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Commission Implementing Decision of 12 December 2011 laying down rules for Directives 2004/107/EC and 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the reciprocal exchange of information and reporting on ambient air quality (notified under document C(2011) 9068) (2011/850/EU)

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Commission Implementing Decision

of 12 December 2011

laying down rules for Directives 2004/107/EC and 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the reciprocal exchange of information and reporting on ambient air quality

(notified under document C(2011) 9068)

(2011/850/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Directive 2004/107/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 relating to arsenic, cadmium, mercury, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air(1), and in particular Article 5(4) thereof,

Having regard to Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe(2), and in particular Article 28(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Directive 2004/107/EC lays down target values to be met by a certain date, determines common methods and criteria for the assessment of the listed pollutants, lays down the information that needs to be transmitted to the Commission and ensures that adequate information on concentration levels of those pollutants is made available to the public. It requires that detailed arrangements for forwarding the ambient air quality information are adopted.

(2) Directive 2008/50/EC establishes the framework for the assessment and management of ambient air quality. It provides that the information on ambient air quality and the timescales in which such information is to be made available by Member States are to be laid down for the reporting and the reciprocal exchange of information on air quality. It also requires that ways are identified to streamline how such information are reported and exchanged.

(3) Council Decision 97/101/EC of 27 January 1997 establishing a reciprocal exchange of information and data from networks and individual stations measuring ambient air pollution within the Member States(3) lists the information on air quality which Member States are to provide in view of the reciprocal exchange.

(4) Directive 2008/50/EC provides that Decision 97/101/EC is to be repealed with effect from the end of the second calendar year following the entry into force of the implementing measures on transmission of information and reporting. Accordingly, the provisions of Decision 97/101/EC should be reflected in this Decision.

(5) The scope of this Decision covers the annual reporting on ambient air quality assessment and the submission of information on plans and programmes in relation to limit values for certain pollutants in ambient air currently covered by Commission Decision 2004/224/EC of 20 February 2004 laying down arrangements for the submission of information on plans or programmes required under Council Directive 96/62/EC in relation to limit values for certain pollutants in ambient air(4) and Commission Decision 2004/461/EC of 29 April 2004 laying down a questionnaire to be used for annual reporting on ambient air quality assessment under Council Directives 96/62/EC and 1999/30/EC and under Directives 2000/69/EC and 2002/3/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(5). Accordingly, in the interest of clarity and consistency of Union legislation, those Decisions should be repealed.

(6) An Internet interface called the ambient air quality portal should be created by the Commission, assisted by the European Environment Agency, where Member States should make the air quality information available and where the public has access to the environmental information made available by Member States.

(7) To streamline the amount of information made available by Member States, to maximise the usefulness of such information and to reduce the administrative burden, Member States should be required to make the information available in a standardised, machine-readable form. The Commission, assisted by the European Environment Agency, should develop such a standardised machine-readable form in line with the requirements of Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE)(6). It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level.

(8) To reduce the administrative burden and the scope for errors, Member States should use an electronic, Internet-based tool accessible through the ambient air quality portal when making information available. That tool should be used to check the consistency of the information, the data quality and to aggregate the primary data. Where this Decision requires information to be made available in aggregate form, the tool should therefore undertake this aggregation. Member States should be able to use the tool independently from making available the ambient air quality information to the Commission to fulfil a reporting obligation or to exchange ambient air quality data.

(9) The European Environment Agency should assist the Commission, as appropriate, with the management of the ambient air quality portal and the development of the tool for information consistency, data quality and aggregation of primary data. The European Environment Agency should in particular assist the Commission in the monitoring of the data repository, as well as the analysis relating to fulfilment by the Member States of their obligations under Directives 2004/107/EC and 2008/50/EC.

(10) It is necessary for the Member States and the Commission to collect, exchange and assess up-to-date air quality information in order to understand better the impacts of air pollution and develop appropriate policies. In order to facilitate the handling and comparison of up-to-date air quality information, the up-to-date information should be made available to the Commission in the same standardised form as validated data within a reasonable timeframe after it has been made available to the public.

(11) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Ambient Air Quality Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

CHAPTER IU.K.GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1U.K.Subject matter

This Decision establishes rules F1... as regards:

(a)

[F2appropriate authorities] obligations to report on the assessment and management of ambient air quality;

(b)

[F3appropriate authorities] reciprocal exchange of information [F4between each other] concerning networks and stations, and the measurements of air quality obtained from those stations that are selected by [F3appropriate authorities] for the purpose of reciprocal exchange from amongst existing stations.

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Article 2U.K.Definitions

For the purposes of this Decision, and in addition to the definitions laid down in Article 2 of Directive 2004/107/EC, Article 3 of Directive 2007/2/EC, and Article 2 of and Annex VII to Directive 2008/50/EC, the following definitions shall apply:

(1)

‘station’ means a location where measurements or samples are taken at one or more sampling points at the same site within an area of approximately 100 m2;

(2)

‘network’ means an organisational structure performing assessment of ambient air quality by measuring at one or more stations;

(3)

‘measurement configuration’ means the technical facilities used for the measurement of one pollutant or one of its compounds at a certain station;

(4)

‘measurement data’ means information on the concentration or deposition level of a specific pollutant obtained by measurements;

(5)

‘modelling data’ means information on the concentration or deposition level of a specific pollutant obtained through numerical simulation of physical reality;

(6)

‘objective estimation data’ means information on the concentration or deposition level of a specific pollutant obtained through expert analysis and may include use of statistical tools;

(7)

‘primary data’ means information on the concentration or deposition level of a specific pollutant at the highest time resolution considered in this Decision;

(8)

‘primary up-to-date assessment data’ means primary data collected with the frequency appropriate to each pollutant assessment method and made available to the public without delay;

(9)

F5...

