The European Environment Agency (EEA) published a briefing note, on Thursday 26 August, on developments in the EU Member States regarding the reduction of key air pollutant emissions.
Based on the latest available data from 2019, this document shows that the EU27, as a whole, has respected the emission ceilings set in 2010 by the EU Directive (2001/81).
Extended until the end of 2019 by an amendment to the text via Directive 2016/2284, these ceilings concern emissions of the four main air...