Directive (EU) 2016/2284 on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants, also called the new National Emission Ceilings Directive (NECD) — (referred to in this document as ‘the Directive’) is designed to further reduce air pollution and its associated risks to the environment and human health (Article 1). The Directive includes, for each Member State, future reduction com...

In their National Air Pollution Control Programme (NAPCP), Member States set out how they intend to achieve emission reduction commitments of the NEC Directive.Member States must submit updated NAPCPs at least every four years. The first NAPCPs were due by 1 April 2019. All submitted NAPCPs and their English translations are available below.Member States also submit air pollutant emission projecti...

The Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1522 of 11 October 2018 lays down a common format for national air pollution control programmes under Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants.Its Annex provides a common format for the national air pollution control programme pursuant to Article 6 o...

Air pollution damages human health and the environment. Several pollutants are emitted into the air from different sources. The effects may be felt locally or even hundreds of kilometres away due to the pollutant being transformed and transported in the atmosphere. Air pollution policy addresses this complex reality. It comprises legislation covering environmental quality standards and the abateme...

Air pollution damages human health and the environment. Several pollutants are emitted into the air from different sources. The effects may be felt locally or even hundreds of kilometres away due to the pollutant being transformed and transported in the atmosphere. Air pollution policy addresses this complex reality. It comprises legislation covering environmental quality standards and the abateme...

Air pollution damages human health and the environment. Several pollutants are emitted into the air from different sources. The effects may be felt locally or even hundreds of kilometres away due to the pollutant being transformed and transported in the atmosphere. Air pollution policy addresses this complex reality. It comprises legislation covering environmental quality standards and the abateme...

Member States must report national emission inventories each year, accompanied by a report.Page content:Reporting of emission inventoriesMethodological support to inventories compilationReview of national emission inventories...

The National Emission reduction Commitments Directive (NEC Directive) outlines obligations to reduce national emissions of the five main air pollutants (PM2.5, NOx, NMVOCs, NH3 and SO2). The current reduction obligations apply from 2020 to 2029, while stricter obligations will apply from 2030 onwards.The directive transposes the reduction commitments for 2020 agreed by the EU and its Member States...

The purposes of this Act are to protect the health of citizens and to protect the living environment from air pollution by, among other things, controlling emissions, etc. of Soot and Smoke, Volatile Organic Compounds, and Particulates associated with the business activities of factories and workplaces and with the demolition, etc. of buildings, etc., by promoting the implementation of measures ag...

The Minamata Convention on Mercury is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects of mercury.The Convention was adopted on 10 October 2013 at Kumamoto (Japan) on the occasion of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Minamata Convention on Mercury held from 7 to 11 October 2013 and entered into force on 16 August 2017. ...