Zones in relation to EU air quality thresholds

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2006 - Member States provide an annual assessment of air quality in comparison to EU air quality thresholds

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Zones attribute description, excel format

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Last upload:: 11 Sep 2008
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Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV), European Environment Agency (EEA).
Methodology:: Report on ambient air quality assessment 2006, Member States reporting (The Questionnaire) ETC/ACC Technical Paper 2008/2
Coordinate reference system:: EPSG:4326
Data sources: ETC/ACC
Owners:: Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV); European Environment Agency (EEA)
Processors:: European Topic Centre on Air and Climate Change (ETC/ACC)

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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