2001L0081 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 1
This document is meant purely as a documentation tool and the institutions do not assume any liability for its contents
►B DIRECTIVE2001/81/ECOFTHEEUROPEANPARLIAMENTANDOFTHECOUNCIL
of23October2001
onnationalemissionceilingsforcertain atmosphericpollutants
(OJ L 309, 27.11.2001, p. 22)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►A1Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the
Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia,the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of
Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak
Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the EuropeanUnion is foundedL 236 33 23.9.2003
▼B
DIRECTIVE 2001/81/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
ANDOFTHECOUNCIL
of23October 2001
onnationalemissionceilingsforcertain atmosphericpollutants
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and
in particular Article 175(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (2),
Having regard to the Opinion of the Committee of the Regions (3),
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of
the Treaty (4), in the light of the joint text approved by the Conciliation
Committee on 2 August 2001,
Whereas:
(1)The general approach and strategy of the Fifth Environmental
Action Programme was approved by the Resolution of 1February 1993 of the Council and the Representatives of theGovernments of the Member States meeting within the Councilon a Community programme of policy and action in relation tothe environment and sustainable development (
5) and it sets as
objectives that critical loads and levels for acidification in the
Community are not to be exceeded. The programme requiresthat all people should be effectively protected against healthrisks from air pollution and that permitted levels of pollutionshould take account of the protection of the environment. The
programme also requires that guideline values from the World
Health Organisation (WHO) should become mandatory atCommunity level.
(2)The Member States have signed the Gothenburg Protocol of 1
December 1999 to the United Nations Economic Commission
for Europe (UNECE) Convention on long-range transboundaryair pollution to abate acidification, eutrophication and ground-level ozone.
(3)Decision No 2179/98/EC of the European Parliament and of theCouncil of 24 September 1998 on the review of the EuropeanCommunity programme of policy and action in relation to theenvironment and sustainable development ‘Towards sustain-ability’ (
6) specified that particular attention should be given to
developing and implementing a strategy with the goal of
ensuring that critical loads, in relation to exposure to acidifying,
eutrophying and photochemical air pollutants, are not exceeded.
(4)Council Directive 92/72/EEC of 21 September 1992 on air pollu-tion by ozone (
7) requires the Commission to submit to the
Council a report on the evaluation of photochemical pollution
in the Community, accompanied by any proposals the Commis-sion deems appropriate on the control of air pollution by ground-2001L0081 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ C 56 E, 29.2.2000, p. 34.
(2) OJ C 51, 23.2.2000, p. 11.
(3) OJ C 317, 6.11.2000, p. 35.
(4) Opinion of the European Parliament of 15 March 2000 (OJ C 377,
29.12.2000, p. 159), Council Common Position of 7 November 2000 (OJ C
375, 28.12.2000, p. 1) and Decision of the European Parliament of 14 March
2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal). Decision of the EuropeanParliament of 20 September 2001 and Decision of the Council of 27
September 2001.
(
5) OJ C 138, 17.5.1993, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 275, 10.10.1998, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 297, 13.10.1992, p. 1.
▼B
level ozone and, if necessary, on reducing emissions of ozone
precursors.
(5)Significant areas of the Community are exposed to depositions
of acidifying and eutrophying substances at levels which have
adverse effects on the environment. The WHO guideline valuesfor the protection of human health and vegetation from photo-chemical pollution are substantially exceeded in all MemberStates.
(6)The exceedance of critical loads should therefore be gradually
eliminated and guideline levels respected.
(7)At present it is not technically feasible to meet the long-term
objectives of eliminating the adverse effects of acidification andreducing exposure to ground-level ozone of man and the envir-onment to the guideline values established by the WHO. It istherefore necessary to provide for interim environmental objec-
tives for acidification and ground-level ozone pollution, on
which the necessary measures to reduce such pollution are tobe based.
(8)Interim environmental objectives and the measures to meet themshould take account of technical feasibility and the associatedcosts and benefits. Such measures should ensure that any action
taken is cost-effective for the Community as a whole and should
take account of the need to avoid excessive costs for any indivi-dual Member State.
