Traduction de «Working Party on Methods for Analysing Air Pollution » (Anglais → Français) :

Air pollution is a key concern for the European citizen and is also the focus of a large body of regulatory instruments (e.g. CAFE). The cornerstones of JRC"s efforts will be: (a) the assessment of emissions by vehicles and stationary sources (new emission directives, standards for diesel/gasoline, new fuels, particulate matter and dioxin emissions; harmonisation/standardisation of world-wide reference test cycles and of measuring methods for industrial emissions); (b) the provision of reference for the implementation and the development of air quality di ...[+++]rectives (analysis quantification of air pollution, monitoring, techniques, pre-normative work, methods for evaluating the impact of air quality policies on human exposure and modelling tools for data analysis and comparisons of abatement scenarios;

The cornerstones of JRC"s efforts will be a) the assessment of emissions by vehicles and stationary sources (new emission directives, standards for diesel/gasoline, new fuels, particulate matter and dioxin emissions; harmonisation/standardisation of world-wide reference test cycles and of measuring methods for industrial emissions) and b) the provision of reference for the implementation and the development of air quality directives (analysis quantification of air pollution, monitori ...[+++]ng, techniques, pre-normative work, methods for evaluating the impact of air quality policies on human exposure and modelling tools for data analysis and comparisons of abatement scenarios.

(b) the provision of reference for the implementation and the development of air quality directives (analysis quantification of air pollution, monitoring, techniques, pre-normative work, methods for evaluating the impact of air quality policies on human exposure and modelling tools for data analysis and comparisons of abatement scenarios.

The Council will decide on quality objectives, measuring methods, etc. for each pollutant, after preparatory work closely involving the Member States, scientific and technical bodies and the other parties concerned (NGOs, industry, etc.).

They welcomed the reaffirmation of support for this reform expressed by the members of the European Council in Paris on 18 November. 2. The 24 noted that: - more than one third of the 336 million ECU ($ 370 million) pledged for food assistance has been supplied and that the remaining two-thirds will be delivered shortly, mostly before the end of the year, in accordance with Polish needs and absorption capacities; - the Community has decided to increase the financial means for economic cooperation with Poland and Hungary in 1990 to 300 million Ecu and that the European Investment Bank with a three year horizon; - most members of the 24 including the Community have decided or envisaged to improve access to their markets for Polish and Hung ...[+++]arian exports notably through an extension of the generalized system of preferences; - the identification of projects in the four priority areas defined by the 24, agriculture, training, environment and investment, is well under way in close cooperation with the Polish and Hungarian authorities; - the coordination of these projects and other actions has been pursued in the working groups, each of which has met at least twice since the last Group of 24 meeting; the agricultural group has coordinated food supplies to avoid bottle-necks; the training group is examining programmes for local administrators, banking and financial staff and language teachers; the environment group is working on joint actions concerning air and water pollution, and waste management; the investment group is analysing the legal, fiscal and guarantee conditions favouring private investment and identifying sectors for foreign investment in close cooperation with the Polish and Hungarian authorities.

Quality of life - Novel methods of sampling and analyses have been developed for the determination of the levels of pollutants in air in low concentrations.