(10)

‘data repository’ means an information system F6... containing air quality information and data made available through national data reporting and exchange nodes under the control of the [F7appropriate authorities];

(11)

‘data type’ means a descriptor by which similar data to be used for different purposes is categorised as set out in Part A of Annex II to this Decision;

(12)

‘environmental objective’ means an ambient air quality objective to be attained within a given period, or where possible over a given period respectively or in the long term as laid down in Directives 2004/107/EC and 2008/50/EC.

(13)

[F8“appropriate authority”

(a)

in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

(b)

in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(c)

in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

(d)

in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.

(14)

For the purpose of this Decision a reference to a provision of a Directive is to be read as a reference to that provision in so far as it has been transposed into the law of any part of the United Kingdom.]

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CHAPTER IIU.K.F9...

Article 3U.K.Ambient air quality F10... data repository

1.[F11Each appropriate authority], shall establish a data repository F12....

[F132.The appropriate authority must include in its data repository information and data in accordance with Article 5.]

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4.The public shall have access to the data repository free of charge.

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F17Article 4U.K.Encoding of information

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Article 5U.K.Procedure for making information available

1.[F18The appropriate authority] shall make available [F19in its] data repository the information required by this Decision in accordance with the data requirements set out in Part A of Annex I. F20...

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CHAPTER IIIU.K.MAKING AVAILABLE F25... INFORMATION ON AMBIENT AIR QUALITY

Article 6U.K.Zones and agglomerations

1.[F26The appropriate authority must include in its data repository] the information set out in Part B of Annex II to this Decision on the delimitation and type of zones and agglomerations established in accordance with Article 3 of Directive 2004/107/EC and Article 4 of Directive 2008/50/EC and in which the assessment and management of air quality is to be carried out in the following calendar year.

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2.[F28The appropriate authority] [F29must include in its data repository] the information referred to in paragraph 1 [F30by] no later than 31 December of each calendar year. [F28The appropriate authority] may indicate that there have been no changes to the information previously made available.

3.Where changes are made to the delimitation and type of zones and agglomerations, the [F31appropriate authority must update its data repository accordingly and by] no later than 9 months after the end of the calendar year the changes were made.

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Article 7U.K.Assessment regime

1.[F32The appropriate authority must include in its data repository] the information set out in Part C of Annex II on the assessment regime to be applied in the following calendar year for each pollutant within individual zones and agglomerations in accordance with Article 4 of Directive 2004/107/EC and Articles 5 and 9 of Directive 2008/50/EC.

2.[F33The appropriate authority must include in its data repository] the information referred to in paragraph 1 [F34by] no later than 31 December of each calendar year. [F35The appropriate authority] may indicate that there have been no changes to the information previously made available.

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Article 8U.K.Methods for the demonstration and subtraction of exceedances attributable to natural sources or to winter-sanding or -salting

1.[F36The appropriate authority must include in its data repository] the information set out in Part D of Annex II on the methods used for the demonstration and subtraction of exceedances attributable to natural sources or to winter-sanding or -salting applied within individual zones and agglomerations according to Articles 20 and 21 of Directive 2008/50/EC.

2.[F37The appropriate authorities must include in their data repository] the information referred to in paragraph 1 F38... for a full calendar year no later than 9 months after the end of each calendar year.

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Article 9U.K.Assessment methods

1.[F39The appropriate authority must include in its data repository] the information set out in Part D of Annex II on the quality and traceability of the assessment methods applied.

2.[F40The appropriate authorities must include] the information referred to in paragraph 1 F41... for a full calendar year no later than 9 months after the end of each calendar year.

3.Where in a particular zone or agglomeration fixed measurement is mandatory according to Article 4 of Directive 2004/107/EC and Articles 6 and 9 and Article 10(6) of Directive 2008/50/EC, the information shall include at least the following:

(a)the measurement configuration;

(b)the demonstration of equivalence where a non-reference method is used;

(c)the sampling point location, its description and classification;

(d)the documentation of data quality.

4.Where in a particular zone or agglomeration indicative measurement is applied in accordance with Article 4 of Directive 2004/107/EC and Articles 6 and 9 and Article 10(6) of Directive 2008/50/EC, the information shall include at least the following:

(a)the measurement method applied;

(b)the sampling points and the coverage area;

(c)the validation method;

(d)the documentation of data quality.

5.Where in a particular zone or agglomeration modelling techniques are applied in accordance with Article 4 of Directive 2004/107/EC and Articles 6 and 9 of Directive 2008/50/EC, the information shall include at least the following:

(a)the description of the modelling system and its inputs;

(b)the model validation through measurements;

(c)the coverage area;

(d)the documentation of data quality.

6.Where in a particular zone or agglomeration objective estimation is applied in accordance with Article 4 of Directive 2004/107/EC and Articles 6 and 9 of Directive 2008/50/EC, the information shall include at least the following:

(a)the description of the estimation method;

(b)the documentation of data quality.

