air-ann-dir-2008-50
air-ann-dir-2008-50
Annexes II VII XI XII XIII XIV - Assessment Thresholds & Limit Values
EU. Limit, Critical, Target, Long-term Values; Alert, Info. and Assessment Thresholds - Anxes II A; VII B&C; XI B; XII A&B; XIII; XIV C, D&E, Dir 2008/50/EC, amended by Dir 2015/1480/EC, 29 Aug 2015
This list contains the Limit, Critical, Target and Long-term Values on ambient air for protection of human health and vegetation. It also contains the Alert, Information and Upper and Lower Assessment thresholds for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, benzene, carbon monoxide, lead, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone.
RELEVANT LEGISLATION
| Alert Threshold |
400 µg/m3
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| Upper assessment threshold |
140 µg/m3
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| Lower assessment threshold |
100 µg/m3
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| Average limit |
200 µg/m3
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| Tolerance margin |
0 %
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| Objective |
Protection of Human Health
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| Average sampling duration |
1 h
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| Annex |
XI (Section B),XII (Section A),II (Section A2)
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| Notes |
01 Without prejudice to Annex I, the criteria for 'Required proportion of valid data' shall be used for checking validity when aggregating data and calculating statistical parameters
04 Limit value not to be exceeded more than 18 times a calendar year
05 Margin of tolerance: 50 % on 19 July 1999, decreasing on 1 January 2001 and every 12 months thereafter by equal annual percentages to reach 0 % by 1 January 2010
08 Date by which limit value is to be met: 1 January 2010
29 Alert thresholds: To be measured over three consecutive hours at locations representative of air quality over at least 100 km2 or an entire zone or agglomeration, whichever is the smaller
30 Average Limit is the Limit Value, a level fixed with the aim of avoiding, preventing or reducing harmful effects on human health and/or the environment and not to be exceeded once attained
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