Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution to abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone:artikel 2

Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution to abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone

Article 2 Objective

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1.

The objective of the present Protocol is to control and reduce emissions of sulphur, nitrogen oxides, ammonia, volatile organic compounds and particulate matter that are caused by anthropogenic activities and are likely to cause adverse effects on human health and the environment, natural ecosystems, materials, crops and the climate in the short and long term, due to acidification, eutrophication and particulate matter or ground-level ozone as a result of long-range transboundary atmospheric transport, and to ensure, as far as possible, that in the long term and in a stepwise approach, taking into account advances in scientific knowledge, atmospheric depositions or concentrations do not exceed:

a)

For Parties within the geographical scope of EMEP and Canada, the critical loads of acidity, as described in annex I that allow ecosystem recovery;

b)

For Parties within the geographical scope of EMEP, the critical loads of nutrient nitrogen, as described in annex I that allow ecosystem recovery;

c)

For ozone:

(i)

For Parties within the geographical scope of EMEP, the critical levels of ozone, as given in annex I;

(ii)

For Canada, the Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone; and

(iii)

For the United States of America, the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ozone;

d)

For particulate matter:

(i)

For Parties within the geographical scope of EMEP, the critical levels of particulate matter, as given in annex I;

(ii)

For Canada, the Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards for particulate matter; and

(iii)

For the United States of America, the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for particulate matter;

e)

For Parties within the geographical scope of EMEP, the critical levels of ammonia, as given in annex I; and

f)

For Parties within the geographical scope of EMEP, the acceptable levels of air pollutants to protect materials, as given in annex I.

2.

A further objective is that Parties should, in implementing measures to achieve their national targets for particulate matter, give priority, to the extent they consider appropriate, to emission reduction measures which also significantly reduce black carbon in order to provide benefits for human health and the environment and to help mitigation of near-term climate change.

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