7.[F42The appropriate authority] shall also make available the information set out in Part D of Annex II on the quality and traceability of the assessment methods applied, for the networks and stations selected by the [F43appropriate authority] for the purpose of the reciprocal exchange of information as referred to in point (b) of Article 1 for the pollutants listed in Part B of Annex I and where available for the additional pollutants listed in Part C of Annex I and for the additional pollutants listed on the portal for that purpose. Paragraphs 1 to 6 of this Article shall apply to the exchanged information.

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Article 10U.K.Primary validated assessment data and primary up-to-date assessment data

1.[F44The appropriate authority must include in its data repository] the information set out in Part E of Annex II on primary validated assessment data for all sampling points where measurement data is collected for the purpose of the assessment F45... according to Article 9 for the pollutants listed in Parts B and C of Annex I.

Where in a particular zone or agglomeration modelling techniques are applied, F46... the information set out in Part E of Annex II at the highest time resolution available [F47must be included].

2.The primary validated assessment data shall be [F48included in the data repository] for a full calendar year as complete time series no later than 9 months after the end of each calendar year.

3.[F49The appropriate authority must], where they make use of the possibility provided for in Articles 20(2) and 21(3) of Directive 2008/50/EC, [F50include in its data repository] information on the quantification of the contribution from natural sources pursuant to Article 20(1) of Directive 2008/50/EC or from the winter-sanding or -salting of roads pursuant to Article 21(1) and (2) of Directive 2008/50/EC.

The information shall include:

(a)the spatial extent of the subtraction;

(b)the quantity of the primary validated assessment data made available according to paragraph 1 of this Article that can be attributed to natural sources or winter-sanding or -salting;

(c)the results of the application of the methods reported according to Article 8.

4.[F51The appropriate authority must include in its data repository] the information set out in Part E of Annex II on primary up-to-date assessment data for the networks and stations selected F52... for the specific purpose of making available up-to-date information amongst the networks and stations selected F52... for the purpose of the reciprocal exchange of information as referred to in point (b) of Article 1 for the pollutants listed in Part B of Annex I and where available for the additional pollutants listed in Part C of Annex I F53....

5.[F54The appropriate authority must include in its data repository] the information set out in Part E of Annex II on primary validated assessment data for the networks and stations selected F55... for the purpose of the reciprocal exchange of information as referred to in point (b) of Article 1 for the pollutants listed in Part B of Annex I and where available for the additional pollutants listed in Part C of Annex I F56.... Paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article shall apply to the exchanged information.

6.The primary up-to-date assessment data pursuant to paragraph 4 shall be [F57included in the data repository] on a provisional basis with the frequency appropriate to each pollutant assessment method and within a reasonable timeframe after the data has been made available to the public according to Article 26 of Directive 2008/50/EC, for the pollutants specified for that purpose in Part B of Annex I to this Decision.

The information shall include:

(a)assessed concentration levels;

(b)a status indication on the quality control.

7.The primary up-to-date information made available pursuant to paragraph 4 shall be coherent with the information made available pursuant to Articles 6, 7 and 9.

8.[F58The appropriate authority] may update the primary up-to-date assessment data made available pursuant to paragraph 4 following further quality control. The updated information shall replace the original information and its status shall be clearly indicated.

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F59Article 11U.K.Aggregated validated assessment data

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Article 12U.K.Attainment of environmental objectives

1.[F60The appropriate authority must include in its data repository] the information set out in Part G of Annex II on the attainment of environmental objectives set by Directives 2004/107/EC and 2008/50/EC.

2.The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be [F61included in the data repository] for a full calendar year no later than 9 months after the end of each calendar year.

The information shall include the following:

(a)a declaration of attainment of all environmental objectives in each specific zone or agglomeration, including information on the exceedance of any applicable margin of tolerance;

(b)where relevant, a declaration that the exceedance in the zone is attributable to natural sources;

(c)where relevant, a declaration that the exceedance of a PM10 air quality objective in the zone or agglomeration is due to the re-suspension of particulate matter following the winter-sanding or -salting of roads;

(d)information on the attainment of the PM2,5 exposure concentration obligation.

3.Where an exceedance has occurred, the information made available shall also include information on the area of exceedance and the number of people exposed.

4.The information made available shall be coherent with the zone delimitation made available pursuant to Article 6 for the same calendar year F62....

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Article 13U.K.Air quality plans

1.[F63The appropriate authority must include in its data repository] the information set out in Parts H, I, J and K of Annex II to this Decision on air quality plans as required by Article 23 of Directive 2008/50/EC including:

(a)the mandatory elements of the air quality plan as listed pursuant to Article 23 of Directive 2008/50/EC in Section A of Annex XV to Directive 2008/50/EC;

(b)references to where the public can have access to regularly updated information on the implementation of the air quality plans.

2.The information shall be [F64included in the data repository] without delay, and no later than 2 years after the end of the calendar year in which the first exceedance was observed.

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Article 14U.K.Measures to comply with the target values of Directive 2004/107/EC

1.[F65The appropriate authority must include in its data repository] the information set out in Part K of Annex II to this Decision on measures taken to comply with the target values as required pursuant to Article 5(2) of Directive 2004/107/EC.

2.The information shall be [F66included in the data repository] no later than 2 years after the end of the year in which the exceedance triggering the measure was observed.

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CHAPTER IVU.K.TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

F67Article 15U.K.Repeal

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F68Article 16U.K.Applicability

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F69Article 17U.K.Addressees

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ANNEX IU.K.

(A)Data requirementsU.K.

(1)Reporting of timeU.K.

