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EU legal background
Air pollution
EU legal background: Air pollution
Air pollution in Europe is regulated by several
policies, which are targeting the various types and sources - of pollutants. Also, in 2005 the
Commission proposed a thematic strategy for
reducing the number of deaths linked to air
pollution by 40% (of 2000 levels) by 2020.
The European policies are enlisted in the
followings with active links.
AIR QUALITY
• Pure air for Europe
• Management and quality of ambient air
• Exchange of information and data on
ambient air quality
• Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution
• Clean Air for Europe (CAFE) Programme
ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION
• Sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and oxides of
nitrogen, particulate matter and lead in ambient air
• National emission ceilings for certain atmospheric
pollutants
• Nitrogen dioxide
• Phaseout of CFCs in metered dose inhalers
• Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air
Pollution
• Protocol on Heavy Metals
• Elimination and minimisation of production, use and
release of persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
• Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) resulting from
the storage of petrol
LAND MOTOR VEHICLES
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All motor vehicles
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Road vehicles
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Euro 5 and Euro 6 standards: reduction of pollutant emissions from light vehicles
Motor vehicles with trailers: polluting emissions
Motor vehicles with trailers: emission of gaseous pollutants from diesel engines
Sulphur content of certain liquid fuels
Quality of petrol and diesel fuels: sulphur and lead
EU strategy for biofuels
Motor vehicles: use of biofuels
Clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles
CO2 emission limits on new vehicles
C02 emissions from new passenger cars: monitoring
Passenger car related taxes
Information on the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions of new cars
Emissions from air conditioning systems in motor vehicles
Promotion of clean road transport vehicles within public authorities
Environmental problems caused by heavy goods vehicles
Off road vehicles
– Non-road mobile machinery: gaseous pollutants
– Wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors: pollutant gases
OTHER VEHICLES
• Aviation and climate change
• Clean Sky JTI
• Strategy to reduce atmospheric emissions
from seagoing ships
INDUSTRY
• Integrated pollution prevention and control:
IPPC Directive
• Pollutants from large combustion plants
• Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
resulting from certain industrial activities