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European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport n° 1 Air Quality & CAFE AREHNA WORKSHOP Kos, 3-5 May 2003 Mrs Michèle LEPELLETIER
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European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport n° 2 CAFE Clean Air For Europe Communication from the Commission COM(2001)245 final, 4/5/2001
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European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport n° 3 CAFE: Background l Integrated Programme of technical analysis and policy development to further reduce air pollution l It follows Auto-Oil I/II initiatives (1992/2000) which were specifically focused on road transport emissions
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European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport n° 4 Auto-oil I and II: results l Auto-Oil I (1992/1996) and II (1997/2000) have concluded with the adoption of legislative measures giving rise to the so- called EURO 3/4/5 standards for road transport emissions
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European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport n° 5 Auto-oil I and II: results Cars - petrol (emission limit value in g/km)
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European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport n° 6 Auto-oil I and II: results Cars - diesel (emission limit value in g/km)
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European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport n° 7 Auto-oil I and II: results Heavy duty vehicles - diesel (emission limit value in g/km)
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European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport n° 8 CAFE: development/aim
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European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport n° 9 CAFE l CAFE: Programme launched in 2001 l Approach: knowledge- and cost-effective based, focus on stakeholders consultation l Scope: wider than Auto-Oil and open to all industry sectors: transport & heating and industry processes etc.
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European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport n° 10 CAFE aims at developing l a long-term strategic and integrated policy to mitigate the effects of air pollution on human health and environment l a thematic strategy under 6th Environmental Action Programme in 2004/2005
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European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport n° 11 CAFE: Issues l Auto-oil programmes have achieved good results for most emissions l 2 specific air quality issues still remain: - particulate matters - tropospheric ozone precursors: NOx and VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds - solvents)
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European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport n° 12 CAFE Main objectives l particulate matters: cause premature deaths and reduce quality of life l tropospheric ozone (NOx and VOC precursors): affects human health and ecosystems Other specific objectives l heavy metals: deposition issue (toxicity bioacumulabibity and persistency) l PAH: polyaromatic hydrocarbons (carcinoginicity)
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European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport n° 13 CAFE: areas of work l study of air pollution effects l development of scenarios for emissions and pollution levels up to 2020 l development of indicators l target setting l assessment of integrated policy options (Cardiff process: integration of environmental, energy, urban issues & land use planning)
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European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport n° 14 CAFE: organisation (1) l Secretariat: DG ENV l Steering Group: þ Informal committee with experts from MS, chaired by DG ENV þ Advice on the programme strategy þ 2/3 meetings per year
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European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport n° 15 CAFE: organisation (2) Working Groups (WG): scientific external experts (consultants, university,.) dealing with specific areas þ WG on Implementation þ WG on Baseline scenarios and integrated assessment modelling þ WG on target setting and policy assessment þ WG on Particulates
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European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport n° 16 CAFE Clean Air For Europe Website: http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/air/cafe
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European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport n° 17 Air quality and technical programmes: overview Legislation - quality objectives FWD 96/62/EC + DD objectives Technical Programmes to assist legislation preparation : Auto-Oil I (1992-1996) Auto-Oil II (1997-2000) CAFE (2001-….) Legislation - measures on emission sources National Emission Ceilings Directive Directives on emission standards from stationary and non-stationary sources Directives on fuel specifications
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European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport n° 18 Framework Directive 96/62/EC Daughter Directive 1999/30/EC SO 2, NO x, PM, Pb Daughter Directive 2000/69/EC benzene, CO Daughter Directive 2002/3/EC ozone Future Daughter Directive PAH, heavy metals: Cd, As, Ni, Hg (in progress) Air quality: legislation on quality objectives
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European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport n° 19 National Emission Ceilings: Dir. 2001/81/EC General Vehicles fuels specifications : Dir. 2003/17/EC mod. Dir. 98/70/EC Emission standards for vehicles: Dir. 98/69/EC, Dir. 1999/96/EC, Dir. 2002/51/EC Road transport vehicles Emission standards for non-road mobile machinery - Dir. 97/68/EC Non-road mobile machinery Tools to achieve standards set by air quality directives Sources of pollution targeted Air quality: legislation on emission sources
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European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport n° 20 Tools to achieve standards set by air quality directives Sources of pollution targeted Large Combustion Plants: Dir. 2001/80/EC Electricity production Waste incineration: Dir. 2000/76/EC Waste management Integrated pollution prevention and control of industrial sectors Dir 96/61/EC VOC in solvent-using industry: Dir 1999/13/EC Industry Certain liquid fuel specifications: Dir 1999/32/EC Maritime transport
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