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Contribution from AQUILA to Air Policy Review
AQUILA - Network of Air Quality Reference Laboratories
“12 items” for the review
plus further guidance on AEI and
siting/classification/representativeness
Network Members: 37 National Reference Laboratories from the
28 Member States & CH, NO, IS
Observers: Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey
Associated Members: WHO CC, EEA and EEA-ETC ACC
Current chair: F. Mathe (FR), FI, UK, ENV and JRC
Next meeting: 20 November 2013, Ispra
http://ies.jrc.ec.europa.eu/aquila-homepage.html
Items 1-3 (12)
Roles and responsibilities of NRLs:
clearer and more detailed description of roles and
responsibilities of NRL’s is strongly recommended
(Accreditation, participation to QA/QC, need for appointment,
support to AQUILA, etc)
Intercomparison exercises:
need for audit/equivalence/intercomparison at MS level, clarify
participation of NRLs to JRC QA/QC programmes, how to deal
with unsatisfactory results
Type approval of instruments:
reconsider meaning, intention and interpretation of type
approval, equivalence and mutual acceptance of test reports
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Items 4 - 6 (12)
Terms and definitions:
Equivalent method, reference method, time coverage, data
capture, individual measurement, valid measurement result, …
Ions & EMEP:
“consistent measurements with EMEP”: PM2.5 – ‘TSP’,
artifacts – denuder sampling,
Ozone precursors:
List of VOCs should be kept, remove TNMHC, develop
standard method, add DQO, facilitate use of low cost
sampling/analysis
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Items 7-9 (12)
Mercury and other metals:
Reference to EN standards to be included, TGM target value
helpful, Hg in PM?, allow for composite and sub-sampling
EC/OC:
Welcoming mandate/validation/standardisation, “Total Carbon
shall be reported as subdivided into categories including OC
and EC, using methods to be reported by Member States.”
Average Exposure Indicator:
Detailed guidance prepared by AQUILA on siting and
calculation (if not covered by IPR), Table of Annex XIV (Section
B) has ambiguous requirements on Exposure Reduction Target
Relative to the AEI in 2010
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Items 10 - 12 (12)
Deposition:
EN standards on deposition measurements need to be included,
time coverage and target value should be included, establish more
commonalities with EMEP strategy
EN standards:
Review uncertainty definition in Directives, suggestion on
reference to EN standards for gaseous and particulate pollutants
(concentration and deposition)
PAHs:
Include reference to EN for BaP, and EN for 7 PAHs, target value
needs additional significant decimal, allow for sub-sampling, do
not include ozone scrubbers (not to be changed, just warning)
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Air Policy Review Package: updated Clean Air
Programme, revision of NECD, …
Meeting of Ambient Air Quality Expert Group on
23rd October, Brussels:
Discussion about potential modifications of the
Ambient Air Quality Directive emerging from the
review: list of items, appropriateness, guidance/
modifications of annexes/full revision
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Next AQUILA meeting 20 November 2013:
- Introduction of AQUILA recommendations into policy review
process
- Further guidance on implementation for measurement
community
- New input: MACPOLL Workshop 19th November (sensors,
calibration, zero gas)
Further information:
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