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  <title>Air pollution: breaches of legal limits continued through 2010 and 2011</title> 
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  <description>Air pollutant emissions were above legal limits in eight Member States in 2011, preliminary data shows. In 2010, 12 Member States exceeded these limits, according to final official data reported under the European Union’s National Emission Ceilings (NEC) Directive. </description> 
  <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher> 
  <dc:creator>girliar</dc:creator> 
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      <dc:subject>ground-level ozone</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>NEC directive</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>particulate matter</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>traffic</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>air emissions</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>AirBase</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>sulphur dioxide</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>nitrogen oxides</dc:subject>
   
  <dc:date>2013-03-18T11:55:00+01:00</dc:date>
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  <title>Evaluation of progress under the EU National Emission Ceilings Directive</title> 
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  <description>This report considers whether the EU has successfully addressed environmental and health objectives for 2010, set out when the National Emission Ceilings Directive was adopted in 2001. Certain objectives appear to be met according to the original scientific understanding used to inform the directive. But when using the improved scientific understanding of air pollution now available, it is clear that emissions need to be even further reduced to protect health and the environment.
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  <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher> 
  <dc:creator>EEA (European Environment Agency)</dc:creator> 
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      <dc:subject>air quality</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>national emission ceilings directive</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>NEC directive</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>NEC</dc:subject>
   
  <dc:date>2012-10-18T11:55:00+02:00</dc:date>
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  <title>Nitrogen oxide emissions still a major problem in Europe</title> 
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  <description>Air pollution emitted from sources such as traffic, industry and households is still above internationally agreed limits in many European countries, according to data published today. The accompanying report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) confirms an initial assessment published earlier this year, showing 12 EU Member States exceeded limits under the National Emissions Ceilings (NEC) Directive in 2010.</description> 
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      <dc:subject>NECD</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>NMVOC</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>NOx</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>methane</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>NEC directive</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>sulphur dioxide</dc:subject>
  
  
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  <dc:date>2012-06-28T13:30:00+01:00</dc:date>
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  <title>NEC Directive status report 2011</title> 
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  <description>Reporting by the Member States 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</description> 
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  <dc:creator>EEA (European Environment Agency)</dc:creator> 
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      <dc:subject>air pollutant emissions</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>national emission ceilings directive</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>atmospheric pollutants</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>mobile sources</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>non-methane volatile organic compounds</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>SO2</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>NMVOC</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>inventory</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>NH3</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>NOx</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>NEC directive</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>ammonia</dc:subject>
  
  
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  <dc:date>2012-06-28T11:15:00+01:00</dc:date>
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  <title>Air pollutant emission limits exceeded in twelve EU Member States </title> 
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  <description>Twelve Member States exceeded one or more of the emission limits set by the EU National Emission Ceilings (NEC) Directive, according to recent official data for 2010 reported to the European Environment Agency (EEA).  In some instances the limits were exceeded by significant amounts.</description> 
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      <dc:subject>nitrogen oxide</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>NEC directive</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>air pollution</dc:subject>
   
  <dc:date>2012-02-22T14:00:00+01:00</dc:date>
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  <title>EU to exceed nitrogen oxides emission ceiling, mostly due to road transport </title> 
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  <description>The EU-27 and its Member States must meet legally binding limits for four air pollutants set by the National Emission Ceilings Directive (NEC Directive) to protect human health and the environment. The annual status report released today by the European Environment Agency (EEA) shows that while EU-27 emissions for three air pollutants are projected to meet the ceilings, nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions for the EU-27 as a whole will exceed its ceiling by 17 %. Ten Member States expect to miss their respective NOx ceilings.</description> 
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  <dc:creator>stanhibe</dc:creator> 
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      <dc:subject>air pollutant emissions</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>air pollution</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>emission ceiling</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>national emission ceilings directive</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>road transport</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>NEC</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>nitrogen oxide</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>non-methane volatile organic compounds</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>SO2</dc:subject>
  
  
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      <dc:subject>NH3</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>NOx</dc:subject>
  
  
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      <dc:subject>NEC directive</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>ammonia</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>sulphur dioxide</dc:subject>
   
  <dc:date>2011-06-01T15:19:21+02:00</dc:date>
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  <title>NEC Directive status report 2009</title> 
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  <description>Reporting by the Member States 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.</description> 
  <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher> 
  <dc:creator>EEA (European Environment Agency)</dc:creator> 
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      <dc:subject>UNECE</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>air pollution</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>emission ceiling</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>LRTAP</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>NECD</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>long-range transboundary air pollution</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>Gothenburg Protocol</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>NEC</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>emission</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>SO2</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>NOx</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>emissions</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>NH3</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>NMVOC</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>inventories</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>NEC directive</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>emission trends and projections</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>LRTAP convention</dc:subject>
   
  <dc:date>2010-09-24T11:00:00+01:00</dc:date>
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  <title>NEC Directive status report 2008</title> 
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  <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher> 
  <dc:creator>EEA (European Environment Agency)</dc:creator> 
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      <dc:subject>national emission ceilings directive</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>national emissions ceilings</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>SO2</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>NOx</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>COP15</dc:subject>
  
  
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      <dc:subject>reporting obligations</dc:subject>
  
  
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  <dc:date>2009-09-30T16:41:38+01:00</dc:date>
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  <title>NEC Directive status report 2007</title> 
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  <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher> 
  <dc:creator>EEA (European Environment Agency)</dc:creator> 
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      <dc:subject>emission trends</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>non-methane volatile organic compounds</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>national emission ceilings directive</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>nitrogen oxide</dc:subject>
  
  
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      <dc:subject>sulphur dioxide</dc:subject>
   
  <dc:date>2008-12-01T09:00:00+01:00</dc:date>
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  <title>NEC Directive status report 2006</title> 
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  <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher> 
  <dc:creator>EEA (European Environment Agency)</dc:creator> 
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      <dc:subject>non-methane volatile organic compounds</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>air pollution</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>national emission ceilings directive</dc:subject>
  
  
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      <dc:subject>national emissions ceilings</dc:subject>
  
  
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      <dc:subject>NEC directive</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>ammonia</dc:subject>
  
  
      <dc:subject>sulphur dioxide</dc:subject>
   
  <dc:date>2007-12-05T12:00:00+01:00</dc:date>
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