The Decree aims at implementing the provisions of article 7 of Law No. 1650/86 “on the protection for the environment”. It also aims at harmonizing the Greek legislative frame with the provisions of Council Directive 1999/30/EC and also certain provisions of Council Directive 96/62/EC on ambient air quality assessment and management, so as to ensure that appropriate measures are taken in order to avoid adverse effects on human health and the environment which might arise from the ambient concentrations of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and oxides of nitrogen, particulate matter and lead in ambient air. The Decree is composed as follows: objective (art. 1); definitions (lower assessment threshold, margin of tolerance, alert threshold, etc.) (art. 2); sulphur dioxide (art. 3); nitrogen dioxide and oxides of nitrogen (art. 4); particulate matter (art. 5); lead (art. 6); measures to be taken in the event of exceeding the limit values and the alert threshold (art. 7); requirements in case of non-exceedance of the limit values or the alert threshold (art. 8); measures to be taken in case of exceedance of the alert threshold (art. 9); assessment of concentrations (art. 10); transmission of information and reports to the Commission (art. 11); public information (art. 12); transitional provisions (art. 13); sanctions (art. 14). Ten Annexes included in the text constitute integral part of this Decree.
Greece · 2002-05-30