Reporting on ambient air quality assessment in the EU Member States and other EEA member countries, 2011 ETC/ACM Technical Paper 2013/14

with List of zones in relation to air quality standards (Annex IV)

In 2011, the percentage of zones in all reporting countries exceeding the LV or TV set for the protection of human health was highest for the daily LV of PM₁₀ and for the health-related TV of O₃. The percentages were 42% and 33%, respectively. For the NO₂ annual LV this percentage was 33%. Compared to 2010 the fraction of zones in exceedance of PM₁₀ LV is this year higher.
Looking at the population, the highest fraction potentially exposed to levels above the LV or TV is found for the daily LV of PM₁₀ (49%), next the annual LV of NO₂ (48%), followed by the O₃ TV (31%).

The number of PM_2.5 monitoring stations had still increased in 2011; nearly all stations also reported data under the Exchange of Information Decision. The designation of stations used for the calculation of the Averaged Exposure Indicator (AEI) has been completed in nearly all Member States. 24 Member States reported on the AEI (period 2009-2011); six MS reported an AEI above 20 µg/m3, the legally binding value for 2015.

Prepared by: Benno Jimmink, Frank de Leeuw (RIVM); Jana Ostatnická, Markéta Schreiberová (CHMI).

Published by: ETC/ACM, November 2013, 54 pp.