All time references shall be made available in accordance with the ISO standard 8601:2004(E) using the extended format (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss ± hh:mm) that includes the information on difference from UTC.

The time stamp refers to the end of the measurement period.

(2)Number of digits and roundingU.K.

Data should be made available with the same number of digits as they are used in the monitoring network.

Rounding has to be the very last step of any calculation, i.e. immediately before comparing the result with the environmental objective and has to be done only once. By default the system will perform rounding of the data made available where appropriate following the commercial rounding rules.

(3)EquivalenceU.K.

When more than one assessment method is used at a specific location, data should be supplied using the assessment method exhibiting the lowest uncertainty at that specific location.

(4)StandardisationU.K.

The provisions set out in Part IV of Annex IV to Directive 2004/107/EC and Part C of Annex VI to Directive 2008/50/EC should apply to the reciprocal exchange of information.

(5)Provisions for PM2,5 U.K.

Limit values plus margin of toleranceU.K.

For PM2,5, in accordance with Part E of Annex XIV to Directive 2008/50/EC, the following sum of limit value (LV) + margin of tolerance (MOT) shall apply in the respective years mentioned below:

YearLV + MOT
200830
200929
201029
201128
201227
201326
201426
201525
Calculation of the Average Exposure Indicator (AEI) in accordance with Part A of Annex XIV to Directive 2008/50/ECU.K.

Calculation is made for each individual year, calculating PM2,5 annual means for each of the selected sampling points. The selection of the sampling points has to be evident from the appropriate information made available.

Valid annual means complying with the data quality objectives are averaged over all designated AEI sites of the [F70appropriate authorities and the appropriate authorities in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and the competent authority in England must cooperate with the Secretary of State to ensure the Secretary of State is able] to obtain an annual average.

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The procedure is repeated for each of the 3 years, and the three annual averages are then averaged to obtain the AEI.

The AEI shall be made available annually as a three-year running mean. In case of a need to update any of the data that could directly or indirectly (through selection of sampling point) influence the AEI, the complete update of all affected information is necessary.

(B)Environmental objectives and reporting metricsU.K.

a

LV: limit value, LVMT: Limit value plus margin of tolerance, TV: target value, LTO: long-term objective, INT: Information threshold, ALT: Alert threshold, CL: Critical level, NAT: Assessment of natural contribution, WSS: Assessment of winter-sanding and -salting, ERT: Exposure reduction target, ECO: Exposure concentration obligation.

b

No up-to-date data is to be made available.

FormulaProtection targetEnvironmental Objective type (Codea)Averaging period of assessmentsReporting metric of environmental objectiveNumerical values of the environmental objective(allowed number of exceedances)
Pollutants for which up-to-date and validated data have to be reported
NO2HealthLV1 hourHours in exceedance in a calendar year200 μg/m3 (18)
LVMT
LV1 calendar yearAnnual average40 μg/m3
LVMT
ALT1 hourThree consecutive hours in exceedance (at locations representative of air quality over at least 100 km2 or an entire zone or agglomeration, which ever is smaller)400 μg/m3
NOxVegetationCL1 calendar yearAnnual average30 μg/m3
PM10HealthLV1 dayDays in exceedance in a calendar year

50 μg/m3 (35)

Percentile of 90,4

LV1 calendar yearAnnual average40 μg/m3
WSSb1 dayDeducted days in exceedance in a calendar yearn.a.
1 calendar yearDeduction of annual averagen.a.
NATb1 dayDeducted days in exceedance in a calendar yearn.a.
1 calendar yearDeduction of the annual averagen.a.
PM2,5HealthECO3 subsequent calendar yearsAverage Exposure Indicator (calculation see Directive 2008/50/EC)20 μg/m3
ERTin accordance with Annex XIV, Part B to Directive 2008/50/EC
TV1 calendar yearAnnual average25 μg/m3
LV
LVMT
SO2HealthLV1 hourHours in exceedance in a calendar year350 μg/m3 (24)
1 dayDays in exceedance in a calendar year125 μg/m3 (3)
ALT1 hourThree consecutive hours in exceedance (at locations representative of air quality over at least 100 km2 or an entire zone or agglomeration, which ever is smaller)500 μg/m3
NATb1 hourDeducted hours in exceedance in a calendar yearn.a.
1 dayDeducted days in exceedance in a calendar yearn.a.
VegetationCL1 calendar yearAnnual average20 μg/m3
WinterAverage value over the winter months, i.e. 1 October year x-1 to 31 March year x20 μg/m3
O3HealthTVMaximum daily eight-hour meanDays when maximum daily eight-hour mean exceeded the target value averaged over 3 years120 μg/m3 (25)
LTOMaximum daily eight-hour meanDays when maximum daily eight-hour mean exceeded the long term objective in 1 calendar year120 μg/m3
INT1 hourHours in exceedance in a calendar year180 μg/m3
ALT1 hourHours in exceedance in a calendar year240 μg/m3
VegetationTV1 May to 31 JulyAOT40 (calculation see Dir. 2008/50/EC Annex VII)18 000 μg/m3·h
LTO1 May to 31 JulyAOT40 (calculation see Dir. 2008/50/EC Annex VII)6 000 μg/m3 ·h
COHealthLVMaximum daily eight-hour meanDays when maximum daily eight-hour mean exceeded the limit value10 mg/m3
Pollutants for which only validated data have to be reported
BenzeneHealthLV1 calendar yearAnnual average5 μg/m3
LeadHealthLV1 calendar yearAnnual average0,5 μg/m3
CadmiumHealthTV1 calendar yearAnnual average5 ng/m3
ArsenicHealthTV1 calendar yearAnnual average6 ng/m3
[X1Nickel Health TV 1 calendar year Annual average 20 ng/m 3]
B(a)PHealthTV1 calendar yearAnnual average1 ng/m3

Editorial Information

(C)Pollutants with monitoring requirementsU.K.

