EU Technical Standards for Measuring Air Pollution from Natural Sources
11 Nov 2026Effective: 10 Nov 20262 views
Who is affected:
Public environmental administrations and air quality monitoring bodies
Summary
The EU establishes how to demonstrate that certain levels of air pollution come from natural sources, such as Saharan dust or volcanic eruptions, so that countries are not penalized for them.
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This Implementing Decision develops the technical aspects of Directive (EU) 2024/2881 on air quality, specifically the methods for demonstrating and discounting exceedances of pollutant limit values attributable to natural sources. Member States may exclude from their count of non-compliance episodes of pollution cause…
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