1. „Aerem corrumpere non licet”
Roman senate, BC

2. 2002: 6th Environmental Action Programme
‘achieving levels of air quality that do not give rise to significant negative impacts on and risks to human health and the environment’; (Art 7.1. of 6th EAP)

3. Always good to know it works...
Laden et al. AJRCCM 2006

4. The situation of the air quality in EUROPE
Percentage of urban population resident in areas for days per year with PM10 concentration exceeding daily limit value, EEA member countries,
In this slide you can see the percentage of population resident in urban areas for days per year with PM10 concentration exceeding the daily limit value (50 mcg/m3 like daily average not to exceed more than 35 days per year). In particular the red part of the histogram represents the percentage of population that is exposed for more than 35 times per year.
The last column, that is referring to the 2005, is representative of 127 million people so the 35% of this people (48 million) are exposed at concentration above the limit value.

5. Percentage of urban population resident in areas in exceedance of current limit values (EEA CSI-004)
By EEA ETC/ACC

6. The situation of the air quality in EUROPE
36th highest 24-hour mean PM10 concentration observed at urban background stations, EEA member countries,
Here is plotted, pr the pm10, the 36th highest 24-hour mean (the value should be below 50 mcg/m3) observed at urban background stations for all the EEA member. The main results of this graphic are that many station are above the limit value despite we are talking about urban background station and not hot spot station, the trends in concentrations is fairly constant, jumps are influenced principally by meterology (see 2003),

7. Assessment and management by Member States
AQD Implementation
Assessment and management by Member States
Exchange of best practices / Workshop NO2 Apr2010
Time extension and enforcement
Guidance preparation
Review & update of existing
Equivalence, Natural contributions, Winter sanding/salting
New implementing provisions
Streamlined, informative reporting for IT/GIS times
Facilitates reporting when using different assessment methods and coherence between data- flows
Multiple use
Services, tools and fora
GMES Atmosphere Service – MACC, PASODOBLE
AQUILA, FAIRMODE, EEA as data centre

8. Motivation
Facilitate effective progress toward objectives on health and environment
…through implementation of Air Quality Directive, using modeling tools…

9. Review and 2013 revision of AQD
FAIRMODE...
One-stop shop for model users and developers for advice and exchange on anything-model under AQD
Platform for general improvement on performance
Supports Commission on
Guidance (use, natural contributions, winter sanding)
Reporting
Modification of AQD Annexes
Assessment of model based claims
Steering of Community action (GMES, emissions)
Review and 2013 revision of AQD
Selection, peer review of tools used
Preparation of new provisions, embedding operational services at EU scale
Look beyond ‘pure’ AQD implementation
Spatial planning, EIA/SEA,IAM

10. Final question
Have you already found your place in FAIRMODE where you can actively contribute?