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

The purpose of this proposal is to establish a new exchange of information and data from individual networks and stations measuring ambient air pollution in the Member States. Compared with the old system of exchanges, this system will extend the scope and quality of the data transmitted, while ensuring that a flexible procedure is implemented. The stations used within the framework of the "air quality" directives and additional stations selected by the Member States will participate in the new exchange of information, which covers two areas: - networks and stations: the exchange covers detailed information describing the networks and stations operating in the Member States in order to monitor air pollution; - the results of measurements: the exchange covers individual statistics and results obtained from measurements of air pollution carried out by the stations in the Member States. The proposal makes provision for data to be transferred on 34 pollutants, insofar as they are measured by the Member States. The Commission will be responsible for implementing the reciprocal exchange and will refer to the European Environment Agency any questions which come within its remit.