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Evaluation of current limit and target values as set in the EU Air Quality Directive
ETC/ACM Technical Paper 2011/3

Released: 2011/06/30: See the report

Abstract
According to directive 2008/50/EC on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe the Commission shall review in 2013 the provisions related to PM2.5 and, as appropriate, other pollutants. This report aims to inform this review by assessing current information on limit values, target values, information and alert thresholds. It discusses briefly the application area of the AQ Directive and for each of the components an assessment of the air quality in the European Union is presented. It highlights for each pollutant (i) the current situation of air quality in Europe and, if more than one standard is defined, which is the more stringent one; (ii) a short comparison of EU values with other international air quality standards. The results are discussed and a number of points which could be considered in the review of the Air Quality Directive are presented.

Prepared by: Frank de Leeuw, Paul Ruyssenaars (RIVM, ETC/ACM partner)

Published by: ETC/ACM, Bilthoven, NL, June 2011, 38 pp.