Law No. 104 “On air quality.” Country/Territory Romania Document type Legislation Date 2011 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleLEGE nr. 104 din 15 iunie 2011 privind calitatea aerului înconjurător. Subject Air & atmosphere, Environment gen. Keyword Institution Air quality/air pollution Emissions Public health Pollution control Risk assessment/management Monitoring Data collection/reporting Access-to-information International relations/cooperation Framework law Geographical area Black Sea, Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on the date of its official publication. Abstract The scope of this Law is to protect human health and the environment as a whole by regulating measures to maintain air quality to meet air quality objectives established by this Law and its improvement. This Law provides for measures at national level regarding: (a) definition and setting ambient air quality targets to avoid and prevent the occurrence of harmful events and reduce their effects on human health and the environment as a whole; (b) air quality assessment throughout the country on the basis of established common methods and criteria at European level; (c) obtaining information on ambient air quality to support the process of combating air pollution and the discomfort caused thereby, as well as to monitor long-term trends and improvement results from measures taken at national and European level; (d) guaranteeing public availability of information on ambient air quality; (e) maintaining the quality of the ambient air where it is appropriate and/or its improvement in other cases; (f) promoting increased cooperation with the other Member States of the European Union with a view to reducing air pollution; and (g) fulfillment of the obligations assumed by the agreements, international conventions and treaties to which Romania is a party. The implementation of the provisions of this Law shall be carried out by the National System for Integrated Air Quality Assessment and Management (SNEGICA), which provides the organizational, institutional and legal cooperation between public authorities and institutions, with competences in the field, for the purpose of unified air quality assessment and management, on the entire territory of Romania, as well as for informing the population and public authorities on European and international standards on ambient air quality. National Body of Meteorology and Climatology performs the following functions: (a) transmits, upon request, to the territorial public authorities for environmental protection, information on the climatology; (b) supplies short-term weather forecasts and forwards them to the authorities upon request and to the territorial public services for environmental protection, in order to implement short-term action plans and monitoring of the effects of the measures taken. This Law sets forth criteria for assessment of air pollution by emissions of hazardous substances to the ambient air and assessment of risks to the human health from air pollution. Full text Romanian Website legislatie.just.ro