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Zones in relation to EU air quality thresholds

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Created 15 Sep 2010 Published 15 Sep 2010 Last modified 11 Sep 2015
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2008 - Member States provide an annual assessment of air quality in comparison to EU air quality thresholds

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Zone exceedance SO2, day, year, 2008

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Zone exceedance Ozone vegetation, health, 2008

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Zone exceedance Lead, 2008

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Zone exceedance PM10, day, year, 2008

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Zone exceedance SO2, winter, year, 2008

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Zone exceedance Benzene, 2008

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Zone exceedance NO2 hour, year, 2008

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Zone exceedance NOx year, 2008

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Zone exceedance CO, 2008

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Zone exceedance AsCdNi, 2008

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Zone exceedance BaP, 2008

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Additional information

Zones attribute description
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Additional information

Information is reported for the zones designated under the Framework Directive on ambient air quality (96/62/EC). Commission Decision 2004/461/EC provides a questionnaire to be used by the Member States for the annual reporting under the Framework Directive and the related four Daughter Directives 1999/30/EC, 2000/69/EC, 2002/3/EC and on a voluntary basis for 2004/107/EC. Member States have to divide their entire territory into zones. Zones can be regarded as the primary territorial units for assessment and management of air quality under the air quality directives. Consequently, unambiguous definition of all zones is needed. Member States have employed different approaches for the definition of their zones. Some Member States have divided their territory into a single set of zones serving all pollutants. Other Member States have defined a single base set of zones and modified some of the zones for the application to particular pollutants. Where a Member State has distinguished different sets of zones in relation to health protection and ecosystem/vegetation protection respectively, a single location can be situated in several zones, e.g. in a zone defined for all pollutants except lead and in another, larger zone defined for lead. More information about EU air quality standards is available on the DG Environment web site at http://ec.europa.eu/environment/air/quality/standards.htm. Pursuant to Article 22 of Directive 2008/50/EC, Member States may notify to the Commission when in their opinion the conditions are met in a given zone or agglomeration for postponing the attainment deadline for the limit values for nitrogen dioxide and benzene, or for being exempt from the limit values for PM10. More information is available at: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/air/quality/legislation/time_extensions.htm .