Translation of "Measures required for further air pollution control " (English → French) :

(12) Member States should adopt and implement a national air pollution control programme with a view to meeting their emission reduction requirements and intermediate emission levels, and to contributing effectively to the achievement of the Union air quality objectives.

Article 6 requires Members States to adopt, implement and regularly update their national air pollution control programmes (NAPCPs) describing how their reduction commitments shall be met.

8. Where, pursuant to paragraph 5(b), the Minister requests information respecting the malfunction or breakdown of air pollution control equipment or process equipment, the owner or operator of the mine or mill shall, not later than two months after the request is made by the Minister, submit to the Minister, for any month in which a malfunction or breakdown occurs, the information required by the Malfunction or Breakdown Report set out in Schedule II.

The case involves the absence of measures required to reduce air pollution, with reference to levels of particulate matter (PM), one of the air pollutants of greatest threat to human health because it can penetrate deep into the lungs, as well as of nitrogen dioxide (NO ) and oxides of nitrogen (NO ), which have a wide variety of health and environmental impacts.

The proposed measures break down among the following priorities: - Support for new economic activity, such as: = the development of a derelict industrial site into a craft industry centre - Promotion of employment, training and further training, such as: = work schemes for the young unemployed, disabled persons, old people, drug addicts = design of a working space for the disabled - Improvement of facilities in the social, health and safety fields, suc ...[+++]h as: = housing projects specifically for the elderly and sheltered accommodation - Environment-improving projects, such as: = creation of green belts = noise reduction and air-pollution control programmes = studies of land contaminated in the past - Teaching and leisure facilities, such as: = improvement and creation of educational facilities and day-care centres for children and young people. The overall responsibility for execution of the programme rests with Thuringia's Ministry for Economics and Infrastructure (TMWI).

Short term impacts of the programme will be : * availability of appropriate state-of-the-art equipment for both, monitoring and computer assisted processing of relevant data on air quality * transfer of know-how in the fields of air quality management practices, ambient air quality monitoring and air pollution control methods through short-term technical assistance, advanced training/re- training programmes including study tours in Europe * increased efficiency of the existing monitoring network through improved methods and calibration facilities for continuous monitoring * expertise on the desig ...[+++]n of a global environmental data system in relation to present/future priority requirements.