DIRECTIVE
2004/107/EC
OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 15 December 2004
relating to arsenic, cadmium, mercury, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air
Article 1
Objectives
Article 2
Definitions
Article 3
Target values
Article 4
Assessment of ambient air concentrations and deposition rates
Article 5
Transmission of information and reporting
Article 6
Committee
Article 7
Public information
Article 8
Report and review
Article 9
Penalties
Article 10
Implementation
Article 11
Entry into force
Article 12
Addressees
ANNEX I
Pollutant |
Target value(1) |
Arsenic |
6 ng/m3 |
Cadmium |
5 ng/m3 |
Nickel |
20 ng/m3 |
Benzo(a)pyrene |
1 ng/m3 |
ANNEX II
Determination of requirements for assessment of concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, nickel and benzo(a)pyrene in ambient air within a zone or agglomeration
I. Upper and lower assessment thresholds
|
Arsenic |
Cadmium |
Nickel |
B(a)P |
Upper assessment threshold in percent of the target value |
60 % (3,6 ng/m3) |
60 % (3 ng/m3) |
70 % (14 ng/m3) |
60 % (0,6 ng/m3) |
Lower assessment threshold in percent of the target value |
40 % (2,4 ng/m3) |
40 % (2 ng/m3) |
50 % (10 ng/m3) |
40 % (0,4 ng/m3) |
II. Determination of exceedances of upper and lower assessment thresholds
ANNEX III
Location and minimum number of sampling points for the measurement of concentrations in ambient air and deposition rates
I. Macroscale siting
II. Microscale siting
III. Documentation and review of site selection
IV. Criteria for determining numbers of sampling points for fixed measurement of concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, nickel and benzo(a)pyrene in ambient air
(a) Diffuse sources
Population of agglomeration or zone (thousands) |
If maximum concentrations exceed the upper assessment threshold(1) |
If maximum concentrations are between the upper and lower assessment thresholds |
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As, Cd, Ni |
B(a)P |
As, Cd, Ni |
B(a)P |
|
0–749 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
750–1 999 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 000–3 749 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
3 750–4 749 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
4 750–5 999 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
≥ 6 000 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
(b) Point sources
ANNEX IV
Data quality objectives and requirements for air quality models
I. Data quality objectives
|
Benzo(a)pyrene |
Arsenic, cadmium and nickel |
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons other than benzo(a)pyrene, total gaseous mercury |
Total deposition |
— Uncertainty |
|
|
|
|
Fixed and indicative measurements |
50 % |
40 % |
50 % |
70 % |
Modelling |
60 % |
60 % |
60 % |
60 % |
— Minimum data capture |
90 % |
90 % |
90 % |
90 % |
— Minimum time coverage: |
|
|
|
|
Fixed measurements |
33 % |
50 % |
|
|
Indicative measurements(1) |
14 % |
14 % |
14 % |
33 % |