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Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants, amending Directive 2003/35/EC and repealing Directive 2001/81/EC (Text with EEA relevance )| Legal instrument | Directive |
|---|---|
| Number legal act | Directive 2016/2284 |
| Original proposal | COM(2013)920  |
| CELEX number i | 32016L2284 |
| Document | 14-12-2016; Date of signature |
|---|---|
| Publication in Official Journal | 17-12-2016; OJ L 344 p. 1-31 |
| Signature | 14-12-2016 |
| Effect | 31-12-2016; Entry into force See Art 22 |
| Deadline | 01-07-2018; See Art 10.4(a) 01-04-2019; See Art 10.1 01-07-2019; See Art 10.4(b) 31-12-2019; See Art 21.2 01-04-2020; See Art 11.1 31-12-2025; Review See Art 13.1 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
| Transposition | 15-02-2017; See Art 20.1 01-07-2018; See Art 20.1 |
17.12.2016 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 344/1 |
DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/2284 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 14 December 2016
on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants, amending Directive 2003/35/EC and repealing Directive 2001/81/EC
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 192(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (2),
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (3),
Whereas:
(1) |
Significant progress has been achieved over the past 20 years in the Union in the field of anthropogenic air emissions and air quality, in particular through a dedicated Union policy, including the Communication from the Commission of 21 September 2005 entitled ‘Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution’ (the ‘TSAP’). Directive 2001/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) has been instrumental in that progress by setting caps on Member States' total annual emissions from 2010 onwards of sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC) and ammonia (NH3). As a result, sulphur dioxide emissions were reduced by 82 %, nitrogen oxides emissions by 47 %, non-methane volatile organic compounds emissions by 56 % and ammonia emissions by 28 % in the Union between 1990 and 2010. However, as indicated in the Communication from the Commission of 18 December 2013 entitled ‘A Clean Air Programme for Europe’ (the ‘revised TSAP’), significant negative impacts on and risks to human health and the environment remain. |
(2) |
The 7th Environment Action Programme (5) confirms the Union's long-term objective for air policy, to achieve levels of air quality that do not give rise to significant negative impacts on and risks to human health and the environment, and calls, to that end, for full compliance with the current air quality legislation of the Union, post-2020 strategic targets and actions, enhanced efforts in areas where the population and ecosystems are exposed to high levels of air pollutants, and reinforced synergies between air quality legislation and the Union's policy objectives that have been set, in particular, for climate change and biodiversity. |
(3) |
The revised TSAP sets out new strategic objectives for the period up to 2030 with a view to moving further towards the Union's long-term objective on air quality. |
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Member States and the Union are in the process of ratifying the United Nations Environment Programme Minamata Convention on Mercury of 2013, which seeks to protect human health and the environment through the reduction of mercury emissions from existing and new sources with a view to its entry into force in 2017. Reported emissions of that pollutant should be kept under review by the Commission. |
(5) |
Member States and the Union are parties to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution of 1979 (the ‘LRTAP Convention’) and to several of its Protocols, including the Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone of 1999, which was revised in 2012 (the ‘revised Gothenburg Protocol’). |
(6) |
As regards the year 2020 and thereafter, the revised Gothenburg Protocol sets out new emission reduction commitments, taking the year 2005 as a base year, for each party regarding sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, non-methane volatile organic compounds, ammonia and fine... |
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