Changes from plenary report to adopted text

Change 9

RemovedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

Change 10

ChangedRecital 23: (23) An alert threshold and an information threshold for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) and ozone,ozone should be set for the protection of the general population, and especially sensitive population and vulnerable groups, from brief exposures to elevated concentrations of pollutants. Those thresholds should trigger the dissemination of information to the public on the associated health risks of exposure and the implementation,implementation of short-term measures to reduce pollution levels where the alert threshold is exceeded. Alert and information thresholds are not set for the other regulated pollutants, as evidence on the health effects of those pollutants often considers long-term exposure effects only. In the event that scientific evidence emerges on their short-term exposure effects, the Commission should evaluate the need to introduce alert and information thresholds for those pollutants.

Change 11

RemovedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedRecital 25: (25) Air quality status should be maintained where it is already good, or improved. Where the standards for ambient air quality laid down in this Directive are at risk of not being met, or have not been met, Member States should take immediate and continuous action in order to comply with the limit values , average exposure reduction obligations and critical levels, and to attain the ozone target values and long-term objectives.

RemovedRecital 25: (25) Air quality status should be maintained where it is already good, or improved. Where the standards for ambient air quality laid down in this Directive are at risk of not being met, or have not been met, Member States should take immediate and continuous action in order to comply with the limit values , average exposure reduction obligations and critical levels, and to attain the ozone target values and long-term objectives

RemovedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

Change 12

RemovedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

Change 13

RemovedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

Change 14

RemovedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

Change 15

Removed"2001/80/EC" is deleted as this number is wrong. Directive 2001/80/EC has been repealed by Directive 2010/75/EU, which is mentioned just before.

Change 16

RemovedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text. The amendment is linked to the changes made to Article 1.

Change 17

RemovedAmended to be coherent with changes in the text such as Article 19(4) and Article 15(3).

Change 18

RemovedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

Change 19

ChangedArticle 1 – paragraph 2: 2. This Directive sets intermediate limit values, target values, average exposure reduction obligations, average exposure concentration objectives and critical levels,levels to be met as soon as possible and by the year 2030 at the latest, andas well as limit values to be met by 2035, which are to be regularly reviewed thereafter in accordance with Article 3. It also sets long-term objectives, information thresholds and alert thresholds as part of air quality standards.

Change 20

RemovedAmendment for consistency with the changes on Article 22, requiring harmonised air quality indices across the EU.

Change 21

RemovedAmendment needed to ensure consistency in the text. In most cases, air pollution and harmful effects on human health and the environment do not stop at the border of the Member State, particularly where a production facility is located not far from the border, which means that reliable and effective ways of cooperation at cross-border level, including with candidate or non-EU countries, must be established, to enable interventions in the shortest possible time and in the most efficient manner, as also advocated in Article 4, paragraph 1, point 37

Change 22

RemovedTerm used in Article 1(2). Included also here, so that all definitions are in the same article for greater clarity and consistency of the text.

Change 23

RemovedThe amendment creates coherence with the concept of "sensitive population and vulnerable groups" defined in Article 4(39).

Change 24

RemovedClarification amendment. The words "not to be exceeded" are moved to the end.

Change 25

RemovedAmendment for consistency with the wording on the definition set out in Article 4, paragraph 1, point 26.

Change 26

RemovedAmendment for consistency with change in Annex I.

AddedArticle 4 – paragraph 1 – point 35 a (new): (35a) ‘air quality roadmap’ means an air quality plan, adopted ahead of the attainment deadline of new limit values laid down in Section 1, Table 1, of Annex I and intermediate limit values laid down in Section 1, Table 1A, of Annex I, that sets out short- and long-term policies and measures in order to comply with those limit values;

RemovedArticle 4 – paragraph 1 – point 35 a (new): (35a) ‘air quality roadmap’ means an air quality plan, adopted ahead of the attainment deadline of new limit values laid down in Section 1, Table 1, of Annex I, that sets out short- and long-term policies and measures in order to comply with those limit values;

RemovedAmendment for consistency with the changes made to Article 19, in order to differentiate the air quality plans that have to be adopted to guarantee the attainment of new limit values, from the ones to be adopted when there is an exceedance of the limit values.

Change 27

RemovedAmendment for consistency with the changes made in Annex IV, Part D, point 10 a (new).

Change 28

RemovedAmendment consistent with the obligations set out in Articles 22 and 23 on the provision of information to the public and reporting of information to the Commission.

Change 29

RemovedAmendment for consistency of the text (e.g. recital 34 and Article 2, paragraph 1, points 3 and 6).

Change 30

RemovedAmendment for consistency with changes to paragraph 5.

Change 31

RemovedAmendment consistent with the changes made to Annex VIII.

