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39th Federal Emission Protection Ordinance.

Country/Territory
Germany
Document type
Regulation
Date
2010
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 40, 5 August 2010, pp. 1065-1104.
Long title
39th Ordinance implementing the Federal Immission Act on air quality standards and emission ceilings.
Subject
Air & atmosphere
Keyword
Pollution control Air quality/air pollution Emissions Emissions trading Inspection Monitoring Environmental standards Access-to-information Standards Protection of environment
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Abstract

The above-mentioned Ordinance implements the 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. This Directive defines objectives for ambient air quality designed to avoid, prevent or reduce harmful effects on human health and the environment as a whole. At the outset the Ordinance contains a definition clause relating to terms therein employed such as, for example, “alert threshold”, «legal assessment», «metropolitan area», «emissions», «planned measures», «threshold value», «clean air programmes». The text consists of 36 articles divided into 8 Parts as follows: General provisions (1); Emission values (2); Assessment of air quality (3); Monitoring of air quality (4); Plans (5); Information of the public (6); Emission ceilings; Clean air programmes of the federal government (7); Common provisions (8).

Full text
German
Website
www.bgbl.de

References - Legislation

Implements

Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe.

Legislation | European Union | 2008 (2015)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Pollution control, Air quality/air pollution, Ozone layer, Emissions, Hazardous substances, Monitoring, Access-to-information, Data collection/reporting, Environmental standards, Standards, Protection of environment

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Federal Emission Control Act.

Legislation | Germany | 1974 (2021)

Keyword: Emissions, Air quality/air pollution, Noise pollution, Environmental planning, Monitoring, Environmental standards, Pollution control, Biofuel, Policy/planning, Standards, Protection of environment, Soil pollution/quality, Freshwater pollution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

First Ordinance amending the Ordinance on air quality standards and emission ceilings – 39th Federal Emission Protection Ordinance.

Legislation | Germany | 2016

Keyword: Air quality/air pollution, Pollution control

Source: FAO, FAOLEX