The list includes all pollutants with monitoring requirements referred to in Directives 2004/107/EC and 2008/50/EC. F71...

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a

NOx or the sum of NO and NO2 measures at the same spot can be reported. To be reported as μg NO2/m3.

Airbase codePollutant formulaPollutant nameMeasurement unit
Gaseous inorganic pollutants
1SO2Sulphur dioxideμg/m3
8NO2Nitrogen dioxideμg/m3
9NOx aNitrogen oxidesμg/m3
7O3Ozoneμg/m3
10COCarbon monoxidemg/m3
Particulate Matter (PM)
5PM10PM10μg/m3
6001PM2,5PM2,5μg/m3
PM2,5 Speciation
[X11047 SO 4 2- in PM 2,5 Sulphate in PM 2,5 μg/m 3]
1046NO3 - in PM2,5Nitrate in PM2,5μg/m3
1045NH4 + in PM2,5Ammonium in PM2,5μg/m3
1771elem. C in PM2,5Elemental Carbon in PM2,5μg/m3
1772org. C in PM2,5Organic Carbon in PM2,5μg/m3
1629Ca2 + in PM2,5Calcium in PM2,5μg/m3
1659Mg2 + in PM2,5Magnesium in PM2,5μg/m3
1657K + in PM2,5Potassium in PM2,5μg/m3
1668Na + in PM2,5Sodium in PM2,5μg/m3
1631Cl- in PM2,5Chloride in PM2,5μg/m3
Heavy Metals
[X15012 Pb in PM 10 Lead in PM 10 μg/m 3
5014 Cd in PM 10 Cadmium in PM 10 ng/m 3
5018 As in PM 10 Arsenic in PM 10 ng/m 3
5015 Ni in PM 10 Nickel in PM 10 ng/m 3]
Heavy Metals Deposition
[X17012 Pb deposition wet/total Pb deposition μg/m 2 .day
7014 Cd deposition wet/total Cd deposition μg/m 2 .day
7018 As deposition wet/total As deposition μg/m 2 .day
7015 Ni deposition wet/total Ni deposition μg/m 2 .day]
7013Hg depositionwet/total Hg depositionμg/m2.day
Mercury
4013Metallic gaseous Hgelemental gaseous Mercuryng/m3
4813Total gaseous HgTotal gaseous Hgng/m3
653Reactive gaseous Hgreactive gaseous Mercuryng/m3
[X15013 Hg in PM 10 Mercury in PM 10 ng/m 3]
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
5029B(a)PBenzo(a)pyrene in PM10ng/m3
5610Benzo(a)anthraceneBenzo(a)anthracene in PM10ng/m3
5617Benzo(b)fluorantheneBenzo(b)fluoranthene in PM10ng/m3
5759Benzo(j)fluorantheneBenzo(j)fluoranthene in PM10ng/m3
5626Benzo(k)fluorantheneBenzo(k)fluoranthene in PM10ng/m3
5655Indeno(1,2,3,-cd)pyreneIndeno(1,2,3,-cd)pyrene in PM10ng/m3
5763Dibenzo(a,h)anthraceneDibenzo(a,h)anthracene in PM10ng/m3
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Deposition
7029B(a)PBenzo(a)pyrene depositionμg/m2.day
611Benzo(a)anthraceneBenzo(a)anthracene depositionμg/m2.day
618Benzo(b)fluorantheneBenzo(b)fluoranthene depositionμg/m2.day
760Benzo(j)fluorantheneBenzo(j)fluoranthene depositionμg/m2.day
627Benzo(k)fluorantheneBenzo(k)fluoranthene depositionμg/m2.day
656Indeno(1,2,3,-cd)pyreneIndeno(1,2,3,-cd)pyrene depositionμg/m2.day
7419Dibenzo(a,h)anthraceneDibenzo(a,h)anthracene depositionμg/m2.day
[X1Volatile Organic Compounds]
20C6H6Benzeneμg/m3
428C2H6Ethaneμg/m3
430C2H4Ethene (ethylene)μg/m3
432HC≡CHEthyne (acetylene)μg/m3
503H3C-CH2-CH3Propaneμg/m3
505CH2 = CH-CH3Propeneμg/m3
394H3C-CH2-CH2-CH3n-butaneμg/m3
447H3C-CH(CH3)22-methylproprane (i-butane)μg/m3
6005H2C = CH-CH2-CH31-buteneμg/m3
6006H3C-CH = CH-CH3trans-2-buteneμg/m3
6007H3C-CH = CH-CH3cis-2-buteneμg/m3
24CH2 = CH-CH = CH21,3-butadieneμg/m3
486H3C-(CH2)3-CH3n-pentaneμg/m3
[X1450 H 3 C-CH 2 -CH(CH 3 ) 2 2-methylbutane (i-pentane) μg/m 3]
6008H2C = CH-CH2-CH2-CH31-penteneμg/m3
6009H3C-HC = CH-CH2-CH32-penteneμg/m3
451CH2 = CH-C(CH3) = CH22-methyl-1,3-butadiene (isoprene)μg/m3
443C6H14n-hexaneμg/m3
316(CH3)2-CH-CH2-CH2-CH32-methylpentane (i-hexane)μg/m3
441C7H16n-heptaneμg/m3
475C8H18n-octaneμg/m3
449(CH3)3-C-CH2-CH-(CH3)22,2,4-trimethylpentane (i-octane)μg/m3
[X121 C 6 H 5 -CH 3 Toluene μg/m 3
431 C 6 H 5 -C 2 H 5 Ethyl benzene μg/m 3
464 m,p-C 6 H 4 (CH 3 ) 2 m,p-xylene μg/m 3
482 o-C 6 H 4 (CH 3 ) 2 o-xylene μg/m 3]
6011C6H3(CH3)31,2,4-trimethylbenzeneμg/m3
6012C6H3(CH3)31,2,3-trimethylbenzeneμg/m3
6013C6H3(CH3)31,3,5-trimethylbenzeneμg/m3
32THC(NM)total non methane Hydrocarbonsμg/m3
25HCHOMethanal (formaldehyde)μg/m3