(9)Transboundary pollution contributes to acidification, soil eutro-phication and ground-level ozone formation, the abatement ofwhich requires coordinated Community action.
(10)Reducing emissions of the pollutants causing acidification and
exposure to ground-level ozone will also reduce soil eutrophica-
tion.
(11)A set of national ceilings for each Member State for emissionsof sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compoundsand ammonia is a cost-effective way of meeting interim environ-mental objectives. Such emission ceilings will allow the
Community and the Member States flexibility in determining
how to comply with them.
(12)Member States should be responsible for implementing measuresto comply with national emission ceilings. It will be necessary toevaluate progress towards compliance with the emission ceilings.National programmes for the reduction of emissions should
therefore be drawn upand rep orted on to the Commission and
should include information on the measures adopted or envi-saged to comply with the emission ceilings.
(13)In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out inArticle 5 of the Treaty and taking account, in particular, of theprecautionary principle, the objective of this Directive, namely
limitation of emissions of acidifying and eutrophying pollutants
and ozone precursors, cannot be sufficiently achieved by theMember States because of the transboundary nature of the pollu-tion and can therefore be better achieved by the Community; inaccordance with the principle of proportionality this Directivedoes not go beyond what is necessary to achieve that purpose.
(14)There should be a timely review of the progress made by
Member States towards the emission ceilings, as well as a
review of the extent to which implementing the ceilings is likelyto meet interim environmental objectives, for the Community asa whole. Such review should consider also scientific and tech-nical progress, developments in Community legislation and
emission reductions outside the Community with special regard
to progress made inter alia by the accession candidate countries.In that review, the Commission should undertake a further exam-ination of the costs and benefits of the emission ceilings,including their cost-effectiveness, marginal costs and benefitsand socio-economic impact and any impact on competitiveness.2001L0081 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 3
▼B
The review should also consider the limitations on the scope of
this Directive.
(15)The Commission should for this purpose prepare a report to theEuropean Parliament and the Council and, if it considers itnecessary, propose appropriate amendments to this Directivetaking account of the effects of any relevant Community legisla-tioninter alia setting emission limits and product standards for
relevant sources of emissions and international regulations
concerning shipand aircraft emissions.
(16)Sea transport is a significant contributor to emissions of sulphurdioxide and nitrogen oxides and also to concentrations anddepositions of air pollutants in the Community. Such emissions
should therefore be reduced. Article 7(3) of Council Directive
1999/32/EC of 26 April 1999 relating to a reduction in thesulphur content of certain liquid fuels and amending Directive93/12/EEC (
1) requires the Commission to consider which
measures could be taken to reduce the contribution to acidifica-tion of the combustion of marine fuels other than those specified
in Article 2(3) of that Directive.
(17)Member States should seek to ratify Annex VI to the Interna-
tional Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships(MARPOL) as soon as possible.
(18)Owing to the transboundary nature of acidification and ozonepollution, the Commission should continue to examine furtherthe need to developharmonised Community measures, withoutprejudice to Article 18 of Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and
control (
2), with the aim of avoiding distortion of competition,
and taking into account the balance between benefits and costof action.
(19)The provisions of this Directive should apply without prejudiceto the Community legislation regulating emissions of those
pollutants from specific sources and to the provisions of Council
Directive 96/61/EC in relation to emission limit values and useof best available techniques.
(20)Emission inventories are necessary to monitor progress towardscompliance with the emission ceilings and must be calculated
in accordance with internationally agreed methodology and
reported on regularly to the Commission and the EuropeanEnvironment Agency (EEA).
(21)Member States should lay down rules on penalties applicable to
infringements of the provisions of this Directive and ensure that
they are implemented. The penalties should be effective, propor-tionate and dissuasive.
(22)The measures necessary for the implementation of this Directiveshould be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/
468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the
exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commis-sion(
3).
(23)The Commission and Members States should cooperate interna-tionally with a view to achieving the objectives of this Directive,2001L0081 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 4
(1) OJ L 121, 11.5.1999, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 257, 10.10.1996, p. 26.
(3) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.
