Directive 2008/50 / EC on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe

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Directive 2008/50 / EC

Title: Directive 2008/50 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 21, 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe
Designation:
(not official) 		Air Quality Directive
Scope: European Union
Legal matter: Environmental law
Basis: Treaty establishing the European Community , Art. 175 , Art. 251
Procedure overview: European Commission
European Parliament
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Date of issue: May 21, 2008
Release date: June 11, 2008
Come into effect: June 11, 2008
Replaces: Directive 2008/50 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 21, 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe
To be
implemented in national law by: 		June 10, 2010
Implemented by: Germany: BGBl. 2010 I p. 1059 , BGBl. 2010 I p. 1065
Austria: BGBl. I No. 77/2010
Reference: OJ L 152 of June 11, 2008, pp. 1-44
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The regulation must have been implemented in national law.
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In the states of the European Union there is a uniform law for assessing and controlling air quality. It is based on Directive 2008/50 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 21, 2008 on air quality and cleaner air for Europe , also known colloquially as the Air Quality Directive, which came into force on June 11, 2008. With effect from June 11, 2010, it replaced the previous Air Quality Framework Directive (Directive 96/62 / EC of the Council of September 27, 1996 on the assessment and control of air quality), three of the "daughter directives" adopted since then (Directive 1999/30 / EG, 2000/69 / EG and 2002/3 / EG) as well as the decision of the council (97/101 / EG) to create an exchange of information and data from the networks and individual stations for measuring air pollution in the member states of the European Union . The goal for 2020 is to reduce air pollution to such an extent that it no longer has any unacceptable effects on people and the environment.

Previously applicable EU law

The previous air quality framework directive already contained not only fixed limit values but also requirements for a more differentiated approach. In the daughter guidelines, limit values were set for certain air pollutants , namely sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), nitrogen oxides (NO x ), fine dust with a particle size of up to 10 µm (PM 10 ), lead , benzene , carbon monoxide and ozone . The previous air quality framework directive with its subsidiary directives aimed at area-based air pollution control, i.e. not differentiating between the causes of air pollution. The implementation of the necessary measures to improve the air quality could therefore include all major polluters (e.g. industry, trade, agriculture, households and transport). While in the previous pollution control law only effects on humans ( human toxicology ) were taken into account, characteristic values ​​for the protection of the ecosystem ( ecotoxicology ) have been added.

For the transitional period up to 2005, the guidelines for the new limit values ​​that have been in effect up to now have specified tolerance ranges that are reduced every year and are intended to ensure compliance with the limit values ​​at the binding times (2005 to 2010). If the tolerance ranges were exceeded in the transition period, the establishment of clean air plans to reduce pollutants became mandatory.

Germany

In Germany, the previously applicable EC directives were essentially due to several changes to the Federal Immission Control Act and the 22nd and 33rd Federal Immission Control Ordinance - Ordinance on Immission Values ​​for Pollutants in the Air (22nd BImSchV) and the Ordinance to Reduce Summer Smog, Acidification and nutrient inputs (33rd BImSchV) - implemented. These ordinances were adopted in 2010 in the ordinance on air quality standards and maximum emissions (39th BImschV).

In practice, the regulations resulted in air pollution control and action plans being drawn up for many cities , which included road traffic in particular.

Governing Law

The Air Quality Directive 2008 essentially summarizes the previous regulations in terms of content. In particular, the previously applicable limit values ​​continue to apply. One of the most significant changes is that target and limit values ​​for fine dust with a particle size of up to 2.5 µm (PM 2.5 ) have now been set. On the other hand, the new guideline contains - albeit under very strict conditions - relaxation of the implementation deadlines for the limit values ​​for PM 10 , NO 2 and benzene. Finally, certain locations are named where the limit values ​​for the protection of human health do not have to be observed (e.g. industrial sites and roadways).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Directive 2008/50 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 21, 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe , accessed on July 28, 2019
  2. ↑ Directive 96/62 / EC of the Council of September 27, 1996 on the assessment and control of air quality
  3. ↑ Directive 99/30 / EC of the Council of April 22, 1999 on limit values ​​for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and nitrogen oxides, particles and lead in the air
  4. ↑ Directive 2000/69 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of November 16, 2000 on limit values ​​for benzene and carbon monoxide in the air
  5. ↑ Directive 2002/3 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of February 12, 2002 on the ozone content of the air
  6. ↑ 97/101 / EG: Council decision of January 27, 1997 to create an exchange of information and data from the networks and individual stations to measure air pollution in the member states
  7. ↑ 39. Ordinance for the implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act. Ordinance on air quality standards and emission ceilings Website of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety , October 10, 2016