ANNEX IIU.K.

(A)Common Data typesU.K.

Wherever a certain data type is to be made available pursuant to Parts B to K of this Annex, all information listed under the relevant data type specified below is to be included.

(1)Data type ‘Contact Details’U.K.

1.Name of responsible authority, institution or bodyU.K.
2.Name of responsible personU.K.
3.Web addressU.K.
4.AddressU.K.
5.Telephone numberU.K.
6.E-mailU.K.

(2)Data type ‘Exceedance Situation’U.K.

1.Exceedance Situation IDU.K.
2.Exceeded environmental objectiveU.K.
3.Area of the exceedance situation (data type ‘Spatial Extent’)U.K.
4.Classification of the areaU.K.
5.Administrative unitsU.K.
6.Estimate of the surface area where the level was above the environmental objectiveU.K.
7.Estimate of the length of road where the level was above the environmental objectiveU.K.
8.Monitoring stations in exceedance area (link to D)U.K.
9.Modelled exceedance (link to D)U.K.
10.Estimate of the total resident population in the exceedance areaU.K.
11.Estimate of the ecosystem/vegetation area exposed above the environmental objectiveU.K.
12.Reference yearU.K.

(3)Data type ‘Environmental Objective’U.K.

1.Objective typeU.K.
2.Averaging period of assessmentU.K.
3.Protection targetU.K.

(4)Data type ‘Spatial Extent’U.K.

1.GIS information provided as coordinatesU.K.

(5)Data type ‘Spatial Observation’U.K.

1.Spatial assessment dataU.K.

(6)Data type ‘Publication’U.K.

1.PublicationU.K.
2.TitleU.K.
3.Author(s)U.K.
4.Publication dateU.K.
5.PublisherU.K.
6.Web linkU.K.

(7)Data type ‘Documentation of Change’U.K.

1.ChangeU.K.
2.Description of changeU.K.

(B)Information on zones and agglomerations (Article 6)U.K.

(1)Provider (data type ‘Contact Details’)U.K.

(2)Change documentation (data type ‘Documentation of Change’)U.K.

(3)Zone codeU.K.

(4)Zone nameU.K.

(5)Zone typeU.K.

(6)Zone delimitation (data type ‘Spatial Extent’)U.K.

(7)Zone history: application start and end dateU.K.

(8)Predecessors (link to B)U.K.

(9)Resident populationU.K.

(10)Resident population reference yearU.K.

(11)Code of designated pollutantU.K.

(12)Protection TargetU.K.

(13)Exemption or postponement according to Article 22 of Directive 2008/50/ECU.K.

(C)Information on the assessment regime (Article 7)U.K.

(1)Provider (data type ‘Contact Details’)U.K.

(2)Change documentation (data type ‘Documentation of Change’)U.K.

(3)Information on zone (link to B)U.K.

(4)PollutantU.K.

(5)Environmental objective (data type ‘Environmental Objective’)U.K.

(6)Attainment of assessment thresholdU.K.

(7)Assessment threshold classification yearU.K.

(8)Documentation of the classification (web link)U.K.

(9)Assessment typeU.K.

(10)Assessment type: DescriptionU.K.

(11)Individual assessment metadata, including station ID, location information (link to D)U.K.

(12)Authority responsible for the assessment of air quality (data type ‘Contact Details’)U.K.

(13)Authority responsible for the approval of measurement systems (data type ‘Contact Details’)U.K.

(14)Authority responsible for ensuring the accuracy of measurements (data type ‘Contact Details’)U.K.

(15)Authority responsible for the analysis of assessment method (data type ‘Contact Details’)U.K.

(16)Authority responsible for the coordination of nation-wide quality assurance (data type ‘Contact Details’)U.K.

(17)F72...U.K.

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(D)Information on the assessment methods (Articles 8 and 9)U.K.

(i)General: information for all assessment methodsU.K.

(1)Provider (data type ‘Contact Details’)U.K.
(2)Change documentation (data type ‘Documentation of change’)U.K.
(3)Assessment TypeU.K.
(4)Information on zone (Link to B)U.K.
(5)PollutantU.K.

(ii)Fixed measurement InformationU.K.