▼B
HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
Objective
The aim of this Directive is to limit emissions of acidifying and eutro-
phying pollutants and ozone precursors in order to improve theprotection in the Community of the environment and human health
against risks of adverse effects from acidification, soil eutrophication
and ground-level ozone and to move towards the long-term objectivesof not exceeding critical levels and loads and of effective protection ofall people against recognised health risks from air pollution by estab-lishing national emission ceilings, taking the years 2010 and 2020 asbenchmarks, and by means of successive reviews as set out in Articles
4 and 10.
Article 2
Scope
This Directive covers emissions in the territory of the Member States
and their exclusive economic zones from all sources of the pollutants
referred to in Article 4 which arise as a result of human activities.
It does not cover:
(a) emissions from international maritime traffic;
(b) aircraft emissions beyond the landing and take-off cycle;(c) for Spain, emissions in the Canary Islands;(d) for France, emissions in the overseas departments;(e) for Portugal, emissions in Madeira and the Azores.
Article 3
Definitions
For the purposes of this Directive:(a) ‘AOT 40’ means the sum of the difference between hourly concen-
trations of ground-level ozone greater than 80 µg/m
3(= 40 ppb)
and 80 µg/m3during daylight hours accumulated from May to
July each year;
(b) ‘AOT 60’ means the sum of the difference between hourly concen-
trations of ground-level ozone greater than 120 µg/m3(=60 ppb)
and 120 µg/m3accumulated throughout the year;
(c) ‘critical load’ means a quantitative estimate of an exposure to one
or more pollutants below which significant adverse effects onspecified sensitive elements of the environment do not occur,according to present knowledge;
(d) ‘critical level’ means the concentration of pollutants in the atmo-
sphere above which direct adverse effects on receptors, such as
human beings, plants, ecosystems or materials, may occur,
according to present knowledge;
(e) ‘emission’ means the release of a substance from a point or diffuse
source into the atmosphere;
(f) ‘grid cell’ means a square 150 km x 150 km, which is the resolu-
tion used when mapping critical loads on a European scale, andalso when monitoring emissions and depositions of air pollutants
under the Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation
of the long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe(EMEP);
(g) ‘landing and take-off cycle’ means a cycle represented by the
following time in each operating mode: approach 4,0 minutes;taxi/ground idle 26,0 minutes, take-off 0,7 minutes; climb 2,2minutes;2001L0081 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 5
▼B
(h) ‘national emission ceiling’ means the maximum amount of a
substance expressed in kilotonnes, which may be emitted from aMember State in a calendar year;
(i) ‘nitrogen oxides’ and ‘NO
x’ mean nitric oxide and nitrogen
dioxide, expressed as nitrogen dioxide;
(j) ‘ground-level ozone’ means ozone in the lowermost part of the
troposphere;
(k) ‘volatile organic compounds’ and ‘VOC’ mean all organic
compounds arising from human activities, other than methane,which are capable of producing photochemical oxidants by reac-
tions with nitrogen oxides in the presence of sunlight.
Article 4
Nationalemissionceilings
1. By the year 2010 at the latest, Member States shall limit their
annual national emissions of the pollutants sulphur dioxide (SO
2),
nitrogen oxides (NOx), volatile organic compounds (VOC) and
ammonia (NH3) to amounts not greater than the emission ceilings laid
down in Annex I, taking into account any modifications made byCommunity measures adopted following the reports referred to in
Article 9.
2. Member States shall ensure that the emission ceilings laid down
in Annex I are not exceeded in any year after 2010.
Article 5
Interimenvironmentalobjectives
The national emission ceilings in Annex I shall have as their purpose to
meet broadly the following interim environmental objectives, for theCommunity as a whole, by 2010:
(a)Acidification
The areas where critical loads are exceeded shall be reduced by at
least 50 % (in each grid cell) compared with the 1990 situation.
(b)Health-related ground-level ozone exposure
The ground-level ozone load above the critical level for human
health (AOT60=0) shall be reduced by two-thirds in all grid cellscompared with the 1990 situation. In addition, the ground-levelozone load shall not exceed an absolute limit of 2,9 ppm.h in anygrid cell.
