Consultation on draft UK report regarding plans and programmes to achieve limit values set by the first air quality daughter directive (2005 reporting year)

This consultation is now closed.

This consultation paper sought views on the UK Government's and Devolved Administrations' report to the European Commission on plans and programmes to meet the ambient air quality limit values for pollutants set under the First Air Quality Daughter Directive (1999/30/EC), produced in accordance with requirements under the Air Quality Framework Directive (1996/62/EC).

The First Daughter Directive sets binding limit values for nitrogen dioxide and oxides of nitrogen, sulphur dioxide, particulate matter and lead, to be met by various dates between 2001 and 2010 by all Member States.

Under the Directive, Member States are required to report to the Commission each year whether or not the limit values set in the Directive have been achieved. The consultation document and draft report for the 2005 reporting year are available below:

• Consultation letter

• List of consultees

• Consultation paper - UK's plans and programmes to meet limit values set in Directive 1999/30/EC (110 KB)

• Report to the European Commission on the UK's plans or programmes to meet limit values under the First Air Quality Daughter Directive (1999/30/EC), for the calendar year 2003 (246 KB)

• Summary of consultation responses (25 KB)

Background

• Defra's air quality pages

• Draft UK report regarding plans and programmes to achieve limit values set by the first air quality daughter directive - Consultation from 2004 reporting year (closed 22 December 2004)

• UK report regarding plans and programmes to achieve limit values set by the first air quality daughter directive - Consultation from the 2003 reporting year (closed 19 February 2004)

• Consultation on the second and third Air Quality Daughter Directives (closed 8 November 2002)

• Consultation on proposed regulations transposing the EC Air Quality Framework Directive and first Daughter Directive (closed 11 May 2001) and the response (August 2001)

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