Translation of "rejets de polluants atmosphériques " (French → English) :

(1) Decision No 1386/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council ("the Action Programme") recognises that emissions of pollutants to air have been reduced significantly over the past decades, but that at the same time air pollution levels are still problematic in many parts of Europe, and that citizens of the Union continue to be exposed to air polluting substances, potentially compromising their health and wellbeing.

Summary code: Environment and climate change / Air pollution / Atmospheric pollution Environment and climate change / Water protection and management / Discharges of substances Environment and climate change / Soil protection / Discharges of substances Environment and climate change / Environment: cooperation with third countries / International convetions / Air and climate Internal market / Single Market for Goods / Chemical products / Management of polluants and waste Food safety / Food / Chemical safety / General ...[+++]rules

The experience gained in implementing Decision No 280/2004/EC has shown the need to increase synergies and coherence with reporting under other legal instruments, in particular with Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community , with Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2006 concerning the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register , with Directive 2001/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2001 on national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants ...[+++] , with Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases , and with Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics .

Value (EUR) = [air pollutant Emissions (unit) × cost of air pollutant(EUR/unit)] Baseline – [air pollutant Emissions (unit) × cost of air pollutant(EUR/unit)]Roll-out scenario

32. Stresses that black carbon remains as prevalent a cause of glacial retreat as carbon dioxide; recalls, in particular, that black carbon and ozone in the lower atmosphere are harmful air pollutants which damage health, reduce life expectancy and exacerbate the melting of snow and ice around the world, including in the Arctic, the Himalayas and other glaciated and snow-covered regions; highlights the fact that ozone is also the most important air pollutant responsible for reducing crop yields, and thus affects food security; notes that methane is an important precursor to ozone formation and that reductions of methane emissions also ...[+++] reduce the formation of ozone;

_____________ (1 ) Improvements with regard to soil eutrophication: As a result of the national emission ceilings, the Community area with depositions of nutrient nitrogen in excess of the critical loads will be reduced by about 30 per cent compared with the situation in 1990 ( 2 ) A grid cell is 150 km x 150 km, which is the resolution used when mapping critical loads on a European scale, and also when monitoring emissions and depositions of air pollutants by the Co-operative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe (EMEP) ( 3 ) Measure of excess ozone accumulated over a threshol ...[+++]d of 60 ppb ( 4 ) Measure of excess ozone accumulated over a threshold of 40 ppb (Annex II is deleted)