(c)Vegetation-related ground-level ozone exposure
The ground-level ozone load above the critical level for crops and
semi-natural vegetation (AOT40=3 ppm.h) shall be reduced byone-third in all grid cells compared with the 1990 situation. In
addition, the ground-level ozone load shall not exceed an absolute
limit of 10 ppm.h, expressed as an exceedance of the critical levelof 3 ppm.h in any grid cell.
Article 6
Nationalprogrammes
1. Member States shall, by 1 October 2002 at the latest, draw up
programmes for the progressive reduction of national emissions of thepollutants referred to in Article 4 with the aim of complying at leastwith the national emission ceilings laid down in Annex I by 2010 at
the latest.
2. The national programmes shall include information on adopted
and envisaged policies and measures and quantified estimates of theeffect of these policies and measures on emissions of the pollutants in2010. Anticipated significant changes in the geographical distributionof national emissions shall be indicated.2001L0081 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 6
▼B
3. Member States shall update and revise the national programmes
as necessary by 1 October 2006.
4. Member States shall make available to the public and to appro-
priate organisations such as environmental organisations the
programmes drawn up in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3. Infor-
mation made available to the public and to organisations under thisparagraph shall be clear, comprehensible and easily accessible.
Article 7
Emissioninventoriesandprojections
1. Member States shall prepare and annually update national emis-
sion inventories and emission projections for 2010 for the pollutants
referred to in Article 4.
2. Member States shall establish their emission inventories and
projections using the methodologies specified in Annex III.
3. The Commission, assisted by the European Environment Agency,
shall, in cooperation with the Member States and on the basis of theinformation provided by them, establish inventories and projections ofthe pollutants referred to in Article 4. The inventories and projectionsshall be made publicly available.
4. Any updating of the methodologies to be used in accordance with
Annex III, shall be made in accordance with the procedure set out in
Article 13(2).
Article 8
ReportsbytheMember States
1. Member States shall each year, by 31 December at the latest,
report their national emission inventories and their emission projectionsfor 2010 established in accordance with Article 7 to the Commission
and the European Environment Agency. They shall report their final
emission inventories for the previous year but one and their provisionalemission inventories for the previous year. Emission projections shallinclude information to enable a quantitative understanding of the keysocioeconomic assumptions used in their preparation.
2. Member States shall, by 31 December 2002 at the latest, inform
the Commission of the programmes drawn up in accordance with
Article 6(1) and (2).
Member States shall, by 31 December 2006 at the latest, inform the
Commission of the updated programmes drawn up in accordance with
Article 6(3).
3. The Commission shall forward the national programmes received
to the other Member States within one month of their reception.
4. The Commission shall, in accordance with the procedure set out
in Article 13(2), establish provisions to ensure consistent and trans-parent reporting of national programmes.
Article 9
ReportsbytheCommission
1. In 2004 and 2008 the Commission shall report to the European
Parliament and the Council on progress on the implementation of the
national emission ceilings laid down in Annex I and on the extent towhich the interim environmental objectives set out in Article 5 arelikely to be met by 2010 and on the extent to which the long-termobjectives set out in Article 1 could be met by 2020. The reports shall
include an economic assessment, including cost-effectiveness, benefits,
an assessment of marginal costs and benefits and the socioeconomicimpact of the implementation of the national emission ceilings on parti-cular Member States and sectors. They shall also include a review ofthe limitations of the scope of this Directive as defined in Article 2and an evaluation of the extent to which further emission reductions2001L0081 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 7
▼B
might be necessary in order to meet the interim environmental objec-
tives set out in Article 5. They shall take into account the reportsmade by Member States pursuant to Article 8(1) and (2), as well as,
inter alia :
(a) any new Community legislation which may have been adopted
setting emission limits and product standards for relevant sources
of emissions;
(b) developments of best available techniques in the framework of the
exchange of information under Article 16 of Directive 96/61/EC;
(c) emission reduction objectives for 2008 for emissions of sulphur
dioxide and nitrogen oxides from existing large combustion plants,
reported by Member States pursuant to Directive 2001/80/EC of
the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2001on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the airfrom large combustion plants (
1);
(d) emission reductions and reduction commitments by third countries,
with particular focus on measures to be taken in the accession
candidate countries, and the possibility for further emission reduc-
tions in regions in the vicinity of the Community;
(e) any new Community legislation and any international regulations
concerning shipand aircraft emissions;
(f) the development of transport and any further action to control
transport emissions;
(g) developments in the field of agriculture, new livestock projections
and improvements in emission reduction methods in the agricul-
tural sector;
(h) any major changes in the energy supply market within a Member
State and new forecasts reflecting the actions taken by MemberStates to comply with their international obligations in relation toclimate change;
(i) assessment of the current and projected exceedances of critical
loads and the WHO's guideline values for ground-level ozone;
(j) the possibility of identification of a proposed interim objective for
reducing soil eutrophication;
(k) new technical and scientific data including an assessment of the
uncertainties in:
(i) national emission inventories;
(ii) input reference data;
(iii) knowledge of the transboundary transport and deposition of
pollutants;
(iv) critical loads and levels;
(v) the model used;
and an assessment of the resulting uncertainty in the national emis-
sion ceilings required to meet the interim environmental objectivesmentioned in Article 5.