(1)Measurement configuration IDU.K.
(2)European station IDU.K.
(3)Network IDU.K.
(4)National station codeU.K.
(5)Name of the monitoring stationU.K.
(6)Name of the municipalityU.K.
(7)Measurement start and end dateU.K.
(8)Measurement typeU.K.
(9)Measurement/sampling/analytical methodU.K.
(10)Measurement/sampling equipment (where available)U.K.
(11)Detection limit (where available)U.K.
(12)Demonstration of equivalenceU.K.
(13)Demonstration of equivalence: Documentation (web link)U.K.
(14)Sampling timeU.K.
(15)Sampling intervalU.K.
(16)Spatial Extent of representative area (data type ‘Spatial Extent’) (where available)U.K.
(17)Evaluation of representativeness (where available)U.K.
(18)Documentation of representativeness (web link) (where available)U.K.
(19)Sampling point location: height of air inlet above groundU.K.
(20)Sampling point location: horizontal distance of air inlet from the next building (for traffic stations)U.K.
(21)Sampling point location: Distance of air inlet from nearest lane (for traffic stations)U.K.
(22)Classification of station in relation to predominant emission sources relevant for the measurement configuration for each pollutantU.K.
(23)Main sources (traffic, domestic heating, industrial sources or source area etc.) (where available)U.K.
(24)Distance from predominant industrial source or source area (for industrial stations)U.K.
(25)Station time references: start and end dateU.K.
(26)Geographical coordinates: longitude, latitude and altitude of monitoring stationU.K.
(27)Documentation of station information including maps and photographs (web link) (where available)U.K.
(28)Classification of the areaU.K.
(29)Distance to major junction (for traffic stations)U.K.
(30)Assessed traffic volume (for traffic stations)U.K.
(31)Heavy-duty fraction of traffic (for traffic stations, where available)U.K.
(32)Traffic speed (for traffic stations, where available)U.K.
(33)Street canyon — width of street (for traffic stations, where available)U.K.
(34)Street canyon — mean height of building facades (for traffic stations, where available)U.K.
(35)Network nameU.K.
(36)Network: start and end date of operationU.K.
(37)Body responsible for network management (data type ‘Contact Details’)U.K.
(38)Assessment method for winter sanding and salting (where Article 21 of Directive 2008/50/EC applies)U.K.
(39)Assessment method for natural contribution (where Article 20 of Directive 2008/50/EC applies)U.K.
(40)Data quality objectives: time coverageU.K.
(41)Data quality objectives: data captureU.K.
(42)Data quality objectives: uncertainty estimationU.K.
(43)Data quality objectives: documentation of traceability and uncertainty estimationU.K.
(44)Data quality objectives: documentation of QA/QC (Web Link)U.K.

(iii)Indicative Measurement InformationU.K.

(1)Indicative measurement IDU.K.
(2)Description of measurement methodU.K.
(3)Measurement typeU.K.
(4)Measurement methodU.K.
(5)Measurement/sampling equipment (where available)U.K.
(6)Detection limit (where available)U.K.
(7)Sampling timeU.K.
(8)Sampling intervalU.K.
(9)Geographical coordinates: geographical longitude, latitude and altitudeU.K.
(10)Assessment method for winter sanding and salting (where Article 21 of Directive 2008/50/EC applies)U.K.
(11)Assessment method for natural contribution (where Article 20 of Directive 2008/50/EC applies)U.K.
(12)Data quality objectives: time coverageU.K.
(13)Data quality objectives: data captureU.K.
(14)Data quality objectives: uncertainty estimationU.K.
(15)Data quality objectives: documentation of traceability and uncertainty estimationU.K.
(16)Data quality objectives: documentation of QA/QC (Web Link)U.K.

(iv)Modelling InformationU.K.

(1)Modelling IDU.K.
(2)Environmental objective type (data type ‘Environmental Objective’)U.K.
(3)Modelling method: nameU.K.
(4)Modelling method: descriptionU.K.
(5)Modelling method: documentation (web link)U.K.
(6)Modelling method: validation by measurementU.K.
(7)Modelling method: validation by measurement at sites not reported under the AQDU.K.
(8)Modelling periodU.K.
(9)Area for modelling (data type ‘Spatial Extent’)U.K.
(10)Spatial resolutionU.K.
(11)Assessment method for winter sanding and salting (where Article 21 of Directive 2008/50/EC applies)U.K.
(12)Assessment method for natural contribution (where Article 20 of Directive 2008/50/EC applies)U.K.
(13)Data quality objectives: uncertainty estimationU.K.
(14)Data quality objectives: documentation of QA/QC (Web Link)U.K.

(v)Objective Estimation InformationU.K.

(1)Objective estimation IDU.K.
(2)DescriptionU.K.
(3)Area for objective estimation (data type ‘Spatial Extent’)U.K.
(4)Data quality objective: uncertainty estimationU.K.
(5)Data quality objectives: documentation of traceability and uncertainty estimationU.K.
(6)Data quality objectives: documentation of QA/QC (Web Link)U.K.

(E)Information on primary validated assessment data and primary up-to-date assessment data (Article 10)U.K.

(1)Provider (data type ‘Contact Details’)U.K.

(2)Documentation of change (data type ‘Documentation of Change’)U.K.

(3)Version numberU.K.

(4)PollutantU.K.

(5)Unit of pollutantU.K.

(6)Assessment TypeU.K.

(7)Assessment Method (Link to D)U.K.

(8)Start and end date of samplingU.K.

(9)Time units and number of units of samplingU.K.

(10)Measurement value (including quantity of pollutant concentration levels attributed to natural sources and winter-sanding and -salting (where Articles 20 and 21 of Directive 2008/50/EC apply))U.K.

