1999, c. 33).

The Act is divided into 12 Parts: Administration (1); Public participation (II); Information gathering, objectives, guidelines and codes of practice (3); Pollution prevention (4); Controlling toxic substances (5); Animate products of biotechnology (6); Controlling pollution and managing wastes (7); Environmental matters related to emergencies (8); Government operations and federal and aboriginal...

Keywords

Legislation, Public participation, Enforcement, Air pollution, Permitting, Concentrations, Air quality monitoring, Concentration-based standards, Monitoring stations, Zoning, Compliance, Inspection, Industrial sources, Air quality modelling, Pollutants, Zones, Access to information, Masks, Public health

Legislation | 1999 |

Philippines

Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999

An Act providing for a comprehensive air pollution control policy and for other purposes. This Act establishes a comprehensive air pollution control policy for the country by preserving and protecting air quality, establishing an air quality management system, prohibiting certain forms of waste disposal, and regulating emissions. The Act consists of 7 Chapters and 51 sections: General Provisions...

Legislation | 1999 |

Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 96-FZ on the protection of atmospheric air

The present Federal Law aims to implement the constitutional rights of citizens to a favorable environment and reliable information about its state. The law defines key concepts, such as "atmospheric air," "pollutant," and "transboundary pollution," and sets the principles of state management in this domain, emphasizing the prioritization of public health and environmental integrity. The basic...

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 | 1998 |

El Salvador

Ley del Medio Ambiente

El Salvador Ley del Medio Ambiente Ley 233 de 1998 Publicado en Dario Oficial el 4 mayo 1998 Aprobado el 2 marzo 1998 Entró en vigor el 12 mayo 1998 [Esta es la versión de este documento de 8 diciembre 2022.] [Modificado por Decreto Nº 1045 (Decreto 1045 de 2012) el 24 mayo 2012] [Modificado por Decreto Nº 158 (Decreto 158 de 2012) el 20 noviembre 2012] [Modificado por Decreto Nº 557 (Decreto 557...

Legislation

| 1998 |

El Salvador

Decreto Legislativo Nº 233 - Ley del Medio Ambiente.

La Ley consta de 14 títulos y 116 artículos. INDICE: Objeto (I); Gestión del medio ambiente (II); Instrumentos de la política del medio ambiente (III); Dimensión ambiental (IV); Prevención y control de la contaminación (V); Recursos naturales (VI); Recursos naturales renovables (VII); Ecosistemas (VIII); Areas protegidas (IX); Recursos naturales no renovables (X); Medidas preventivas y sanciones...

Keywords

Nitrogen monoxide

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

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