(l) whether there is a need to avoid excessive costs for any individual
Member State;
(m) a comparison of model calculations with observations of acidifica-
tion, eutrophication and ground-level ozone with a view to
improving models;
(n) the possible use, where appropriate, of relevant economic instru-
ments.
2. In 2012 the Commission shall report to the European Parliament
and the Council on compliance with the ceilings in Annex I and onprogress in relation to the interim environmental objectives in Article5 and the long-term objectives set out in Article 1. Its report shalltake account of the reports made by Member States pursuant to Article2001L0081 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 8
(1) See p. 1 of this edition of the Official Journal.
▼B
8(1) and (2) as well as the matters listed in points (a) to (n) of para-
graph 1.
Article 10
Review
1. The reports referred to in Article 9 shall take into account the
factors listed in Article 9(1). In the light of these factors, of progresstowards attaining the emission ceilings by the year 2010, of scientificand technical progress, and of the situation regarding progress towardsattaining the interim objectives of this Directive and the long-term
objectives of no exceedance of critical loads and levels and of WHO
air quality guidelines for ozone, the Commission shall carry out areview of this Directive in preparation for each report.
2. In the review to be completed in 2004 an evaluation will be
carried out of the indicative emission ceilings for the Community as awhole set out in Annex II. The evaluation of these indicative ceilingsshall be a factor for consideration during analysis of further cost-effec-
tive actions that might be taken in order to reduce emissions of all
relevant pollutants, with the aim of attaining the interim environmentalobjectives set out in Article 5, for the Community as a whole by 2010.
3. All reviews shall include a further investigation of the estimated
costs and benefits of national emission ceilings ,computed with state-
of-the-art models and making use of the best available data to achievethe least possible uncertainty and taking also into account progress in
the enlargement of the European Union, and of the merits of alternative
methodologies, in the light of the factors listed in Article 9.
4. Without prejudice to Article 18 of Directive 96/61/EC, with the
aim of avoiding distortion of competition, and taking into account thebalance between benefits and costs of action, the Commission shallexamine further the need to developharmonised Community measures,for the most relevant economic sectors and products contributing toacidification, eutrophication and formation of ground-level ozone.
5. The reports referred to in Article 9 will, if appropriate, be accom-
panied by proposals for:
(a) modifications of the national ceilings in Annex I with the aim of
meeting the interim environmental objectives of Article 5 and/or
for modifications to those interim environmental objectives;
(b) possible further emission reductions with the aim of meeting,
preferably by 2020, the long-term objectives of this Directive;
(c) measures to ensure compliance with the ceilings.
Article 11
Cooperationwiththirdcountries
To promote the achievement of the objective set out in Article 1, the
Commission and Member States, as appropriate, shall, without preju-dice to Article 300 of the Treaty, pursue bilateral and multilateralcooperation with third countries and relevant international organisations
such as the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
(UNECE), the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and theInternational Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), including throughthe exchange of information, concerning technical and scientificresearch and development and with the aim of improving the basis forthe facilitation of emission reductions.
