legislation-profile
legislation-profile
Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants, amending Directive 2003/35/EC and repealing Directive 2001/81/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
Scope
This Directive establishes the emission reduction commitments for the MS' anthropogenic atmospheric emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC), ammonia (NH3) and fine particulate matter (PM2,5) and requires that national air pollution control programmes be drawn up, adopted and implemented and that emissions of those pollutants and the other pollutants referred to in Annex I, as well as their impacts, be monitored and reported. (Art.1)
Exemptions
No specific provisions
Regulatory activities
Member States - monitoring and reporting European Commission - reporting obligations Industry - specific obligations are regulated by the MS national pieces of legislation
Relevant product types
No reference data are required.
Reference documents
Yes Directive 2003/35/EC providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment Directive 2003/4/EC on public access to environmental information Regulation (EC) 1367/2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention Regulation (EU) 182/2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission' exercise of implementing powers
Obligations based on CLP hazard class
No specific provisions
Obligations based on properties of concerns
No
EU-level occupational exposure limits
No
EU-level emission limit values
No provision
Substance-centric data source(s) at the EU level
European Environment Agency (EEA) EIONET/Reporting Obligation Database containing the MS national emission inventories as reported to the Commission and the EEA. Member States emission inventories MS shall prepare and annually updated emission inventories for pollutants set out in Table A of Annex I. (Art.8 (1)) MS may prepare and annually update national emission inventories for pollutants set out in Table B of Annex I. (Art. 8(2)) MS shall prepare and update every 4 years spatially disaggregated national emission inventories and large point source inventories and, every 2 years, national emission projections for the pollutants set out in Table C of Annex I. MS shall draw up an informative inventory report, which shall accompany the national emission inventories and projections, in accordance with requirements set out in Table D of Annex I.
Industry submission system in place
This is regulated by the MS national pieces of legislation transposing the Directive.
Format for industry submission
This is regulated by the MS national pieces of legislation transposing the Directive. Format for the MS national emission inventories is defined by the EEA; however, not regulated by any Commission act. Format for preparation of the MS National air pollution control programmes shall be specified by the Commission by means of implementing act. The format is expected to be defined by the end of 2017.
Owner
DG Environment and EEA
Update process
Member States submit emission inventories to the Commission and the EEA. EEA consolidates and submits at the EU level data to the UNECE.
Amendments
Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2024/299 of 27 October 2023
