National emission ceilings for air pollutants

Despite improvements in recent decades, air pollution in Europe remains a concern. To address this, in 2013 the European Commission proposed to update and expand the National Emission Ceilings Directive. First-reading negotiations with the Council of the European Union delivered a compromise, which now awaited a vote in the European Parliament's first November 2016 plenary.

Author: Didier Bourguignon

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Reducing air pollution - National emission ceilings for air pollutants http://www.europeansources.info/record/reducing-air-pollution-national-emission-ceilings-for-air-pollutants/

ESO: Background information: Proposal for a Directive Of The European Parliament And Of The Council on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants and amending Directive 2003/35/EC http://www.europeansources.info/record/proposal-for-a-directive-on-the-reduction-of-national-emissions-of-certain-atmospheric-pollutants-and-amending-directive-2003-35-ec/

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