Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution

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Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution
and streamlined air quality legislation

• CAFE team, DG Environment

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Thematic Strategy is a response to 6th EAP

• 6th EAP- Decision of Council EP of July 2002
• achieving levels of air quality that do not give
  rise to significant negative impacts on and risks
  to human health and the environment (Art 7.1.
  of 6th EAP)
• Integrated approach consistency with other
  environmental policies exploit synergies
• Better Regulation
• supported by thorough impact assessment
• new legislative proposal to streamline air
  quality legislation

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Objective of Clean Air for Europe (CAFE) Programme

• Established in 2001 to provide the technical
  input for the Thematic Strategy on air pollution
• Best available science transparency
• Benchmark current and future air pollution with
  regard to significant impacts
• Define interim objectives up to 2020 based on
  analysis of closing the gap between business as
  usual and Maximum Technical Feasible improvement
• Inform the review of air quality legislation

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How were these interim objectives defined?

• Peer-reviewed health (WHO) and scientific advice
• Assessment of the effect of current policies
• Peer-reviewed integrated assessment to develop
  cost-effective solutions for both health and
  environment
• Peer-reviewed Cost-Benefit Analysis
• Macro-economic analysis
• Lisbon Strategy Competitiveness
• Stakeholder involvement and consultation
• Over 100 stakeholder meetings and over 10.000
  responses to internet based consultation
• Accompanied by comprehensive impact assessment
  (170 pages)

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Summary of Business as Usual

• Emissions continue to decline
• But in 2020
• Premature deaths related to fine particulates
  still 270,000
• Loss of statistical average life still 5 months
  in the EU
• Ozone premature mortality equal to 20,800 cases
• 119,000 km2 of forest at risk from acid rain
• 590,000 km2 of ecosystems at risk from nutrient
  Nitrogen
• 760,000 km2 of forest at risk from ozone
• Cost-effective improvements are possible

Ships will represent 125 and 101 of land based
SO2 and NOx emissions in 2020.
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The Strategy
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Improvement of health environment (improvement
relative to 2000)
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Summary of Strategy Costs Benefits
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Objectives of the Strategy
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Measures following the Strategy

• Euro 5 for cars and vans
• Euro 6 for Heavy Duty Engines
• Revision of the NECD consistent with objectives
  identified in the Strategy
• Small scale combustion
• Review of IPPC directive for larger sources
• Energy using Products directive for small sources
• Ship NOx engine standards (IMO or Community)
• Agriculture (NH3)
• N content of feedstuffs
• Review of IPPC directive for intensive
  agriculture
• Revise Air quality legislation
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/environment/air/cafe/ind
  ex.htm

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NECPI working group
Revision of the National Emissions Ceilings
Directive

• Clean Air Transport Unit of DG Environment

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General Approach

• Series of NECPI meetings in 2006/7
• Dedicated to specific issues/questions e.g.
• Choice Meteorological years
• Choice of sensitivity scenarios
• Form and content of information from model runs
• legal issues / implementation mechanics
• Cooperation between Member States, relative
  ceilings, etc..
• New pollutants
• Modelling results

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General Approach (2)

• Range of ambition levels already agreed
• Recalculate key TS policy scenarios with the
  revised inputs (Baseline, MTFR, A, B, C, TS)
• Select and run sensitivity cases (Commission
  funded and Industry funded)
• Select and run any required additional policy or
  sensitivity runs (incorporate new information)
• Formulate and bring together advice on other
  issues (Cooperation, directives mechanics, etc.)
• Commission initiates internal process to decide
  upon precise content of legislative proposal

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Time frame

• Realistically, directive proposal not expected
  until 1st half of 2007
• Modelling work unlikely to start until April/May
  2006 (new baseline being developed)
• Envisage 5 meetings of NECPI in 2006 Additional
  meetings in 2007 will be decided later.

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Other Relevant Activities

• Revision of the NECD Reporting requirements
• Simplify and have greater coherence of reporting
  requirements for Member States (Greenhouse gas,
  NECD, CLRTAP)
• CLRTAP is developing a prototype Inventory
  Review process as requested by the Executive
  Body
• This will require a national inventory report to
  explain justify national emissions inventories
• Working Group on Implementation to address the
  issues

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Key questions of a New NEC Directive

• New pollutants (PM, CH4)?
• New approaches trading/cooperation between
  Member States?
• Relative ceilings rather than absolute caps?
• New obligations to support CLRTAP scientific
  work?
• Critical Loads reporting?
• Gridded emissions reporting?
• Monitoring?
• Revision of the reporting regime