Change 32

RemovedAmendment to fix a typo error in the Commission proposal. Tables 3 and 4 apply to instances when numbers of monitoring sites can be reduced by 50%, dealt with in the following paragraph.

Change 33

RemovedDeletion of the reference to assessment thresholds because it is incoherent with paragraph 4 of this article. If Member States shall endeavour to achieve the best ambient air quality, there is no reason to limit the obligation only to the areas where concentrations are above the assessment thresholds.

Change 34

ChangedArticle 13 – paragraph 6: 6. The deadline for attaining the limit values laid down in Table 1 of Section 1 of Annex I and the intermediate limit values laid down in Table 1A of Section 1 of Annex I for the pollutants referred to in Article 18(1) may be postponed in accordance with Article 18.

Change 35

RemovedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

Change 36

RemovedAmendment necessary to ensure the consistency of the Article and given the amount of new evidence that a Member State needs to provide in order to discount the exceedance for the compliance purposes, it should be made clear that the Commission will review the evidence and inform the Member State accordingly.

Change 37

ChangedArticle 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part: 1. Where, in a given zone , conformity with the limit values for particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) or nitrogen dioxide cannot be achieved by the deadlinedeadlines specified in TableTables 1 and 1A of Section 1 of Annex I, because of exceptional and unpreventable site-specific dispersion characteristics, orographic boundary conditions or transboundary contributions, a Member State may postpone - that deadline once by a maximum of 5 years for that particular zone , if the following conditions are met:

Change 38

RemovedAmendment for consistency with the amendment to Annex I, Section 5, Point B.

Change 39

RemovedAmendment for consistency with a change of order made by another amendment to Article 19, whereby paragraph 4 is moved to the beginning of the Article, and with the introduction of the term “air quality roadmap”.

Change 40

RemovedAmendment for consistency, linked to the introduction of the term “air quality roadmap”.

Change 41

RemovedAmendment for consistency, linked to the introduction of the term “air quality roadmap”.

Change 42

RemovedAmended to be coherent with changes in Article 19, paragraph 4.

AddedArticle 19 – paragraph -1 (new): -1. Where from ... [three months after the date of entry into force of this Directive], in a zone or NUTS 2 territorial unit, the levels of any pollutant recorded for the preceding calendar year are above any limit value to be attained by 1 January 2035 as laid down in Section 1, Table 1, of Annex I or any target value to be attained by 1 January 2030 as laid down in Section 2, Point B, of Annex I, the Member State concerned shall establish an air quality roadmap for that pollutant as soon as possible and no later than 2 years after the calendar year during which the exceedance of the pollutant was recorded in order to attain the respective limit values, intermediate limit values or ozone target value by the expiration of the attainment deadlines. Where, for the same pollutant as referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, a Member State is required to establish an air quality roadmap in accordance with that subparagraph as well as an air quality plan in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article, it may establish a combined air quality roadmap in accordance with paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 of this Article and provide information on the expected impact of measures to reach compliance for each limit value it addresses, as required by Point A, points 5 and 6, of Annex VIII. Any such combined air quality roadmap shall set out appropriate measures to achieve all related limit values and to keep all exceedance periods as short as possible.

RemovedArticle 19 – paragraph -1 (new): -1. Where from ... [three months after the date of entry into force of this Directive], in a zone or NUTS 2 territorial unit, the levels of any pollutant recorded for the preceding calendar year are above any limit or target value to be attained by 1 January 2030 as laid down in Section 1, Table 1, of Annex I and Section 2, Point B, of Annex I, the Member State concerned shall establish an air quality roadmap for that pollutant as soon as possible and no later than 2 years after the calendar year during which the exceedance of the pollutant was recorded in order to attain the respective limit values or ozone target value by the expiration of the attainment deadline. / Where, for the same pollutant as referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, a Member State is required to establish an air quality roadmap in accordance with that subparagraph as well as an air quality plan in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article, it may establish a combined air quality roadmap in accordance with paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 of this Article and provide information on the expected impact of measures to reach compliance for each limit value it addresses, as required by Point A, points 5 and 6, of Annex VIII. Any such combined air quality roadmap shall set out appropriate measures to achieve all related limit values and to keep all exceedance periods as short as possible.

RemovedAmendment for internal logic of the text. Paragraph 4 has been moved here because it comes first time-wise.

Change 43

RemovedAmendment for consistency, linked to the introduction of the term “air quality roadmap”.

Change 44

RemovedAmendment for consistency, linked to the introduction of the term “air quality roadmap”.

