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Air Quality (Arsenic, Cadmium, Mercury, Nickel and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Ambient Air) Regulations, 2007 (P.I. 111/2007).

Country/Territory
Cyprus
Document type
Regulation
Date
2007
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Episimi Efimerida tis Kypriakis Dimokratias No. 4180, Supplement III, Part I, 9 March 2007, pp. 698-720.
Subject
Air & atmosphere
Keyword
Air quality/air pollution Pollution control Hazardous substances Data collection/reporting Access-to-information Monitoring Environmental standards Standards Protection of environment
Geographical area
Asia, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Middle East, Western Asia
Abstract

The objectives of this Directive shall be to: (a) establish a target value for the concentration of arsenic, cadmium, nickel and benzo(a)pyrene in ambient air so as to avoid, prevent or reduce harmful effects of arsenic, cadmium, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on human health and the environment as a whole; (b) ensure, with respect to arsenic, cadmium, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, that ambient air quality is maintained where it is good and that it is improved in other cases; (c) determine common methods and criteria for the assessment of concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, mercury, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air as well as of the deposition of arsenic, cadmium, mercury, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; (d) ensure that adequate information on concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, mercury, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air as well as on the deposition of arsenic, cadmium, mercury, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons is obtained and ensure that it is made available to the public.

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References - Legislation

Implements

Directive 2004/107/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to arsenic, cadmium, mercury, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air.

Legislation | European Union | 2004

Keyword: Pollution control, Air quality/air pollution, Hazardous substances, Data collection/reporting, Environmental standards, Standards, Protection of environment

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Implemented by

Air Quality (Arsenic, Cadmium, Mercury, Nickel and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Ambient Air) Notification, 2008 (P.I. 379/2008).

Legislation | Cyprus | 2008

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

Source: FAO, FAOLEX