(11)Modelled value (data type ‘Spatial Observation’) (including quantity of pollutant concentration levels attributed to natural sources and winter-sanding and -salting (where Articles 20 and 21 of Directive 2008/50/EC apply))U.K.

(12)ValidityU.K.

(13)Verification statusU.K.

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(G)Information on the attainment of environmental objectives (Article 12)U.K.

This information must cover all zones and agglomerations and be fully coherent with the generated information under Part F of this Annex on aggregated validated assessment data for pollutants with defined environmental objectives.

(1)Provider (data type ‘Contact Details’)U.K.

(2)Reporting yearU.K.

(3)Change documentation (data type ‘Documentation of Change’)U.K.

(4)Information on zone (link to B)U.K.

(5)Exceedance situation (data type ‘Exceedance Situation’)U.K.

(6)PollutantU.K.

(7)Assessment information (link to D)U.K.

(8)Exceedance of the environmental objectiveU.K.

(9)Exceedance of the environmental objective plus margin of toleranceU.K.

(10)Exceedance taking into account natural sourcesU.K.

(11)Exceedance taking into account winter sanding or saltingU.K.

(12)Exceedance situation after consideration of natural contributions and winter sanding or salting (data type ‘Exceedance Situation’).U.K.

(13)Total numbers of exceedances (according to 8 to 11)U.K.

(H)Information on air quality plans (Article 13)U.K.

(1)Provider (data type ‘Contact Details’)U.K.

(2)Change documentation (data type ‘Documentation of Change’)U.K.

(3)Air quality plan: codeU.K.

(4)Air quality plan: nameU.K.

(5)Air quality plan: reference year of first exceedanceU.K.

(6)Competent authority (data type ‘Contact Details’)U.K.

(7)Air quality plan: statusU.K.

(8)Air quality plan: pollutants coveredU.K.

(9)Air quality plan: date of official adoptionU.K.

(10)Air quality plan: timetable of implementationU.K.

(11)Reference to air quality plan (web link)U.K.

(12)Reference to implementation (web link)U.K.

(13)Relevant publication (data type ‘Publication’)U.K.

(14)Code of the relevant exceedance situation(s) (link to G)U.K.

(I)Information on source apportionment (Article 13)U.K.

(1)Code(s) of exceedance situation (link to G)U.K.

(2)Reference yearU.K.

(3)Regional background: totalU.K.

(4)Regional background: from within Member StateU.K.

(5)Regional background: transboundaryU.K.

(6)Regional background: naturalU.K.

(7)Urban background increment: totalU.K.

(8)Urban background increment: trafficU.K.

(9)Urban background increment: industry including heat and power productionU.K.

(10)Urban background increment: agricultureU.K.

(11)Urban background increment: commercial and residentialU.K.

(12)Urban background increment: shippingU.K.

(13)Urban background increment: off-road mobile machineryU.K.

(14)Urban background increment: naturalU.K.

(15)Urban background increment: transboundaryU.K.

(16)Local increment: totalU.K.

(17)Local increment: trafficU.K.

(18)Local increment: industry including heat and power productionU.K.

(19)Local increment: agricultureU.K.

(20)Local increment: commercial and residentialU.K.

(21)Local increment: shippingU.K.

(22)Local increment: off-road mobile machineryU.K.

(23)Local increment: naturalU.K.

(24)Local increment: transboundaryU.K.

(J)Information on the scenario for the attainment year (Article 13)U.K.

(1)Code of exceedance situation (link to G)U.K.

(2)Code of scenarioU.K.

(3)Code of air quality plan (link to H)U.K.

(4)Reference year for which projections are developedU.K.

(5)Reference year from which projections are startedU.K.

(6)Source apportionment (link to I)U.K.

(7)Relevant publication (data type ‘Publication’)U.K.

(8)Baseline: description of the emission scenarioU.K.

(9)Baseline: total emissions in the relevant spatial unitU.K.

(10)Baseline: included measures (link to K)U.K.

(11)Baseline: expected concentration levels in the projection yearU.K.

(12)Baseline: expected number of exceedances in the projection yearU.K.

(13)Projection: description of the emission scenarioU.K.

(14)Projection: total emissions in the relevant spatial unitU.K.

(15)Projection: included measures (Link to K)U.K.

(16)Projection: expected concentration levels in the projection yearU.K.

(17)Projection: expected number of exceedances in the projection yearU.K.

(K)Information on measures (Articles 13 and 14)U.K.

(1)Code(s) of exceedance situation (link to G)U.K.

(2)Code of air quality plan (link to H)U.K.

(3)Code of evaluation scenario (link to J)U.K.

(4)Measure: codeU.K.

(5)Measure: nameU.K.

(6)Measure: descriptionU.K.

(7)Measure: classificationU.K.

(8)Measure: typeU.K.

(9)Measure: administrative levelU.K.

(10)Measure: time scaleU.K.

(11)Measure: affected source sectorU.K.

(12)Measure: spatial scaleU.K.

(13)Estimated implementation costs (where available)U.K.

(14)Planned implementation: start and end dateU.K.

(15)Date when the measure is planned to take full effectU.K.

(16)Other key implementation datesU.K.

(17)Indicator for monitoring progressU.K.

(18)Reduction in annual emissions due to applied measureU.K.

(19)Expected impact in level of concentrations in the projection year (where available)U.K.

(20)Expected impact in number of exceedances in the projection year (where available)U.K.

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