Air pollution
Apart from fighting the greenhouse gases that cause climate change, a key objective of environmental legislation is to improve the quality of our air, the pollution of which has repercussions in particular on people's health and, in the form of phenomena such as acidification and eutrophication, on the environment. European policies are targeting the various types - and sources - of pollutant. Also, in 2005 the Commission proposed a thematic strategy for reducing the number of deaths linked to air pollution by 40% (of 2000 levels) by 2020.
- AIR QUALITY
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ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION
- Sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and oxides of nitrogen, particulate matter and lead in ambient air
- National emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants
- Nitrogen dioxide
- Substances which damage the ozone layer
- Phaseout of CFCs in metered dose inhalers
- Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
- Protocol on Heavy Metals
- Elimination and minimisation of production, use and release of persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
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LAND MOTOR VEHICLES
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All motor vehicles
- Euro 5 and Euro 6 standards: reduction of pollutant emissions from light vehicles
- Motor vehicles with trailers: polluting emissions
- Motor vehicles with trailers: emission of gaseous pollutants from diesel enginesArchives
- Sulphur content of certain liquid fuels
- Quality of petrol and diesel fuels: sulphur and lead
- EU strategy for biofuels
- Motor vehicles: use of biofuels
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Road vehicles
- Clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles
- CO2 emission limits on new vehicles
- C02 emissions from new passenger cars: monitoring
- Passenger car related taxes
- Information on the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions of new cars
- Emissions from air conditioning systems in motor vehicles
- Promotion of clean road transport vehicles within public authorities
- Environmental problems caused by heavy goods vehicles
- Off road vehicles
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All motor vehicles
- OTHER VEHICLES
- INDUSTRY