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NEC Directive status report 2008
EEA Technical report No 11/2009

Released: 2009/09/30: See the report

Member States' reporting under Directive 2001/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2001 on national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants

Abstract:
The National Emission Ceilings Directive (NECD) sets pollutant-specific emission ceilings for each Member State of the European Union to be met by 2010. It also lays down the requirements for the Member States to compile and report information on past emissions, future emission projections and national actions being taken to control emissions of air pollutants. As part of these requirements, Member States shall prepare and annually update national emission inventories and emission projections for 2010 in respect of four important air pollutants: sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC), and ammonia (NH3). This report presents the emissions and projections data reported by Member States in the 2008 reporting round under the NECD. A number of Member States have indicated they will not achieve at least one of their 2010 emission ceilings. At the aggregated European Community level, the 'with measures' projections reported by Member States imply that for some pollutants the aggregated EU-27 emission ceilings defined in Annex I and II of the NECD will also be exceeded. Only for SO2 and NH3 is the EU-27 likely to meet both the aggregated ceilings set in the NECD Annex I and II.

Prepared by: This report was prepared by the European Environment Agency's European Topic Centre for Air and Climate Change (ETC/ACC). The lead author was Katarina Marecková. Other authors were, in alphabetical order, Michael Gager, Sabine Göttlicher and Nicole Mandl.

EEA project managers: Martin Adams

Publish date: 2009/09/30

Published by: © EEA (European Environment Agency).

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