Air quality: improvement of comparability and transparency at European level (reduction of emissions)

Stating that the proposal concerned the mutual exchange of data relating to 34 pollutants measured in the Member States, the rapporteur, Mrs Pollack (PSE, UK), said that it was important to give the public access to this information; in order to do this the data in question had to be published in a clear and comprehensible manner; she also insisted on the introduction of a stricter review procedure in order to improve the quality of the data transmitted to the Commission. Commissioner Bjerregaard stated that he supported those amendments that were aimed at simplifying the title of the proposal and at facilitating the disclosure of the data. The Commission, on the other hand, indicated that it was not in a position to accept the request, which consisted of bringing forward the deadline for submitting the report from five years to three.