08/12/2016 (Agence Europe) – The EU directive establishing new emission level ceilings for certain air pollutants in member states (revision of the so-called NEC directive 2003/235/EC) has formally been adopted. The adoption of the text by the Council was obtained without debate on Thursday 8 December. This key directive in the “Pure Air in Europe” package was presented by the Commission in December 2013 and seeks to reduce the number of premature deaths every year linked to air...