Regulation on levels of certain substances in ambient air.

Subject

Air & atmosphere, Environment gen.

Keyword

Air quality/air pollution Monitoring Data collection/reporting Pollution control Ozone layer Environmental standards Standards Protection of environment

Geographical area

Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries

Entry into force notes

This Regulation entered into force on 3 October 2012.

Abstract

This Regulation of the Minister of Environment, which is composed of five articles and six Annexes, implements art. 86 point 1 and 2 of the Environment Protection Act and establishes: (1) permissible levels of certain substances in ambient air, varied due to protection of human health and plant protection; (2) target levels for certain substances in ambient air, varied due to protection of human health and plant protection; (3) long-term targets for certain substances in ambient air, varied due to protection of human health and plant protection; (4) alarm levels of certain substances in ambient air; (5) levels of reporting for certain substances in ambient air; (6) level of exposure concentration; (7) conditions of evaluating the level of substances; (8) indentification of substances; (9) periods for which results of measurements are averaged; (10) permissible frequency of exceeding threshold values; (11) deadlines of achieving specified targets for certain substances in ambient air; (12) margin of tolerance for certain threshold values.

Full text

Polish

Website

isap.sejm.gov.pl

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

Environment Protection Act.

Legislation | Poland | 2001 (2021)

Keyword: Framework law, Pollution control, Environmental planning, Liability/compensation, Institution, Policy/planning, Protection of environment, Freshwater pollution, Sustainable development, Ecosystem preservation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

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