Article 12
Reportsconcerningshipandaircraft emission
1. By the end of 2002 the Commission shall report to the European
Parliament and Council on the extent to which emissions from interna-tional maritime traffic contribute to acidification, eutrophication andthe formation of ground-level ozone within the Community.2001L0081 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 9
▼B
2. By the end of 2004 the Commission shall report to the European
Parliament and Council on the extent to which emissions from aircraftbeyond the landing and take-off cycle contribute to acidification, eutro-
phication and the formation of ground-level ozone within the
Community.
3. Each report shall specify a programme of actions which could be
taken at international and Community level as appropriate to reduceemissions from the sector concerned, as a basis for further considera-tion by the European Parliament and Council.
Article 13
Committee
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee set upby
Article 12 of Directive 96/62/EC, hereinafter referred to as ‘the
Committee’.
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of
Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions ofArticle 8 thereof.
The period referred to in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be
set at three months.
3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.
Article 14
Penalties
Member States shall determine the penalties applicable to breaches of
the national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive. The penaltiesshall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
Article 15
Transposition
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive
before 27 November 2002. They shall forthwith inform the Commis-sion thereof.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a refer-
ence to this Directive or be accompanied by such reference on theoccasion of their official publication. Member States shall determinehow such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of
the main provisions of national law, which they adopt in the field
covered by this Directive.
Article 16
Entryintoforce
This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities .
Article 17
Addressees
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.2001L0081 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 10
▼A1
ANNEX I
NationalemissionceilingsforSO2,NOx,VOCandNH3,tobeobtainedby2010 (1)
CountrySO2KilotonnesNOxKilotonnesVOC
KilotonnesNH3Kilotonnes
Belgium 99 176 139 74
Czech
Republic (2)265 286 220 80
Denmark 55 127 85 69
Germany 520 1 051 995 550Estonia (
2) 100 60 49 29
Greece 523 344 261 73
Spain 746 847 662 353
France 375 810 1050 780Ireland 42 65 55 116Italy 475 990 1159 419
Cyprus(
2) 3 92 31 40 9
Latvia (2) 101 61 136 44
Lithuania (2) 145 110 92 84
Luxembourg 4 11 9 7Hungary(
2) 500 198 137 90
Malta (2)9 8 1 2 3
Netherlands 50 260 185 128Austria 39 103 159 66Poland (
2) 1 397 879 800 468
Portugal 160 250 180 90
Slovenia (2) 2 74 54 02 0
Slovakia (2) 110 130 140 39
Finland 110 170 130 31
Sweden 67 148 241 57
United Kingdom 585 1 167 1200 297EC 25 6 543 8 319 8150 3 976
(1) These national emission ceilings are designed with the aim of broadly meeting the interim environmental objec-
tives set out in Article 5. Meeting those objectives is expected to result in a reduction of soil eutrophication tosuch an extent that the Community area with depositions of nutrient nitrogen in excess of the critical loads willbe reduced by about 30 % compared with the situation in 1990.
(
2) These national emission ceilings are temporary and are without prejudice to the review according to Article 10
of this Directive, which is to be completed in 2004.2001L0081 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 11
▼B
ANNEX II
Emissionceilings forSO2,NOxandVOC(thousandtonnes)
SO2KilotonnesNOxKilotonnesVOC
Kilotonnes
EC 25(1) 6 176 7 558 6 980
(1) These national emission ceilings are temporary and are without prejudice to the review
according to Article 10 of this Directive, which is to be completed in 2004.
These emission ceilings are designed with the aim of attaining the interim envir-
onmental objectives set out in Article 5 for the Community as a whole by 2010.2001L0081 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 12
▼A1
▼B
▼B
ANNEX III
Methodologiesforemissioninventoriesandprojections
Member States shall establish emission inventories and projections using the
methodologies agreed upon by the Convention on Long-range Transboundary
Air Pollution and are requested to use the joint EMEP/CORINAIR(*) guide-
book in preparing these inventories and projections.2001L0081 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 13
(*) Air emissions inventory of the European Environment Agency.