AddedArticle 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 5: Member States shall, to the extent feasible, ensure consistency of their air quality plans and air quality roadmaps with other plans that have a significant impact on air quality, including those required under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council58, Directives (EU) 2016/2284 and 2002/49/EC and under climate, biodiversity protection, energy, transport and agriculture legislation.

RemovedArticle 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 5: Member States shall, to the extent feasible, ensure consistency of their air quality plans and air quality roadmaps with other plans that have a significant impact on air quality, including those required under Directive 2010/75/ EU of the European Parliament and of the Council58, Directives (EU) 2016/2284 and 2002/49/EC and under climate, biodiversity protection, energy, transport and agriculture legislation.

RemovedAmendment for consistency, linked to the introduction of the term “air quality roadmap”.

Change 45

RemovedAmendment for consistency, linked to the introduction of the term “air quality roadmap”.

Change 46

RemovedAmendment consistent with changes to Annex IX.

Change 47

ChangedArticle 20 – paragraph 4: 4. When Member States have drawn up a short-term action plan, they shall make available to the public and to appropriate organisations such as environmental and health organisationsorganisations, consumer organisations, organisations representing the interests of sensitive population and vulnerable groups, healthcare professionals, other relevant health-care bodies and the relevant industrial federations both the results of their investigations on the feasibility and the content of specific short-term action plans as well as information on the implementation of these plans.

Change 48

RemovedThese changes are linked to Article 27, which provides for access to justice for the members of the public, including non-governmental organisations. The proposed changes ensure consistency with recitals 39 and 40, and are inherently linked to Article 27.

Change 49

RemovedAmendment needed for the internal logic of the text.

Change 50

RemovedAmendment needed for the internal logic of the text.

Change 51

RemovedThese changes are linked to Article 27, which provides for access to justice for the members of the public, including non-governmental organisations. The proposed changes ensure consistency with recitals 39 and 40, and are inherently linked to Article 27.

Change 52

RemovedTechnical correction, needed to ensure the internal coherence of the text.

Change 53

RemovedAmendment needed for the internal logic of the text (Annex IX).

Change 54

RemovedAmendment for consistency, linked to the introduction of the term “air quality roadmap”.

Change 55

RemovedAmendment for consistency, linked to the provision on access to justice (Article 27) and compensation for damage to human health (Article 28).

AddedArticle 22 – paragraph 4: 4. The information referred to in this Article shall be made available to the public free of charge by means of easily accessible media and communication channels in a coherent and easily understandable manner in accordance with Directive 2007/2/EC60and Directive (EU) 2019/102461of the European Parliament and of the Council while ensuring broad public access.

RemovedArticle 22 – paragraph 4: 4. The information referred to in this Article shall be made available to the public free of charge by means of easily accessible media and communication channels in a coherent and easily understandable manner in accordance with Directive 2007/2/EC60and Directive (EU)2019/102461of the European Parliament and of the Council while ensuring broad public access.

Change 56

ChangedArticle 28 – paragraph 1: 1. Member States shall ensure that natural persons who suffer damage to human health caused by a violation of this Directive, including, but not limited to, Article 13, Articles 19(1) to 19(4), 20(1) and 20(2), Article 21(1)21(1), second subparagraph, and Article 21(3) of this Directive by an omission, decision, act or delay of a decision or act of the competent authorities are entitled to compensation in accordance with this article.

Change 57

RemovedAmendment needed for the internal logic of the text.

Change 58

AddedAmendments 300 and 330

AddedAnnex I – Section 1 – paragraph 1

AddedAmendment: Table 1 – Limit values for the protection of human health to be attained by 1 January 2035

AddedAnnex I – Section 1 – table 1 A (new) – title: Table 1A – Intermediate limit values for the protection of human health to be attained by 1 January 2030

Change 59

AddedAnnex II – Section 1 – title: SECTION 1 – ASSESSMENT THRESHOLDS FOR THE LIMIT VALUES FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN HEALTH TO BE ATTAINED BY 1 JANUARY 2035

AddedAnnex II – Section 1A (new) – title: SECTION 1A – ASSESSMENT THRESHOLDS FOR THE LIMIT VALUES FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN HEALTH TO BE ATTAINED BY 1 JANUARY 2030

Change 60

AddedAnnex V – Section A – title: A. Uncertainty of measurements and modelling for ambient air quality assessment (for air quality standards to be attained by 1 January 2035)

Change 61

AddedAnnex V – Section AA (new) – title: AA. Uncertainty of measurements and modelling for ambient air quality assessment (for air quality standards to be attained by 1 January 2030)

Change 62

ChangedAnnex VIII – Section A – point 6 – point -a (new): (-a).(-a) review of pollution reduction measures as referred to in point 4a of this Point and their estimated effect on air pollution reduction of each air pollutant, including at least the measures listed under Point B;