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Eionet workshop, Dublin, 24 -25 October 2012
Air quality review
Daniela Buzica – Widlowski on behalf of
Industrial Emissions, Air quality and Noise UnitDG Environment , European Commission
• The International Air Quality Policy Framework
The UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP) and its Protocols (EMEP, Gothenburg, …)
The knowledge base (EMEP, WGE, …)
…
• The EU Air Quality Policy Framework
The 2005 Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution
The National Emission Ceilings Directive
The Ambient Air Quality Directives
National and Local Air Pollution Abatement Measures
…
What We Have
2011 2012 2013
Policy development
Finalisation
Council / EP
x x x xStakeholder meetings
Online consultations
x
Evaluation What worked and what didn't? How is our H&E affected?
New objectives
Updated strategy & policy
What is needed and possible?
The Air Quality Policy Review Process
• A Stakeholder Expert Group has been established as a centrepiece of the consultation process
• Around 100 experts are participating from:
EU Member States third countries international organisations industry and environment stakeholders EU bodies/COM services
• Presentations and documents from the meetings of the Stakeholder Expert Group are publicly available through a dedicated CIRCA library
Stakeholder AQ Expert Group
• Ambient Air Quality Committee
• Stakeholder group(s)
• relevant international organisations (e.g. WHO, CLRTAP, etc.), existing fora and networks
• dedicated workshops, projects and studies
• inter-service group and DG ENV contact group
• on-line (public) consultations
Consultation and inputs foreseen from:
General public: 1934 responses
Experts and stakeholders: 371 responses Individuals (experts): 142 Business (associations and enterprises): 114 Government (national, regional and local): 42 NGOs: 61 Research: 3 Other: 9
By MS:
General public: responses received from 25 MS
Expert/stakeholder: responses received from 21 MS
Public Consultation
Member States with the highest shares of responses (by respondent category):
General public Business Government NGOs Experts
Belgium (32.3%) Belgium (27.2%) Germany (28.6%) Belgium (27.8%) Belgium (29.6%)
Italy (19.8%) Germany (15.8%) Italy (14.3%) France (16.4%) Germany (18.3%)
Netherlands (24.7%) France (11.4%) United Kingdom (11.9%)
Germany 16.4%) Italy (18.3%)
United Kingdom (5.3%)
United Kingdom (9.7%)
Austria (9.5%) United Kingdom (9.8%)
United Kingdom (7.0%)
Public Consultation
• College Debate (early 2011)
• Problems acknowledged and all policy areas re-engaged
• Renewed implementation impetus
• Calling for comprehensive review to (re)address the problem (2013)
• Continued EU Measures to address and resolve non-compliance
• PM10 and NO2 Time Extension Notifications and Decisions
• Revision of UNECE CLRTAP Gothenburg Protocol
• Strengthened PM10 enforcement strategies
What We Did Recently
• Amending the Sulphur Content of (Marine) Fuels Directive (IMO)
• Implementing decisions (Euro-6, IED, Ecodesign, …)
• Ongoing revisions of Directives and Regulations (NRMM, …)
• Gain better insights in local air quality management challenges and opportunities (ENV-EEA Urban air quality pilot project)
• (Re)assessing and renewing support instruments (Life, Cohesion, …)
• Other (Cars 2020, LCRM, RERM, 7EAP, …)
What We Did Recently (cont)
PM10O3
NO2
Acidification
Eutrophication
EU Emissions and Air Quality
What is The Problem?
• Particulate Matter (PM)• Transport (diesel tail pipe and non-exhaust, shipping, non-road machinery)• Small & medium scale combustion (smoky fuels, biomass, diesel) • NOx and Ammonia emissions (secondary PM formation)• Hemispheric air pollution (ABC, TFHAP, UNEP), …
• Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2)• Diesel engines vehicles (Real World Emissions)• Other diesel engines (Non-Road Mobile Machinery, Small and Medium Scale Combustion
installation, inland shipping, …)• Ground Level Ozone (O3)
• Nitrogen Oxides (NECD) • Background (Methane, CO, International)
• Eutrophication• Agriculture ammonia emissions
• General • Uneven technical capacity across MS and MS Competent Authorities• Competence barriers, policy coherence consistency problems• Insufficient intra-EU cross border dialogue and actions,…
Why Do We Have a Problem?
Compliance Prospects
How Will the Problem Evolve?
Long-Term Health & Environment Prospects
How Will the Problem Evolve?
• Objectives• Pursue AQ levels that do not cause significant impacts on health
and environment (EU long-term "zero impact" objective)
• Define targets for the period up to 2030 • Define actions for resolving present compliance problems asap• Define actions for moving towards new targets
• Options• Reinforced national/local action?• Reinforced NEC and/or AAQD? (Climate and Energy?)• Reinforced EU source legislation? • Non-regulatory options?• …
Objectives and Options?
• Continued Focus on Implementation & Review EU measures• Euro 6(2014), and Euro 6b (2017 latest) for light duty vehicles• Implementing 2015 and 2020 provisions of new Sulphur Directive (IMO) • Implementing updated BAT conclusions under new IED• Adapting NECD to new Gothenburg Protocol • Eco-design Directive (small, and medium scale combustion installations) • [Non-Road Mobile Machinery Directive]• [Fertiliser Directive]• …
• Renewed support for local/national actions• Reinforced national and local action and related capacity-building (new LIFE+,…)• Reinforced national and local action toolbox (retrofitting, NECA/SECA, …)• Reinforced impetus for sustainable urban mobility and energy plans?• Enhanced Public and Stakeholder Awareness? • Special targeted actions (fuel switching, sules, structural funds)• …
What Seems the Preferred Option? (2020)
• Updated Interim Objectives for 2025 and 2030• New Health & Environment Impact Reduction Targets• New National (and Sectoral ) Emission Reduction Targets • New Monitoring and Evaluation provisions
• Regulatory measures• Proposal for amending the National Emission Ceilings Directive [2013]• Proposal for regulating medium scale combustion installations [2013]• Proposal for amending the Ambient Air Quality Directives [tbd]• Other [tbd]
• Non-regulatory measures• Action on urban Air quality• Action on agriculture• International action• A Clean Air Research and Innovation Agenda• European Clean Air Forum• …
What Will We Deliver in 2013 Q3/4? (Tentative)
• New provision for reporting ex. DEC 2011/850/C entry into force 01/01/2014• IPR guidance – published on our website
Implementing Provision on Reporting
Thank you!
• http://ec.europa.eu/environment/air/review_air_policy.htm