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EU Air Quality Targets

 
 

 

 

 Limit Values for the protection of human health
 Pollutant
Averaging period Limit value*
 Date by which value is to be met
 Benzene Calendar year  5 µg/m3 (1.54 ppb)  1 January 2010
 Carbon monoxide (CO) 8-hour, rolling basis  10 mg/m3 (8.6 ppm)  1 January 2005
  Lead
Calendar year
 0.5 µg/m3  1 January 2005 or, in specific cases, 1 January 2010
  Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)  1-hour

 200 µg/m3 (105 ppb), not to be exceeded > 18 times a calendar year

  1 January 2010
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) Calendar year  40 µg/m3 (21 ppb)  1 January 2010
 Ozone (O3)
Maximum daily 8-hour mean Target Value  120 µg/m3 (60 ppb), not to be exceeded > 25 days a calendar year averaged over 3 years

1 January 2010
Particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter           Calendar year    (PM10),           
Gravimetric**  
 24-hour
 50 µg/m3, not to be exceeded > 35 times a calendar year  1 January 2005
Calendar year  40 µg/m3  1 January 2005
  PM2.5 Calendar year  25 µg/m3
 1 January 2015
Calendar year, exposure reduction
 20 µg/m3   1 January 2015
Exposure reduction  0-20% urban background reduction, to meet 18 µg/m3 by  2020.
  between 2010 & 2020
  Sulphur  dioxide (SO2)  1-hour  350 µg/m3 (132ppb), not to be       exceeded > 24 times a calendar year
 1 January 2005
 24-hour
 125 µg/m3 (47ppb), not to be exceeded > 3 times a calendar year 
 1 January 2005
 Arsenic (As)  Calendar year Target value 6 ng/m3 1 January 2012
Cadmium (Cd)
Calendar year Target value 5 ng/m3 1 January 2012
Nickel (Ni)
Calendar year Target value 20 ng/m3
 1 January 2012
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH)
 Calendar year Target value 1 ng/m3 (expressed as Benzo(a)pyrene)
1 January 2012
Limit Values for the protection of vegetation (NOx) and ecosystems (SO2)
  Oxides  of nitrogen (NOx) Calendar year  30 µg/m3  19 July 2001
 Sulphur dioxide (SO2) Calendar year & winter (1 Oct to 31 Mar)  20 µg/m3  19 July 2001
                 
*  Limit Value is legally binding on member states. A target value is to be attained as far as possible by the attainment date and so is less strict than a limit value.
** Gravimetric refers to the method of measuring PM10

 


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